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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, but I've found myself browsing a lot more on different sites too. Instead of opening RiF to find stuff, I just look at YouTube or redgifs directly. Turns out I never needed a middleman for that, so there's no need to use the fediverse for that now.

The important news and discussion is plentiful here, so that'll be my main purpose of opening wefwef or whatever app is better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have replaced it as my active site,

So there is still stuff that's more active on reddit, like football news, but I am now just a lurker there I don't contribute I just read if there is an update then if it's relevant I post it from there to Lemmy, so we can start building a community here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Definitely. For now I just need Relay for Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm done with Reddit as much as I can be. Conveniently they placed a block on my account because of "suspicious activity". So that helped.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, well, Reddit still has a lot of niche stuff and smaller communities. Lemmy is still growing at a fast pace and will get there one day, but for now - it's better then Reddit for tech/linux stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm trying to and succeeding for the most part. I find a lot of my Google searches still lead to Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I havent deleted my reddit account, but Im using reddit a lot less now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe if we talked about anything other than other social media sites I would.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I only check Reddit now for a game sub which, while on Lemmy, doesn't have critical mass yet (and I'm not sure it will).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Already done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mostly

A couple communities I enjoyed haven't come over yet but now that I can only check them on my PC I really only hop over there once a week.

I really dig this place over reddit though, it's a lot more chill and way better for my mental health.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was looking to leave anyways. As soon as I saw the API changes I shut down my 10 year old, 3 comment account and moved here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, I am now 90% on Lemmy - the new Memmy app for my iPad is close to Apollo-quality and Liftoff on my Android phone (S21) is β€œalmost” as good as Sync for Reddit was.

For Reddit, I am using RSS feeds only to browse for any posts that interest me - I am trying to not give them traffic if at all possible.

The content on Lemmy is getting better every day!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've already managed to replace Reddit on mobile. On the desktop, however, I'm partially there. There are still a couple of communities I follow that only exist on reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yup. I was checking in with reddit for a while there but have stopped. I like the vibe of this place so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes. For me, reddit was Apollo, haven’t used it since

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If reddit kills my patched third party app then I'm done using it on mobile, and if they kill old.reddit then I'm done using it on desktop. I'd switch to Lemmy or kbin full time but the content variety is VERY low compared to reddit still, especially for more niche topics like specific games or hobbies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeap, I moved a week before on Lemmy. Took couple of days to figure out how it actually works.

During that time opened a bunch of accounts on different instances.

Now I am on a small instance, which is near my location, so speed is good.

I stopped visiting that place since then. Now I only contribute here. I don't want to give them free labor so that they can make money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sucks for videos and gifs though. I don't want to click a blind link to see a gif or video

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I like it way more here. It's so much faster and there are no ads.

The reddit app is just bad and slow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, deleted RIF early and just pretend it doesn't exist. I'll probably use it if a useful answer pops up on Google, but not for scrolling.

Lemmy and Threads will have to fill the gap for now, but if they grow I don't see a problem at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes. I stopped using Reddit during the blackouts and haven’t turned back. Lemmy so far has been a good replacement in all ways. Fuck spez!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So far yep! Why not?

Reddit has no loyalty to me so why should I have to it?

Ultimately I just want some interesting useless funny shit to look at. Doesn't matter where it comes from.

This is my first Lemmy comment ever!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well, this is nice, hello

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