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No. I habitually opened RIF so I removed the icon and replaced it with Jerboa, and I've found, thanks to the smaller scale, that I move on to something else or read a book sooner.
Doesn't take long to move on really.
I'm hoping the fediverse will take off once it's easier to find communities to add to favourites. It'd be good to find things like ELI5 and AMA appear.
Someone has set up an ELI5 over on kbin but there's no actual content yet in spite of having a few subscribers. I guess it's a case of 'be the change you want to see' at least for now.
I'm not sure I agree. I've subscribed to a couple of communities and there is already some content. Of course not the same amount as Reddit but that's alright. Lemmy doesn't have to be the same size as reddit. I like the small scale of Lemmy. People are very friendly. And yes, be the change you want to see, so keep on posting :)
I'm happy with the rate of growth, it's just a case of poking around and, as has been said, create the communities that don't exist. I'm reading and upvoting content, hoping others are doing the same!
It's becoming less and less likely, the more that Reddit keeps on messing up. Threatening moderators and undeleting posts??
Haven't deleted my account, but so far I've been happy browsing the various communities, honestly with the size of reddit, it was so anonymous that it had far surpassed critical mass, so the fediverse doesn't really have to be large to make it a viable alternative
The sexy John Oliver pictures at r/pics is a hell of a temptation to go back haha
Nope. Just deleted my 10+ year old reddit account and my thousands of comments
I'm all in on Lemmy!
I didn't know there was an alternative to /r/NZ. Just stumbled on this. Will be interesting to see if it gains traction.
Nope. Have scrubbed all my accounts, deleted them, deleted Baconreader. Lemmy so far is cool!
Probably not, seems like my excuse to go outside and touch grass... yet here I am.... 🙄
Well, the weather probably doesn't help. Stay indoors for the next two months and then re-evaluate.
Unlikely at this stage. I feel incredibly disappointed from how Reddit themselves have handled it by basically ignoring the blackout. I'm here and downloaded Jerboa. Time for a change after 12 years
Only to agitate for the indefinite blackout https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/148ks6u/indefinite_blackout_next_steps_polling_your/
I will still use Reddit when information I am looking for doesnt exist on Lemmy. I am setting up communities for things that dont yet seem to exist on Lemmy. This should satisfy my "things I like" meter if they grow.
I'll lurk, and also I kinda don't want to disappoint the dragon hunters
No, I don't see the point without Bacon Reader.
Same as a few others have said, if the apps go, I go.
Not if my app stops working. It's as simple as that. And I am not going to use their app.
I hope that most of the subs I used to frequent eventually pop up here (many already are here in some form) but if not I think I'd still rather be here with all that's been going on over there lately. BUT often there's good trouble shooting content or info about super specific niches which I might occasionally refer to. At the end of the day I'm just looking for a place to discuss / read about communities I'm interested in and I can see this providing that even IF it never reaches the critical mass of reddit.
I just went to the sub I'm the sole mod for, opened it up after the 2 day blackout. Then flicked across to 'all' and saw the reddit CEO making 'this will pass' noises so went back to my sub and closed it up again. I might open it up tomorrow again and ask if any of the 1500ish members want to mod it to keep it going. [I don't see why my boycott has to be anyone elses issue] or I might just let it die...see how I feel in the morning.
I think that's a good attitude. If someone else is really keen to mod it and keep it going let them have at it but you can create a community over here for those looking to make the move
It was a tiny [1278 member] niche investment sub. It has 2 years of tech questions and answers.
This morning I posted this and walked away.
"I'm out, I've meet greasy little fucks like spez in real life and you couldn't pay me to associate much less have me waste my time for free. Experimenting with https://lemmy.nz/
I'm not comfortable with the 'take my ball and go home' form of boycott . Seems selfish.
So I'll put the sub on 'restricted' after this post which will mean no new posts but you can use the search function within the sub to probably get answers on issues as a lots been covered over the couple of years.
That's my first layer of compromise.
The second is if someone want's to mod and bring it back fully then send me a message and you can take a seat on this rancid exploitative corporate vehicle.
I'm out."
I check in about once a day from RIF. But once it is dead at the end of the month that's it.
I refuse to install the app on my phone, so when Sync stops working I'll stop browsing there. I'll probably still pop over on the web version (https://old.reddit.com) for the subs I like.
But I have enabled my ad blocker now. Only sites I like get the exemption.
I believe Sync is porting its app to Lemmy :)
So long as RIF dies my interest in Reddit will die with it.
Reddit has slowly descended into more and more niche groups for me, and I'm unsubbed from almost all defaults. I'll miss local or special interest groups like r/DIYnz, r/PersonalFinanceNZ, r/Chch. Maybe even r/newzealand. And some hobby groups like r/PrintSF, and r/cricket. I also mod a hobby subreddit with around 80k subs which looks to be voting to stay open, and I think I'll probably be stepping away from it.
It'll be interesting to see where these small subs end up heading - Lemmy seems like a good option.
I think it will still be valuable for a while as search results, but when my app stops working I doubt I'll continue the mindless content consumption. In the past I've tried to change to other reddit apps and they just aren't as familiar so I always go back. I'm not going to install the official reddit app so that takes away the addiction, I'm hoping.
I’m staying away for now, it was cool but I don’t need it in my life. The memes on lemmy honestly seem better so far anyway.
I mostly used Reddit for Football (Soccer) highlights, so I'm really hoping that Lemmy will provide the highlights for the games I follow. I've subscribed to a few communities that have potential.
I also enjoyed other subreddits such as instant_regret, nextfuckinglevel, yesyesyesnoyes for the LOLs but I can live without that. I'll find my LOLs in other places.
Regarding your second paragraph, which other sources do you have? I used reddit for that as well, and also for reddits like /r/facepalm
Direct messages between friends, and workmates mostly. Imgur.
Can you direct message here?
Yep. Under someone's post, tap the three dots, then click the envelope button (assuming you're on the website).
You'll find chats and chat rooms on Matrix a lot more common on Lemmy, though (see side bar on home page).
I doubt I'll go back. The internet is vast, and with places like Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, etc, it's easy to get stuck in that looping cycle of "well there's nothing on Reddit, I'll check Insta. There's nothing on insta, i'll check Twitter. There's nothing on Twitter, I'll check Reddit"
It's a shame that StumbleUpon is no longer around, that was an amazing tool to open your eyes to new resources and sites.
I subscribed to quite a few NZ based subreddits, some of which contain a lot of local/NZ specific information and local expert users who answer questions. I will miss that (I should go through my saved posts on RIF and back them up).
I'm staying off reddit for now as I'm having fun looking for communities on lemmy. I'll see how it goes, but I'm liking this place now more and more.
I'm tempted to bail from it, I left Twitter for Mastodon & never went back and its kinda been really nice to be honest. Way less doom scrolling. Reddit is a bit different in that I was there for the specific communities I was interested in, so I'd be more sad if those folks didn't move as well.
I plan to stay away for a bit. I’ve already deleted Apollo off my phone and have it replaced with Mlem and Memmy.
Good shout on Memmy - just signed up for the Test Flight.
So far I like it better than Mlem since it actually truncates posts to a normal size to easily scroll through!
Yup, been using it since the TestFlight came out and it’s been a better experience for me than Mlem
I have already deleted my account, but I was mostly a lurker so I lost little of value. Planning to stay away or at least not make it an active part of my day.
I've stuck my nose in a couple of times but I've not interacted and I've forced myself to not just "open the tab".
I now open the Play Books app when I've got a few minutes.
I'm still suspended over there, so there's not much point going back straight away. There's a handful of subreddits that are worth going back for, although I'm not sure if dealing with their app is worthwhile.
Unfortunately there is a lot of valuable knowledge and information that's been built up over the life of Reddit that is useful so I'll still use it for the wealth of info on even the most niche of topics it has but I probably won't mindless browse r/all for hours on end like I used to. I'll try not to anyway lol.
That should be available via google.
I probably won’t mindless browse r/all for hours on end like I used to.
Yeah, I've been starting to think I need to find something else to do with the time I used to spend doing that... it's pretty pointless!
Ditto, I think there’s a lot of us in the same boat. I’m not sure how much was a holdover from lockdown doomscrolling either.^___^