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I used to check the front page at least once every day, and occassionally check specific subreddits. Now I don't look at reddit unless theres some drama, like mods getting purged, then I'd go there and enjoy the drama. Occasionally there will be questions that only reddit has the answer to so I have to reluctantly use it. I got my uBlock Origin ready to kill all the ads. That shitty website will not get a cent out of me.

What about you? Do you still use reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So, personally i'm done wirh reddit. But i still go there every once in a while to target about ten very specific subs which aren't even remotely replicated in the fediverse for the foreseable future. See, there's this chatgroup i maintain with my not so ultra tech savvy parents and a handful of goofy dog/cat/bird videos a day brightens their work days with a minute of joy. They would never browse reddit or even the fediverse and this tradition came at basically no "extra cost" since i scrolled reddit any day anyways. Now i don't want to stop bettering their lives out of my idealism against reddit so i bite the bullet for now. I'm not engaging in reddit anymore, just go straight to some subs and that's about it. Since this is content often posted by casual users very much like my parents i doubt we will see a big influx of this kind of content in the fediverse any time soon, if ever. So yeah, i still go there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not really, I try to avoid it even when something i'm looking for is there, though sometimes I just cant be bothered to look elsewhere. I hope someone gathers all the useful information from there into archive somewhere, in case something happens to it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I am surprised how little I miss Reddit after June. I realised I was really dependent on RIF. I downloaded an RSS app instead (Inoreader) and followed some subs that I used to frequent. I check it once every few days as opposed to many times a day before the collapse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No.

Purged all my posts and comments, deleted my 12-year-old account (65k+ karma) and uninstalled Boost. Now I only go there occasionally from search results.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah unfortunately. There are some subs that haven't migrated over yet and some subs that are active that have really useful info for me (school, language learning, etc.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. Without RIF it's painful to look at.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes for fixes and stuff but not much anyomore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No, I uninstalled Boost and Infinity about a month ago and haven't looked back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I visit some subs occasionally on old reddit, but have never logged in again. Fuck u/spez.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i still go on it. but i am migrating from reddit

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

I only troll and break the terms of service on Reddit now

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

Nope, been browsing Lemmy since July 1 when I was no longer able to use RiF.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I drop by Reddit 1-2 times per day but only at home on my PC and using old.reddt. There are still a couple of communities on there that haven't moved to lemme yet.

And my porn account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just check nsfw but images hosted by Reddit that are NSFW are slow to load and seem to have been slow for quite a while, so my rate at which I check it tapered from few times a day to now once or twice a month

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t. I suspect we’re the minority of Reddit users though. It’s a hard addiction to give up even with an okay replacement like Lemmy or kbin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. It’s the principle, for me. I will not use a site that’s run by a militant idiot. Same reason I deleted my Twitter account (although that was much easier since I never used Twitter to begin with).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've popped over a couple times too see what floats to the top of all (or whatever it is that's displayed when you don't log in), and a couple more times when I did a search and Reddit's answers were part of the results set. But I honestly can't be missing that much since every other soc media site I look at has at least half of their threads linking back to something that originated on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, briefly, but the quality has dropped and I usually just switch back to Lemmy since it feels different. Also, only until Infinity for Reddit stops working; no idea why it still works but it's a matter of time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have not used it since some time in early June.

I have technically logged into my account -- but only because I've opened Relay Pro. In spite of everything, it appears to still update everything, and the last app patch update message I saw said that they had implemented changes to reduce API usage (this after July 1).

But I haven't interacted with reddit beyond that, and I don't plan to. It's not about anger at reddit anymore either -- I actively like Lemmy better. It reminds me of old reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have reduced my usage by about 90%. The hockey community here is just not active enough for my hockey news needs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I do, but not nearly as much as Lemmy.

I used to go to reddit for everything. To scroll aimlessly, just to look at aesthetic photos, to read stories...I even had a multi reddit for text based subs, and a third party app on my watch so I could read text based reddit posts at work.

Now, I only go to reddit if i need the resources of a specific sub (earlier i had a question about an app so i went to their sub to browse and see if there was any advice) or if i'm cross posting content to lemmy to get my communities going.

when i just want to scroll and see what's new, ive been coming straight to lemmy every time.

i'm really trying to interact more too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just did some searching for the best grind size settings for my Aeropress. Some of the search results led to Reddit, I clicked on them and felt a bit dirty lol. Funnily enough a few of results still led to private groups. Reddit will still be a source of information about niche topics. Let's hope Lemmy becomes that source instead...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I check hydroponics subs occasionally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

nope but my account is not deleted. Have not had time to follow up on my data request. mostly because of kbin :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think its been almost a month, since I intentionally went to Reddit. More than 3 weeks anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No, I have a couple small communities that I have pull into an RSS reader that still works somehow, but I stay logged out and never comment. 12 year account with 29k karma and I quit cold turkey and mostly went back to RSS feeds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only if I'm researching something and the top results are Reddit links. Otherwise no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve been there a couple of times from random search results. Haven’t browsed it since July 30th and honestly, I’m kinda surprised how little I care that I left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do on my desktop, but my mobile browsing (which is the vast majority) is all lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Cold turkey. I trad an interesting crosspost back-and-forth about the new gold deprecation thing, but other than that, no. 

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. I like reddit’s posts more, but the Memmy app is more stable on my phone than the official reddit app, plus no ads. So I’m currently using both, but as Lemmy’s community grows and matures I’ll probably start using reddit less.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Actually I left reddit long before migration.... Came to know about Lemmy only after the API controversy...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I slowed down when the announcement was made about third party apps. I quit entirely when RIF turned off. Now I participate here, started my own community, contribute to others as much as I can, and finally figured out how to host my own instance. It's been fun seeing it grow slowly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still visit about 3 sub-reddits, all on a browser with ad-block, and I completely avoid commenting, I probably should start using libreddit. Haven't touched the front page since the initial blackout

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I nuked all the content of my Reddit account, then forced it to be banned from Reddit. After that, blacklisted the domain from my computer so that it just returns a (ERR_NX_DOMAIN) and migrated to KBin instead
Been happy since

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

yes. r/SFFPC has not made the jump to the fediverse :(

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Eh, I still use it a little bit. I follow Blue Jays games via the team's subreddit, and the Pathfinder community hasn't really migrated over, so scan that every couple of days. And the memes have just clobbered my feed these last couple of days, even after blocking most of the meme groups.

But I'm using Reddit very differently now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I log in for one niche sub that has no activity in the Lemmy equivalent, and only once every few days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I usually check the subreddit redditmobile to see if they actually fixed the app.

Edit: But yea, honestly I probably won‘t go back to Reddit. Lemmy seems to be a great alternative.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've clicked a few links about walkthrough questions for niche games, but deleted the app (yes, I used the official app) on the 12th and haven't logged in since. Kbin/Lemmy is great for content and I'm loving the interaction on Mastadon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve only popped in to check on a drama once since.

Lemmy is working for me. There’s less content and commenting but it’s noticeably picking up in the last few days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have a few RSS feeds of niche subreddits that I can’t find alternatives to, but I deleted my account on 30th June

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