Bouncing around a little bit to figure out how I want to navigate fediverse stuff. Right now I'm trying out kbin, and it is shockingly comfortable and easy to use so far! I think this whole ditching reddit thing will work out great!
Edit: Forgot to mention, but the message-board form factor is a lot easier for me to get the hang of compared to when I tried to use Mastodon earlier in the year. Much smoother on-boarding process imo!
Duckduckgo for the most part, especially if I already know where I want to get to. Google as a backup like others are saying.