Really going to miss my local subreddit.

We had a weekly rant thread and it was funny just seeing neighbors talk smack or bitch about silly little things.

Honestly, I think the more reliable curated information will be what I miss the most. I almost always append a Google search with "Reddit" - because the information and format are so much more reliable than the bot populated garbage sites.

Also, niche porn subs. 🫡

I’m really worried for those who use third party apps and depend on r/stopdrinking. That community single-handedly helped me get sober.

I fear that someone who is on the brink of breaking sobriety and wants to reach out on r/stopdrinking, not being able to access it from the app they normally use would be just enough of a hurdle for them to give in and start drinking again.

Makes me really sad to think about since it can be a dark place and the people there are so genuinely caring.

I mostly will miss being able to google something and adding "reddit" to my search to search for public opinion on day to day issues and problems.

all of the weird, super-specific cute pages. illegallysmolcats, illegallysmoldogs, airplaneears, attackeyes, puppybellies, oneorangebraincell, stealthbombers, scrunge, peanutwhiskers, toebeans, whatswrongwithyourcat, crabcats, huskytantrums.

I... may have an addiction.

r/weirdwheels I love odd cars.

Not a subreddit, exactly, but I'm going to miss /u/poem_for_your_sprog and /u/Schnoodle_Doodle_Do. They made browsing so much better - I loved unexpectedly coming across one of their poems.

/r/AskHistorians - ruthlessly and efficiently moderated, but every single post a fascinating read. I should msg Zukhov to see if he wants to move ship to /c/AskHistorians.

I just want to find a place where I can say "Taiwan is number one" and "Putin is a bitch".

Definitely r/BestOfRedditorUpdates

r/TalesfromtheFrontDesk, r/TalesFromYourServer, and r/TalesFromRetail. The camaraderie and support among these people, the abuse they endure, and how big their hearts are despite how tough their jobs are... I really enjoyed those. I hope they land somewhere here.

I miss r/quilting and r/sewing. As a crafter, the knowledge I gain from these type of subs is invaluable

r/AskHistorians. I don't think a sub like that can just be remade out of nowhere

Local communities. I do not know why, but having people share the same social conditions makes them a warm place, even for gaming communities

I'll miss all my niche gaming subreddits. Path of exile, incremental games, and I even liked keeping an eye on the gacha gaming subreddit. So many more to mention like r/gamedeals, patientgamers, many more individual game subreddits.

To be honest, so many posts from r/AITA came off as fake after a while, I was already beginning to lose interest. People would do anything for upvotes. Maybe this time we can have less liars, but I'm not so naive as to actually hope for that.

I'm going to miss many of them, I'm a real reddit junkie. But I'm leaving tonight and don't expect to be back.

Most missed: Witches vs. Patriarchy. Can't seem to find a lemmy equivalent.

Edit: my first comment!

I'm someone that doesn't have many friends or many people to talk to about life and it's dilemmas. So when I had any sort of problem I often went to advice type subreddits to talk it out. So yes AITA was one. But also AmIBeingTooSensitive, Relationships, OffMyChest, etc. And I'm a mom so parenting subreddits were a good resource. And also subreddits like LoseIt and PetiteFitness were helpful because I struggle with my weight.

But one thing I noticed before all the drama was that the people on reddit got more and more hateful. Instead of trying to help the poster, they'd tried to find more to the story to make them this evil person. And they'd completely fabricate a separate reality and just tear OP a new one based off of assumptions.

So I was already kinda done with Reddit before the drama with 3rd party apps. I knew that it was causing me more problems than help. I had already started telling myself to stay away. It's toxic. So I'm happy to have an excuse to get out.

So hopefully an alternative emerges with nicer people. Or maybe I should just go find friends.

I won't miss many individual subs, but I will miss the totality of communities.

I will miss that, if I had a problem or question about X, there was almost always a sub for X, and it was usually the best place to get information from people that have some sort of clue.

Example: when it came to weird behaviors from my Samsung Odyssey G7 monitor, /r/Monitors was the only place with clear, focused discussion about it. The Samsung web forums had some people complaining too, but nobody actually sticks around the Samsung forums to have ongoing discussions, so getting a full picture of what people are experiencing was a lot harder. Plus, those kind of forums are always filled with a lot of Yahoo Answers quality of posts, so you have to sift through so much junk to find any usable info.

I've had this experience so many times with Reddit. That's what I'm most afraid of losing.

I'm not going to miss any, because we are going to recreate them here! :)

r/ukraine I really hope to see something similar here soon.

I'm going to miss r/BestOfRedditorUpdates for sure. So much time spent reading on there. Came across some wild stuff.

Don't be afraid to create your own communities!

r/cancer It was a nice space to find support of other people going through what I'm going through.

All of the TV series subs and the discussions. It's great after watching an episode to join the discussion with others.

R/fountainpens. Other forums exist, but they aren't (a) as easy to use (b) as welcoming to newbies, yet (c) still full of experts.

I'm guessing lots of hobby subs are like that.

While there were a billion ones I've used as entertainment before bed or during bathroom breaks... I believe what I'll miss the most is the ability to search "problem I'm having + Reddit" and get very precise results with (usually) great solutions.

I'm gonna miss /r/buttcoin. It's a great place to watch crypto bros lose everything. How will I know when cz is arrested?

bestofredditorupdates, watercolor, embroidery, fitness, fundiesnarkuncensored, cooking.. there’s a lot. This is so sad and I hope Lemmy really takes off. And if it does I hope some of these talented developers make bad ass apps for it

The gardening subs always made me feel like I could do anything in my tiny garden as long as I put in the work.

r/Fedora and r/ThinkPad. Those are the two I spent the most time in. I will also really miss my guilty pleasure subreddits like r/gaystoriesgonwild, r/Twinks, and r/GayKink. Haha.

Subs that I used (and will miss) (Also no NSFW subs here)

AbandonedPorn ABoringDystopia AbruptChaos AbruptComposure AbsoluteUnits AccidentalWesAnderson ActLikeYouBelong ActualPublicFreakouts AdmiralCloudberg AdorablePorn AdviceAnimals AfterVanced AirSwimming AnimalsMadeMeSmile AntiConsumption AskDocs AskHistorians AskLemmy AskScience AssholeDesign Atheism AwfulEverything Aww AwwJusticeServiced BabyElephantGifs BabyRhinoGifs BadCode BadassAnimals Balisong Barkour BattlestarGalactica BeAmazed BeamNG BeforeNAfterAdoption BestOf BetterEveryLoop BirdsBeingDicks Books Bullshido CanadaHousing CarHacking CatastrophicFailure CatTaps CavePorn ChangeMyView ChoosingBeggars Cinemagraphs ConfidentlyIncorrect ConfusingPerspective ConstantChaos CozyPlaces CrazyIdeas CrappyDesign CreepyWikipedia CryptoCurrency CursedComments CutawayPorn Dachshund DamnNatureYouScary DamnThatsInteresting DataHoarder DeepSpaceNine Deftones DepthHub DeTrashed Documentaries Doggles DogPictures Dogs Dogs_Getting_Dogs DogsOnHardwoodFloors DogsWearingHats DogsWithJobs DogTraining DontDeadOpenInside DumbassPeopleAtWork EarthPorn EarthPornGifs EatCheapAndHealthy EducationalGifs eli5_programming EngineeringPorn EverythingScience ExplainLikeImFive EyeBleach FacebookScience Facepalm FacingTheirParenting FaithInHumanity FastWorkers FirePorn FloridaPoliticianMan Food Freefolk FuckCars FuckYouInParticular Funny Gadgets Gaming Gardening GeoPolitics GetMotivated GifRecipes Gifs GifsThatKeepOnGiving GoodCopFreeDonut Guanajuato HappyCowGifs HardcoreAww HardcoreNature HellscapePorn HelpMeFind HeyThatsNeat History HistoryPorn HitManimals Hmmm HoldMyBeaker HoldMyBeer HoldMyCatnip HoldMyFries HoldMyJuicebox HoldMyRedbull Holup HomeAutomation Humor Hyenas i2p IAmA IAmAJournalist IAmAScience IAmTheMainCharacter IAmVeryStupid ID_News IdiotsFightingThings IdiotsInCars IdiotsInHelicopters IdiotsOnBikes IllegallySmol IllegallySmolCats ImagenAI InfrastructurePorn InstantPot InstantRegret InterestingAsFuck InternetIsBeautiful Investing Ipvs IsaadArthur Jokes Karate KeepOurNetFree Kubuntu Kyokushin LastImages LearnDutch LearnProgramming LegalAdvice LeopardsAteMyFace LifeHacks Linux LinuxMasterRace ListenToThis Longevity LSD LucidDreaming MadeMeCry Maher MaliciousCompliance MapPorn MasterReturns MaybeMaybeMaybe Mechanical_Gifs MedicalAdvice Medicine Medizzy Mexico MildlyDisturbing MildlyInfuriating MischievousGibbons ModeratePolitics Monk MorbidReality Movies MovieStunts MurderedByWords MuseumOfLemmy (yeah, bye reddit) Music MusicalJenga NatureIsBrutal NatureIsFuckingCute NatureIsFuckingLit NatureIsMetal NatureWasMetal NeedAFriend NegativeWithGold Netherlands NeutralNews News NextCloud NightmareFuel NoahGetTheBoat NobodyAsked NoisyGifs NonCredibleDiplomacy NonFunctionSlackFill NoNoNoNo NoNoNoNoAww NoNoNoNoYes NoNoNoNoYesNo NoTakeOnlyThrow NotJustBikes NotTheOnion OddlySatisfying OddlyTerrifying OldFreeFolk OnGuardForThee OnlyOffice OpenSource OpenSourceHardware OrphanCrushingMachine OrvilleFanGame OSHA OutOfTheLoop PerfectFit PerfectLoops PerfectTiming PersecutionFetish PersonalFinanceCanada Philosophy Photography PHP PHPHelp Pics PigGifs PiHole PoliticalDiscussion PoliticalHumor Politics ProgrammerHumor Programming ProgrammingHorror ProphetsForProfit PublicFreakout Puebla PupliftingNews PuppySmiles Queretaro Quokka QuotePorn QuotesPorn RareInsults RBI RedditAlternatives (lol) RedditIsFun (LemmyIsFun?) RelevantXKCD ReligiousFruitcake RepublicanPedophiles RoastMe RuralPorn SadAww SamHarris Science Sciences SelfHosted ShitMomGroupsSay ShockwavePorn ShowerThoughts SkyPorn SlammyWhammies Sleep Space SpecializedTools SpecialNeedsPuppers Sploot SQL StartledCats StoppedWorking StormfrontorSJW Strips SustainedChaos SweatyPalms Sysadmin Technawwlogy Technology TechnologyPorn TechScie Televangelists Tenagra Thalassophobia TheGoodPlace TheHandmaidsTale TheOcho TheOrville TheProblemJonStewart ThereWasAnAttempt TheyDidTheMath ThingsCutInHalfPorn ThisIsMyLifeNow Tifu TikTokCringe TipOfMyTongue TippyTaps TNG TodayILearned Toolbox Torrenting TrueAtheism TrueNews TrumpTweets UpliftingNews USSOrville Vancouver Wallpaper WallpaperDump WatchDogsWoofInside WatchPeopleDieInside WaterPorn Web_Design WebComics WebDev WebDevBuddies WebHosting WhatCouldGoWrong WhatIsThisThing WhosAGoodBoy WinterPornGifs WorldEvents WorldNews WorldPolitics WorseEveryLoop WritingPrompts WTF XKCD YesYesYesDamn Videos

Game specific ones. /r/hyruleengineering and /r/darktide as recent ones.

All the /r/_irl communities. The later seems like one I could probably just start and post in, even if no one else sees them.

Since i'm just starting to get into home lab and self hosting I'll miss r/homelab, and r/homelabsales