News links with mods keeping links relevant and trustworthy sources. Bots summarizing paywalls, discussions, that sort of stuff. /r/animetities basically

Also memes. me_irl

Well, the first thing I'd wanna replicate is just the sort of "town square" area. More or less free form discussion places, something like AskReddit or IAMA or just something that encourages people to ask questions and talk together. Everything else tends to fall out from there, in my experience.

I use Reddit for 2 main purposes. As a distraction with a diverse home page curated to my interests: It was nice to scroll through and have a mixture of memes, art, text posts and news all in one place mixed together. Secondly if you want advice for a hobby/interest there is usually a subreddit for it where you can have a decent discussion.

I've spent a small amount of time on here an kbin so far and both look pretty promising (especially since they should have the same content once the federation on kbin is sorted), if they're active enough I can see one of them mostly replacing Reddit for me even if I'm not sure the main userbase will ever switch. The main thing I'm waiting for now is a decent iOS app, I'll probably use whichever platform gets one first!

The subreddit sidebars were a treasure trove of great starting information on almost any topic. It was always my first stopping point when wanting to learn something new, travel to a new place or start a new hobby. It was legitimate helpful information that wasn’t trying to promote or sell anything. I hope to find that here.

Discussions on varied topics and community insights on things are what I really love(d) about Reddit.

The simplicity of the comments is why Reddit has been king. The separation lines between comments are too old school blog on here and I really don't it. The waterfall style of Reddit comments is an infinitely better mechanic

I’m a bit bummed no one from r/fcbayern has made it to the fediverse yet… I need my wild transfer speculations fix!

A superficially meaningful escape from reality that doesn’t involve drinking to excess ~~___~~

Discussions for newly released movies is a big thing that I'll still likely go to Reddit for until it is fully established here. I prefer to read what others thought about them through sites like Reddit rather than normal reviews since i always read them after having seing the film and look to see if anyone else had different interpretations or revelations i didn't do i can get more out of the film retrospectively.

I loved the new Reddit UI, I should not have to click images to enlarge them. Really hope Lemmy gets something similar.

Mostly killing time in various situations. I do have a set of subreddits that I gravitate to for some news type situations, but honestly it's a pretty large time sink that I've really had my eyes opened to since yesterday. Hoping to find a happy medium between that and quitting this type of content entirely.

I want to find niche communities and support. I primarily used Reddit for COVID caution stuff, and it would be great if Lemmy developed something similar. I also loved the classical guitar subreddit, the gardening subreddit, and stuff like that.

All of these, pretty much like the pre-2015 Reddit.

People to talk to about things that annoy my wife lol. Mainly linux stuff.

It's been mentioned, but product recommendations from real consumers that weren't listicles of Amazon affiliate links primed for SEO.

Solutions to weird and oddly specific problems. If you go looking for a solution to a really weird, seemingly one-off issue with Windows, good luck finding an answer in any Microsoft forum. Put "Reddit" at the end of your search, and you'll find something helpful more often than not.

Also, shitposting. 4Chan and Weekendgunnit levels of shitposting.

niche communities... like random skin care and chromeos

I feel like Reddit was a fantastic DIY resource. Whenever I needed an answer to a specific problem, someone years ago would have asked that specific question. I'm hoping Lemmy becomes such a useful resource one day!

1. Shitposting and nonsense
2. Linux and other tech news/info
3. News and commentary from normal people