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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] neptune@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have. Always used Sync to browse Reddit, and since it's not working anymore, I'm not using it either.

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[–] Patron@lemmy.kweb.ovh 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Crudman@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I understand I can subscribe and engage with just about any compatible fediverse website thing in a sort of generic reddit/Twitter environment, right? I don't think I really have to make this choice, just kind of poke around and curate my home page while the app developers work on ease of use and the fediverse itself works on communication and tutorials for people like me (people who fall up stairs)

Edit: I am transitioning away from reddit the vibe sucks and the ads are a joke

Simply yes. Not going back

[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Stopped reddit, now mostly lemmy and a bit of kbin.

[–] adude007@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I’m here 99.9999% of the time

[–] crowsby@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Partially yes, partially no. It depends on the use case.

If I'm looking to idly scroll random content, sure, it's great!

For online community, definitely. Given the open disregard that Reddit Inc leadership has shown towards the community, developers, and volunteers who keep the show running, I don't feel comfortable contributing there anymore.

If i'm looking for specialized information on a specific topic, definitely not. Google Search + site:reddit.com still reigns here.

[–] Rowan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah, literally un-installed RIF the moment I heard about reddit bs. RIF was reddit to me, so I'm done with that now. Pretty much the only time I open that site now is when I Google "whatever whatever reddit" to find actually useful answers.

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[–] poudlardo@terefere.eu 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

who's lenny ? homer's friend ?

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I’m on lemmy a lot but not all the communities that I frequent on Reddit moved or have enough people over at lemmy.

[–] Wickedlucky214@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Deleted account.

[–] TheShitAbyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit has become so bad lately that I am trying to. Still a few smaller communities I am missing though sadly.

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[–] Gili@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Gradually, I hope. At the moment there are too many communities missing. Mods of Subreddits need to move here.

I left Reddit when I lost Apollo. I miss my drama subs though…

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

I refuse to install the official Reddit app, so only Lemmy on the phone. Which was probably 90% of my Reddit usage.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit, so I haven't logged on old.reddit.com in a while.

Still have my account, just in case, but I've pretty much migrated at this point.

[–] Quentinp@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Yes i have basically replaced Reddit at this point, other than if google search comes up with something I need.

[–] Flyswat@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I just recently created my Lemmy account and had to answer a question like "why did you choose this username".

What did you answer, OP?

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[–] kyden@l.cackl.io 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. I didn't bother installing the normal Reddit app but still needed something to read when all I've got is my phone. Lemmy looks promising.

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[–] sean@murray.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've pretty much completely left Reddit since Apollo shut down. I'm happy with Lemmy, so far, except I'm honestly getting tired of the somewhat elitist attitude and fear/anger towards anything that isn't in the fediverse. I noticed it when I left Twitter for Mastodon too, and it's kind of getting old.

I'm not saying some of what's being said isn't justified, it's just not what I feel like seeing every time I open the app/site.

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[–] counselwolf@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently going back and forth because there are still some subreddits that don't have an active community.

Hopefully, soon most if not all niche I follow will have a dedicated community here.

Also, still waiting for a better mobile client (excited for boost for lemmy and relay for lemmy).

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[–] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

It's a good 95% because I uninstalled the app. Lemmy has a lot of potential, and that's worth it.

I didn't remove my Reddit account yet, but I stopped using it as soon as I tried Lemmy. As I expected, it's not perfect, it still needs some love on the technical side, but people and content are already here. I'm pretty happy with my feed so far. I can only see it grow and getting better, but I guess we'll find out how the fight with spam bots will be.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Past tense for me: I have REPLACED Reddit with Lemmy. Yes there aren’t as many people here, but we seem to have left the assholes and jerks behind and I’m finding the same β€œfix” here as I did on Reddit.

[–] ntzm@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, the fediverse makes sense. Centralisation is a cancer

[–] lolreconlol@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, it doesn't have the user base.. hopefully that changes but for right now, I'm using both.

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[–] Sentau@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Both yes and no. Yes the time I used to spend browsing reddit is now spent using lemmy. But the experience is totally different in lemmy. I am a much more active part of the community here whereas I was a lurker at reddit

[–] Christos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I refuse to use their trash app

[–] jinx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I'm an old lady and I'm trying, it's a little hard to navigate though, so I would say I spend less time here than I did Reddit, but I am 10 days fully clean from Reddit after a month of weaning. I've also started getting up and moving around more throughout my work day and listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

[–] dvdnet90@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not yet. because Lemmy is still quite small tbh. But, the thing is Since Reddit new API policy starts, my Reddit home feed filled with spam,bots and double posts from many subs. So, if this problem overwhelms my home feed. I might move to Lemmy permanently.

[–] chimay@lemy.lol 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

now that you mention it, I realize I've not been there since ... may be a week or two.

[–] people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mostly used reddit on desktop (old.reddit.com) so it shouldn't have made much difference to me, but boy, it did.

Ever since that API paywalling fiasco and mod rebellion, the overall quality of content has nosedived catastrophically. Just one look at r/all or r/popular would be enough to convince anyone.

I've completely left reddit and settled on Lemmy, just like most people here.

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[–] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've already deleted all of my posts and edited the comments to "FUCK YOU u/spez". I didn't delete the account because the little cunt has a reputation for editing user's comments, I'm just gonna mass edit them from time to time to be sure.

I even changed out the email with an alias one literally saying "fuckyouspez@..." and that fucker hasn't banned me yet.

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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

from my phone, i only have access to lemmy. in browser i access both, 50/50. there are 10 or so subs that i frequent on reddit, the rest i'm here. it's hard to let that account go because i put energy into building it and it's 10+ years old. i've been using it to track my journey in life. was planning on aggregating the data.

[–] sloonark@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm mostly using Lemmy, but I still use reddit for some things where the lemmy communities are too small (like live sports discussion). If I'm googling for an answer to something I'll still include 'reddit' in the search because there is a huge wealth of info in past reddit threads.

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[–] frayans@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the subs that I was active at to grow here (mostly space-related subs).

So far I'm liking it. I wasn't fond of the general attitude people had on reddit though, and I'm seeing some of the pop up as a result of the migration.

I have concerns that the lemmy community will become as toxic as reddit is. Other than that, I am enjoying how small communities are here. I don't feel like my voice is being drowned out by other users or bots.

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