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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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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. I'm not actively browsing or looking for information from Reddit, but if it's unavoidable, then so be it. I can't ignore the wealth of information still there.

[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Nope. Deleted my account as soon as I heard about the API pricing and never looked back. As far as I was and still am concerned, even if they backtracked the API bullshit the writing is on the wall: reddit no longer cares about providing value to users, if they ever did. They're no in the endgame of enshittification of trying to extract value from anywhere they can, quality of service be damned.

[–] ganjibaiemade@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost every subreddits to specific games that I play (Celeste, Hollow Knight, etc), either has no federative alternatives or is still far more active on Reddit. Like 95% of contents I watch does not exist anywhere else.

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. I went cold turkey in mid-June. I logged back in last week to use Power Delete Suite to automatically edit every post and comment I ever made to this and then deleted my account.

I'll still use Reddit read-only and with cookies blocked if I stumble upon (ahahaha) it through a search or something.

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[–] wakamo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes when I need an answer I use wayback machine to read reddit. Don't want to give reddit my engagement and have their cookies in my browser.

[–] SighBapanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

No. I've completely switched to lemmy and couldn't be happier. I'm actually surprised by how much I don't miss reddit, I thought it would be tougher to break out

[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I go there just to read about the state of affairs regarding Reddit itself.

[–] FapMaster69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Kept using 3rd party apps until they shut down. I personally wouldn't be caught dead on the offical reddit app just on principal. I tried using the desktop site a couple times until I found Lemmy!

The major exception to this is if I look up a question or something and theres an answer on Reddit, I'll still click that link.

[–] jerebear205@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] Myro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No. Haven't touched it since they killed 3rd-party apps and don't intend to (exception are Google search results, though I use Teddit as a frontend there.

[–] J12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hadn’t been in 3 days besides accidentally opening Apollo. I’m going to stop by one of these days and edit and delete my comments and posts.

[–] Leo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I use it to check anime episode discussions, it will probably get worse with time but its the only place I trust to read the comments. Also I still put reddit at the end of the search bar cuz the internet right now is just so full of useless articles about everything

[–] Madusch@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Until yesterday, Joey for Reddit still worked, but since today it doesn't anymore. I miss r/BestOfRedditorUpdates, so I'll probably use it just for that sub.

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost never.

Sometimes when I need to troubleshoot or am looking for specific information, then I will add reddit. It still shines there.

But don't have a login anymore and I don't visit daily. Lemmy has become my main now.

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[–] koreth@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but much less than I used to. When I don’t have a particular goal in mind and just want to doomscroll a bit, I find myself checking Lemmy first, and only if I run out of things to read, which I usually don’t, do I move on to Reddit.

There are still some niche communities that are active on Reddit and not here. So I do still go over there on purpose for those.

[–] slyme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't browse it (I have a redirector rule that links me right out of Reddit), but if I need to access it for something, I just tack on old. as a bypass.

[–] viridian@sh.itjust.works 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.)

Only if a search sends me there and other links aren't giving me what I need

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 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...

[–] Gsus4@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

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

Yeah I check hydroponics subs occasionally.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 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.

[–] Morphior@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Stefh@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I deleted my profile, but of course I still land there sometimes from Google results

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still use it once per day, late in the evening as there are some international communities which are still lacking, I look forward to completely stopping to do it

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[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago

In the rare case I need a result that I can't find anywhere else. Otherwise, nah. The way Spez treated the Apollo dev disgusted me enough that I want nothing to do with that site anymore.

[–] zanyhog33@lemmy.jcaks.net 3 points 1 year ago

I used to check reddit everyday, some days I'd spend hours browsing. I think I've checked it twice since Apollo went down?

[–] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 3 points 1 year ago

I basically only use my phone these days and when third party apps died so did Reddit to me.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. Not once since June 12th.

[–] TeenieBopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I still check out a couple hobby subs every day or two (via mobile browser, not the app). And if I'm looking for a certain type of information or advice, im still typing "[info desired] reddit" into google.

[–] King@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lemmy still has some issues that need to be addressed for it to fully replace Reddit for my needs

Be honest, do you still use reddit?

[–] SinJab0n@mujico.org 3 points 1 year ago

Nah, sometimes google tries to make me enter but I just scroll a lil more and use any other result.

[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 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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[–] HerrBoedefeld@feddit.de 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.

[–] NotSpez@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

If I do a web search I'll still go to reddit if it as a useful thread but I don't actively go on it.

[–] chk232@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Logged out, sometimes I use rif to check on some subreddits.

Not going to delete my 9 year old account because if I do that they will keep all the comments.

[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] inspxtr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, though to a much lesser extent than I used to. Sometimes it’s just through web searches that lead to Reddit, though I use Libreddit front-end for that.

And other times, it’s specific subreddits about TV shows. The level and frequency of discussion on Lemmy sadly is not there yet for popular shows, and nonexistent for niche shows.

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[–] krzysd@lemmy.fmhy.ml 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

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.

[–] PeWu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not using reddit as a daily driver, but I visit it when I'm looking for answers.

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