Reddit

I dropped it completely. It was a garbage dump.

I did, it wasn't easy but I'm here.

I didn't have a choice. I was the victim of a sitewide ban from an overzealous mod...

Right here. Have you been on reddit lately? It's worse than usual. And I'm not just talking about all of the hardcore conservative/borderline fascist subs that all of a sudden materialized. The discourse on most subs is clearly dominated by bots now.

+1 here 🙋🏽‍♂️

I also finally received my data archive from Twitter. For weeks, the verification emails weren't being delivered. When they were, the codes had expired. Repeat. I have no proof to indicate this was a way of locking me in, but it seems suspicious because it had never happened before.

For me, it's not about being petty or spiteful against these platforms just for the hell of it. It's just that I'm tired of their unethical business model. Hostile practices. Their lock-in. Lack of interoperability. The user hostility.

It's not good for us, it's only good for the platform, which then only serves to give that platform more power, which means more user abuse, enshittification, etc.

Feels good to not contribute to that and not continue digging that hole, as well as invest in a better web for all of us.

technically, i dropped reddit for tumblr.....lemmy is a sometimes indulgences

Dropped reddit. Have been using Fediverse apps since.

i'll occasionally go back and browse on desktop only but i don't interact. all interaction is here along with most of my browsing

Only on Reddit for a couple communities. But, Lemmy kind of became my main Social site overall. Replaced all of them for me.

Well, I dropped reddit because rif stopped working. Whether it was "for Lemmy" is kind of a "for now" thing. Something better comes along and I'm likely to migrate there (or use it in addition).

I mapped reddit.com to 127.0.0.1. My life is so much better now!

Sort of. I had an account but I'd posted like 3 times one one topic in 2017. Never logged back in. Started using the terrible app in the last year but didn't care enough to find or use a better 3rd party app.

Decided to not use it during the blackout, read a suggestion to use Jerboa app.

Haven't looked back. How dare they take away my right to procrastinate on improving my own user experience.

It's all the New users on Lemmy since June 2023

This one. Second my app stopped working I never went back. Have been an avid daily contributor for a decade.

When im desperate for information and all I'm getting are ai generated article results, I will still resort to appending to reddit to my Google searches but otherwise I've deleted everything on reddit and keep up with major current events and bad memes here on lemmy. It really could be a better experience but it's better than... well... endorsing reddits decisions.

More than 4

Left when Infinity went sub. I just couldn't get over how bad reddits default app was. When searching around for something else I saw conversations about lemmy and got interested. Decided to dive in with Sync and now I've been only using this. Still have Geddit to open any links I have to open if they are reddit links but overall it's been a great experience so far. With all new things might take a bit for community to grow.

I don't passively use it anymore, but I'll use it as a reference for past posts.

"How to determine undertone lemmy" doesn't really work like "... reddit"

Same here, for me it was when I saw how Spez was treating mods that I pulled out.

Also obligatory “Boost Gang 🙌”

I'm still using both. Lemmy is my main but for communities that are non-existent on Lemmy, I revert to Reddit.

I dropped reddit and facebook. Don't miss them much.

I now mostly use Reddit to tell people about Lemmy

I really don't think there's a way to estimate. Personally, as a long term Sync user, I switched even before Sync was reddit for Lemmy. There's no real way to measure it though.

I think if Reddit was really good, 90% of the people here would not have a good reason to use Lemmy. I was on Lemmy before the blackout & it wasn't great; had I plugged it then, many would be reluctant to switch. Now, it is amazing, and Reddit ensured that Lemmy got a nice influx of users to make that happen :)

I think we should focus on quality and thoughtful discussion. I appreciate stupid memes too, but if it were up to me that would be secondary - even if overall popularity takes a hit.

Also, less concern over Reddit would be nice. I was there from the Digg exodus until the API drama, so I understand the change aspect quite well, but if genuine conversation is what matters to you, the correct people are here now.

I was a lurker there and I actually participate here. I still go there for videos in specific communities, but I no longer scroll ALL.

I did. Used a tool that purged my entire history.

I blows my mind that people still use it.

Yep. Cold turkey.

I did, I really just follow the sync app ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

If they didn't pull that API bs for sync, I wouldn't be here. No regurtz on the move tho

I did! They banned my account after a dispute with a Mod claiming I was being islamaphobic for asking about professor who was killed for supposedly showing a picture of Muhammad (which later turned out the daughter lied about) by a girl's father who was mad man who claimed Islam. The post was praising Islam for being a religion of peace and anyone who said differently didn't understand... so I asked about that case.... got banned from the sub.. argued with the mod, who then reported.e for harassment to the Reddit team and boom, permanently banned, no appeal option... My four year account and 97k karma gone.. then they banned my Alt account because of my phone IP address... I was so pissed.. tried VPNs too.. no good after a while..

Then I googled reddit alternatives, and a few scrolls down, I saw a forum from lemmy discusing how it had just launched as the reddit alternative and to try it.. I am glad I did. I like this better.. I wish there was more content though.. I love certain shows and love discussion about them. Like MTV the challenge or what we do in the shadows... Lemmy is so new, it doesn't have all those communitys just yet but I am happy to be here and watch the site grow.

I did

I use reddit only 2-3 times a month since the kill of third party apps.

Me me me

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