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Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious
I'm moving here permanently and never looking back, but I'm leaving my accounts because that's 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That's the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other's knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don't think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a 'gate-keeping' sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance -- they have all devolved into "I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!", "Look at my shiny new themed desktop", "Update broke my installation. Help!" etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a "niche website" and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can't be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven't heard of, Linux Mint. I can't and won't ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn't even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn't want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that's fine by me.
Cheers :)
Pretty much between here and Tildes. Iβm new here, Iβve been off and on Tildes since 2018. Both are chill.
I intend to delete my account (or sell to shills) but not ready yet. It's tough to do
I do intend to stay with Lemmy. I'm hoping more of my interests get represented over here. Specifically bluegrass and oldtime music
I'm definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.
I'm not ok with anything Reddit's done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.
I had a 13 yo account. Used Redact to delete my entire history, and then deleted the entire account. So I can't go back! Lemmy/kbin/mastodon is where I'll stay.
Lemmy needs a useable search - either integrated or indexed via search engines. Major use of reddit for me is treating it as a giant forum, seeking answers to questions.
Doom scrolling comes second. I need a way to swipe away posts I have no interest in to hide them forever.
I will probably never be entirely done with reddit unless the knowledgebase portion dries up.
Deleted my accounts.
Lemmy will have to earn my attention on its own merit, but I'm not going back to Reddit regardless.
Moving here for the foreseeable future, but donβt think Iβll be deleting my reddit account. Just like the gaslit partner in a toxic relationship. I am hoping reddit becomes better. Until then, I am moving here to reevaluate.
Also I cannot live without my patient gamers subreddit and my nosleep subreddit
i think i jave a 13yo account? maybe 2 comments (I had a few but purged most a few years ago). I have onlu browsed on Baconit and once i found lemmy i started to use it less. . .once its gone I'm gone.
TBH I am more active here because i want it to become my main content source while i drink coffee, and then go back to the comfort of lurking.
im a simple person...doesn't take much to entertain me.
I like to think I won't go back to reddit but force of habit is hard to break even with an excellent alternative!
Well, I've been here since before the blackout. I've been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.
The only reason I wasn't really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!
I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.
I've deleted my 10 year-old account and I'm considering deleting the others I don't use just to drive a point. I only have a particularly naughty account on the Snoosite and the Birdsite each where I get source material for the Fediverse, though. Tee-hee.
I sincerely hope the Fediverse catches on. It has a few hiccups and limitations, but I love the concept and it so clean and devoid of clutter vs Reddit.
I'll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain't going back to reddit
I deleted all my comments along with my account. I'm not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I'll happily contribute to it.
I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn't eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn't really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q's I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won't miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man's ego so much.
Definitely. The signal that reddit sent was pretty straightforward. I'll probably miss some of the communities there butI prefer to build on a safer ground which turned out to be distibuted
I'm leaving my account intact for two reasons. First to keep a log of past comments. Second to make comments encouraging mod teams to move to lemmy.
I don't see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It's like being in an exclusive club. You don't want go to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I'm having fun here, will likely stay for long.
My main issue right now is that, I use Reddit mostly for participating in tech communities and they don't seem to exist here... yet.
I hope that changes in the soon future.
I deleted my reddit account. If I need to find something specific it's okay to wonder there from time to time. My main interests at reddit were technology based so I'm sure these topics move partly to here. I also created Solidworks community here that was my main interest. Lets see if it starts growing.
I only use my phone so I'll bounce between both until Relay stops working and then stop using Reddit. If Relay keeps working then I'll keep using Reddit. Simple.
Today is my cake day on Reddit. The fourth one, and hopefully the last one.
My only issue with Lemmy is the lack of a "multi-reddit" where I separate the communities I've joined into themed feeds. Other than that, It's pretty cozy here.
This is how I have my reddit setup, with custom feeds for all my many different interests.
I left Reddit but didn't delete my account
I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).
Isn't the main obstacle for people migrating to Lemmy is the "signup"? Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
I think that it would, specially if hosted in some third site (preferably a popular platform) and/or spread across Reddit.
Something important however: we should invite people to the Lemmyverse as a whole, not just this instance. This instance is already overburdened, and even if I'm myself staying here (I like it), everyone sticking to the same instance defeats the purpose of decentralisation.
I'm not planning on going back...
Yeah, Iβm done
Deleted my one and only account I had left and have no intention of returning. LME feels nicer to use and i like the idea of separate instances and more decentralisation. Gives more agency to more people.
I've been increasingly frustrated by reddit for years. The API issue was the final straw. I had 3 accounts and deleted all 3 just before the blackout. I left some posts because I didn't know how to nuke it all without doing it manually. But I doubt anyone viewed anything I posted as valuable, so I'm not bothered. I'm just glad to be rid of reddit, to be honest.
I'm going to stick around here. I'm not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
I'm definitely sticking with Lemmy. While I do feel there's a number of communities missing and those that do exist don't have nearly as much content, I know that this will improve over time as more people switch over. It's also a little rough around the edges on the software side (having to refresh my page several times for it to load properly), but this will be sorted out as well.
I'd prefer Lemmy. Since there are still many subs missing, I don't delete my Reddit yet. I just don't login there for at least two weeks. If Lemmy still exists then, I guess we are over it.
Over 10 years on Reddit. Will delete the account. Will mostly waste my time on kbin and lemmy.
Yup. If not for mentions of reddit on lemmy I'd have forgotten about it. Seriosuly.
I probably won't delete my Reddit account, but I started my own Lemmy instance in the hopes that I could encourage more people to try out the Fediverse. I think it could work out well, but it's pretty tricky to get everything set up to start an instance.
Difficult to make that call. I will say that having the hand forced to find alternatives was eye opening. I feel like engaging in this space is more pleasant, but there is a definite learning curve. I find it refreshing that there is a consistency of content after leaving and coming back after a few hours. On the flip side, the one thing I enjoy about the Reddit experience is the evolution of the comments over time. There just isn't quite the same throughput here and threads just aren't real dynamic. I feel like going forward there is likely to be a mix of both, with the hope that this takes hold.