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

yes. r/SFFPC has not made the jump to the fediverse :(

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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Swapped in Memmy at the Apollo spot on my phone’s home screen, and not looking back! It’s been great so far.

Unfortunately there are a couple of very specific subs which have no equivalent on Lemmy and I have gone back for them once or twice. I’m considering leaving those communities behind. Although it sucks to have to do so, ultimately it feels like the right thing to do.

Yeah, there are a few subs that haven't made the transition.

[–] syphe@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I still visit about 3 sub-reddits, all on a browser with ad-block, and I completely avoid commenting, I probably should start using libreddit. Haven't touched the front page since the initial blackout

[–] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I purged my feed from over 150 subs I would spend the first and last few hours each day browsing and commenting from my bed to less than 20 I lurk every few days from my pc, almost all of which are gaming communities with no fediverse replacements.

theres a couple communities stuck on there I still check on, but no longer casually browse.

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Totally off reddit. I have seamlessly replaced one with the other.

[–] minorsecond@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I log in for one niche sub that has no activity in the Lemmy equivalent, and only once every few days.

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've gone back and lurked a single sub a fee times that doesn't have an active user base here. Even the sub is slower now, than before the protests and app removals. The mobile site is cancer compared to RIF, which really helps to not go there.

No. Have not logged for weeks and can't think of any good reason to go back.

[–] erre@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy got active enough after the API changes took effect that I have rarely been back.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I look into niche communities that I can't find in a suitable way on the fediverse, but I don't engage anymore. No comments, no posting, no up- or downvotes, no gilding (lol). I am sitting on 17100 of these coins and I will watch them melt away when Reddit removes rewards.

[–] akatsukilevi@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I nuked all the content of my Reddit account, then forced it to be banned from Reddit. After that, blacklisted the domain from my computer so that it just returns a (ERR_NX_DOMAIN) and migrated to KBin instead
Been happy since

[–] Savirius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

About 85% of my reddit browsing had been on pretty niche subs, so I'm still using reddit to engage in those communities (of those that haven't shut down). I'm trying to contribute to the equivalents here too, but the engagement is still on reddit for now.

The other 15% was just the occasional trip to /r/all to see if there was anything interesting going on there, to which the answer was usually... no. That's pretty much been replaced by here now.

[–] Maheswara@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Actually I left reddit long before migration.... Came to know about Lemmy only after the API controversy...

[–] alien@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

lemmy has completely replaced reddit for me ngl, it's pretty much the same experience, for me at least, and I actually like it here more, people are more engaging and I got 100+ upvotes on a post for the FIRST TIME!

honestly I don't see myself going back, I will miss finding a niche sub and having enough content there for me to scroll for hours but hey, we'll get there too eventually!

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

only for 1 subreddit, 1001albumsgenerator. i have unfinished business there

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I do because there are a lot of valuable infos, but I 'm deliberately not voting and commenting.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 2 points 1 year ago

I occasionally check https://reddit.com/r/artifexian which is the official community for a youtube channel and podcast that I like.

Other than that, I'm out.

Yeah, unfortunately. I'm trying to switch over fully but there's still some subreddits that I can't replicate on Lemmy. I'll be off once I get alternatives to all the snake, big cat, and bird subs that I use to look at cool animals, though. iNaturalist just isn't as browsable.

[–] daruksrevenge@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I’m currently in the process of replacing Reddit with Lemmy. I’m keeping Reddit for the sole purpose of being linked there from Google Results and until I get used to Lemmy, how it works, and find communities that are relevant to me.

I do find Lemmy interesting in how , despite being in an instance, you can still see posts from other instances and such. I am still getting used to it, so will keep Reddit around until I am completely accustomed to it.

[–] leapingleopard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Someone linked mlmym.org

which mimics oldreddit... I feel at home now.

I go back to check hometown sub once or twice a day. if I go to the front page, I only make it through about half before I realize what I'm doing and switch. Quite honestly, it feels poisonous. Whatever algorithm they have my brain has decided it can live without.

[–] hbar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I slowed down when the announcement was made about third party apps. I quit entirely when RIF turned off. Now I participate here, started my own community, contribute to others as much as I can, and finally figured out how to host my own instance. It's been fun seeing it grow slowly.

[–] TeamDman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Only to check /r/canadapublicservants and /r/urf, otherwise I'm avoiding it. Unfortunately it still is often one of the best sites in search results

[–] Pamasich@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I still use Reddit, I didn't move here because I was pissed at apps going away (never used them anyway), just wanted to familiarize myself before I'll be forced to move when they inevitably remove old reddit in the future.

There's still communities important to me that either only exist on Reddit or have way too little engagement here. Until they remove old reddit or that changes, I'll stay on reddit. But I'm doing my part by having disabled ads on reddit (I had them enabled before the third party app stuff).

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I was searching for a fix for some MS bullshit and clicked on a link that had a good answer... and lo and behold, Reddit. "Came for the cats, stayed for the empathy." Yes, they still have that on the banner. Lol!!

I deleted my account during the "strike", and this was my first time back. I couldn't upvote the poster, and for a second that made me sad.

[–] cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I do for niche communities, especially those for reading / books / literature. There’s fewer of those here on Lemmy, and the ones in languages other than English are nonexistent.

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[–] MostlyGibberish@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I used reddit pretty much exclusively on my phone through the Boost app. When that went dark, I didn't really feel the need to go out of my way to download a far worse app, so I stopped checking reddit.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Tech support searches sometime bring me back, but I haven't really been back otherwise since the boycott started.

[–] JaymesRS@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I have an RSS subscription to r/ebookdeals and an account that was previously to keep nsfw browsing separate from main browsing and access that now is subscribed to r/modcoord and r/3rdpartyapps to watch the drama that I occasionally check in on once a week or so, but otherwise Lemmy is my regular browsing home.

[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The official app has bad performance and that's why I only browse on my pc. Usually that's once a week.

[–] MildlyIncorrect@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I do, but not nearly as much. Probably spend about half the time if not less then before Apollo went down. Opening up GitHub to check on Voyager updates probably as often as I am opening up Reddit.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If I have to Google something, and the answer is on Reddit, then yes.

[–] Pika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I blocked it at the router, so nowadays I don't use it unless there's an article I really need to access

[–] starman@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago
[–] eek2121@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I visit the Ukraine livethread on worldnews once a day and that is it. I use Lemmy or Mastodon mostly.

I am not logged into my reddit account, and ads are blocked. I use a VPN. I cancelled my reddit premium subscription when the API changes were announced.

[–] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Lemmy doesn't have everyone over from Reddit.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nope. Not once since June 12th.

[–] Martenz05@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I have not gone to Reddit just to "use reddit" since discovering lemm.ee a couple weeks ago. Sometimes still end up on specific threads through search results, especially for obscure stuff on older video games.

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 2 points 1 year ago

I have pretty much stopped.

It’s not usable on my phone and now searches are basically buggered with a number of subreddits being nsfw. So for example I was searching something specific to pop_os and can’t view the thread. Just closed it. Will block Reddit returns in Kagi now most likely.

I think there may have been a day or two where I looked at it for a few minutes in the browser at work over the past couple of weeks.

I lurk on my country's subreddit once a day through libreddit or on browser with ads blocked. I used to do that for a couple other small subs but I don't bother doing it as much anymore, I just check what's posted there like 1-2 times a week at this point

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

After everything went down and Sync stopped, my usage dropped considerably. I was still using Joey and Infinity for light browsing, but I haven't really browsed Reddit in about a week and have been on Lemmy and Kbin exclusively. I feel more engaged here too.

Browsing Reddit just seemed different, like the quality of posts and comments dropped considerably.

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I go there through Tedit sometimes when info I need comes up in a search, but I haven't logged in or browsed the site directly since the API protest blackout.

Weird how I seem to have more free time now. Must be a coincidence.

[–] pigup@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope they got porn here now

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[–] Potatomache@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup. I never used any of the apps (always opened reddit through my mobile browser) so I wasn't affected that way. I am sympathetic to all the issues brought up, and I do really like the fediverse, but I don't think the users are here yet.

I like going to reddit to read about opinions or someone more knowledgeable than me talk about things. I find there's a lack of discussions in the fediverse at the moment for me, and maybe that's due to me having to curate my experience more. I don't know. But for now, yes, I still use it.

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