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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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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I only check my profile occasionally to see if I need to run the super deleter on it again.

[–] MLSC87@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I go to check specific subreddits but I'm no longer a daily user

[–] MrsEaves@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Nope, and I used to do a lot of Reddit - like several times a day, and usually entire evenings just browsing. I used PowerDeleteSuite and deleted my account, and I use an RSS reader with an adblocker for the 2-3 local subs I truly can’t find the same info for elsewhere. One is a university I teach at, and the only exception I’ve made to this was to create a throwaway to answer a question about salaries and point the person who was hoping to teach to our union contract. Worker solidarity > Reddit drama.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 4 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.

Absolutely not. I have not logged in once since the day the protest started.

[–] phil299@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Basically my heart is here now and this is where I come for social media , that does not mean I will not use reddit from time to time , but those times are getting less and less, my main reason to use reddit now is to promote lemmy. To give a better idea I spent probably an hour a day on reddit or two or three visits. Now I have not visited for over a week and recent visits have been a few minutes.

[–] poudlardo@terefere.eu 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes but way less. Voyager app for Lemmy is dope by the way

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You guys using apps?

-Sincerely,

A Firefox + uBlock Origin User

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[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

On June 30 I deleted my two accounts, ran a script to change all my comments to say the account was deleted in protest (to limited success, and Im sure they’ve probably been reverted by now) and have only been back since twice due to a tech support question only having a google indexed answer easily available on Reddit.

I am no longer actively engaging with that platform. I’ve found though using voyager on my mobile devices and skimming lemmy aimlessly my need for β€œcontent” is wholly satisfied.

I do, but I'm trying to quit

[–] Cyreld@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I do for a few communities where I want news updates that doesn't seem to have anything comparable here yet.

Other than that though, I try to limit any mindless scrolling to lemmy (managed to cut that down a lot)

[–] Crazypartypony@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I really used reddit to lurk and scroll when I was bored. If I can't use the app I'm used to, there is no reason for me to return. Especially with the way they have been treating the community, I havent been back for about 3 weeks. I downloaded a lemmy app and put that in the same spot as rif was, and I havent looked back.

Nope! On June 30 I used a script to erase all my prior comments and posts and deleted my accounts.

Fuck u/spez.

[–] Zeroxxx@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Redreader is still working.

[–] MartinXYZ@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I've visited a couple of times. My preferred app (relay) is still working, but I'm guessing I'll jump ship completely once relay is affected, Lemmy has mostly replaced my Reddit habits anyway.

[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I do, but only to support FOSS users in some communities that are not here [yet]. There is no opnsense community here in Lemmy, so when I see questions there in reddit, I help where I can.

However, my "bio" or whatever it is called in reddit, clearly states that I have moved to Lemmy permanently.

I am actually considering creating a opnsense community here and hoping that Franco will come and join, and take over ownership.

[–] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but with RedReader. There's a few niche subs I like that aren't well-established here yet.

[–] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am lurking and watching the dumpster fire at this point , reddit went full Authoritarian on Dndmemes and sacked a bunch of cool mods because we turned it into a goblin porn subreddit for the shutdown/blackout and the admins did not like that... so I am posting here now and watching Reddit burn in the distance.

Maybe once a week using RiF ReVanced for

  • Checking two small subreddit
  • Delete comments that haven't been visible anymore but now are again (because I deleted newer comments, now the older ones starting to appear again)
[–] in2thesame@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I completely stopped using it.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Nah. I’m more casual, and didn’t even need it for specific information. I haven’t been back in weeks. Plus, I really like the more civil environment I’ve found on the instances I’ve joined. Additionally, the users are actually listened to, and the mods/devs are genuinely trying to create a better experience. It’s something I want to be a part of, rather than the dumpster fire of greed, anger, and manipulation that is reddit.

[–] nefonous@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I completely switched to lemmy for my random scrolling. But the main community for a game is still there so sometimes I keep lurking that subreddit only (exclusively from pc)

[–] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't been back on Reddit since shortly before July 1. I enjoy the vibe here right and the novelty of something new hasn't worn off yet.

Some subreddits I was more into like Destiny 2's and Diablo 4 don't seem as busy here so I have a feeling I may need to lurk over there still from time to time.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Me personally no, I quit on June 11th and I haven't looked back. My husband on the other hand looks at it periodically. He showed my something from r/PartyParrot yesterday thinking it was cool and I had to tell him it was a popular repost. Pretty much cemented the fact that I'm not missing anything.

[–] rmuk 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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[–] opux030@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I open the app out of muscle memory a few times a day, infinity still works somehow, but most of my subs have been closed/dead now anyway so not really.

[–] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] bluemix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe once a week? To check on some specific subs, but I revert back to my old lurker ways when I’m there and never contribute.

[–] Logical@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Since I started using Lemmy, not much. I am mostly on here now.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use it for two things: checking out protest stuff and checking the only subreddit (it's a small one) that's actually keeping me on Reddit.

[–] 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.

[–] MasseR@pleroma.rauhala.info 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@001100010010
I still have my account, but I dropped all the apps and am no longer logged in in any of my browsers. I also still have some reddit rss feeds
@asklemmy

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[–] DharkStare@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I still use it. The HFY community is still on Reddit and I enjoy reading the stories.

The API changes haven't really affected my experience since I always browsed Reddit on my desktop through the browser.

Didn't visit at all since June.

And I don't miss it :)

[–] Lolors17@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Nope, nothing proprietary on my watch.

[–] Angelo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I still use reddit but only when Google search results points me to it and via a teddit (alternative frontend) instance so I don't give them a dime with ads nor a visit, but teddit is slowly dying (Error: 429 "Too Many Requests") because they decreased the limit of posts it could load, so you have to switch between instances until it finally loads, but thankfully, a script does that for you automatically (thanks to bezier-curve from Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36726442) : https://pastebin.com/zFJ5nb42

Also, to be automatically redirected from reddit to your favorite teddit instance, you could use this extension for Firefox (I'm not using Chrome sorry) : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-teddit-redirect/

To help prevent 429 errors from happening, you can still help by creating more teddit servers! : https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

what is this β€œreddit” thou speak of?

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[–] p0ppe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. A couple of clicks via Google, but that’s it.

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[–] Leo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 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

[–] WorldieBoi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] gkpy@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

managed to shift my idle browsing here. though i was kind of weening off reddit slowly over the past years. with lemmy exploding it has brought back some of that feeling of exploring and looking for communities i was missing on reddit haha

sadly nebula.tv sends you to reddit for comments on their exclusives, that is one holdover that is also unlikely to go away...

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I just recently got around to archiving posts of mine before deleting my account, so I literally have no ties other than those on the Wayback Machine.

Needless to say, I don't go back and I do my absolute best to avoid any and all links from it whenever possible.

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