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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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[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] calebcharles@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Cold turkey. I trad an interesting crosspost back-and-forth about the new gold deprecation thing, but other than that, no. 

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

I think I'm like most people here on this one. I avoid Reddit unless I absolutely need to find an answer to a question that can only be solved by a random saint from, like, 5 years ago

[–] Caboose20@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I lurk with an ad blocker. I do still have an account and am logged in so I can vote and save some posts.

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

Only if my search engine gives a result for technical advice I need.

[–] razieltakato@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, only for fap purposes.

[–] ftothe3@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy exclusively on my phone (Memmy app) and reddit occasionally when on my PC.

[–] AES@lemmy.ronsmans.eu 2 points 1 year ago

Hell no! FU Spez

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

Once or twice a week I check my local subreddit and a couple of best of subs.

Not since July 1st…. For a few days I was refreshing google and yahoo news habitually but so glad I finally found lemmy

[–] gunnm@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago

Still active on some niche communities that they don't want to leave Reddit and only using it on desktop.

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

yes, but only for specific content. my city and state have a very active subs that just hasn't really taken off on Lemmy yet. there's a lot of news from both that i can't get anywhere else. similarly i'm pretty active on r/dmacademy and there just isn't a community on lemmy that i've found that is similar yet. i think when those communities take off here i'll finally cut the cord on reddit.

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[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve noticed I haven’t really been enjoying my time on Reddit anymore. Since the shutdown of Apollo, I’ve found simple tasks like search and going to my favorite subreddits a chore.

Discussions inside of the posts also have deteriorated and I feel like I’m seeing way more AI generated content on askreddit and aita etc. Bots have also run rampant on subreddits like interestingasfuck.

Lemmy is reminding me of Reddit from 2010 . Lots of memes, smaller communities with great discussions. Also love it being connected to Mastodon.

What I’ve realized is I’ve just ended up spending more time outside of any of these apps, which might have ended up being a blessing.

[–] leap123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes. I'm very active on Reddit before the Reddit API change. I have moved to Lemmy since. Since Reddit is blocked in Indonesia, I usually use it as a secondary platform. I just checked it once in a while when using a VPN or using DNS-on-HTTPS.

I unsubbed from all reddits that don't support the resistance except for a few small ones. And I go to lemmy for most things

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

Not really, since I went back once or twice but then realised how little value I get from there and how much time I waste there. I also try to reduce my time on lemmy but at least everything is new and fresh here.

I still do, but not in the same capacity.

With the death of BaconReader I don't scroll as much, and just from looking at my front page, I imagine it's not only the summer doldrums that have thinned it out so much. It's just... harder to find good discussion there, and what I do find is often charged in some way, or very thin. So, I stick around for some of the communities that I'm more active in, but I'm also doing things on Lemmy, and a few other places. Honestly, idk that I'll ever full drop Reddit in the same way that I did, say, MySpace, mostly in that there's probably going to be some value somewhere on the site. But, it's certainly not my main source of idle scrolling or engagement anymore.

Also, yes, I know I can still make BR work, but at this point I'll just keep using Reddit in browser with uBlock Origin.

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

I literally only use it to check if there's a new Chainsaw Man chapter out so I open r/ChainsawMan once every two weeks, that's about it

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

Yes, but when I go to my multireddits, it's a barren desert of absolute n00bs asking questions that can be googled in five seconds. Makes me really miss what it used to be. I hope Lemmy gets more engagement.

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

I don't use it any more. At most when people refer to something Reddit here, specially in c/snoocalypse, I check it then archive it then link the archive.

That said I don't blame people who still use it, even if I encourage people to not to.

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

Yes, just a lot less because theres no app for it, so I only check it from a desktop PC instead of constantly the way I have in the past.

Maybe it's just me but the volume of interesting posts has fallen off a cliff after July 1st. The front page has much less activity and noticably more of it is reposts (which were there before, just a much higher ratio now).

The niche subreddits were always the key draw though, those still only exist on Reddit and nowhere else on the internet.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Just checked today and found out that they decided to rob all users of their coins.

Unfortunately some topic specific subs haven't made the jump to Lemmy yet, so for those I still have to check there occasionally

[–] hitagi@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup for those little weird subs I'm still on.

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

Yes and No.

Smaller communities with no equivalent, I'm there and still active. Technology, memes and world news, I'm here. But I'm also on other sites more again.

[–] kthxbye_reddit@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still check some subs, like recent infos on the war in ukraine. And some others that have not catches up in terms of activity…

But it’s getting less and less. I also open Apollo less frequently, realising that it doesn’t work anymore

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

I do not at all. I’m avoiding even Google Search results that go to Reddit. I have not used Reddit since June 12, other than to fully wipe all of my accounts on June 30. I’ve moved on and it’s been an easier transition than I thought it would be.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I occasionally poke my head in to see if it's dead yet, but other than that no.

[–] Rakn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. But instead of spending ever free minute on it I'll only check it once or maybe twice a day.

Most communities I cared about feel less lively. Except for maybe two or three.

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

No, I do not. Except when I'm looking for something and reddit is the only place where I can find my answers. But that rarely happens.

I take the occasional peek to see if it imploded yet. I do miss certain communities. Only last week I was looking for some info on a historical subject. Google turned up nothing so I wanted to r/askHistorians. I hate they decided to stay on reddit and don't switch to lemmy.

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

I’ve only popped in to check on a drama once since.

Lemmy is working for me. There’s less content and commenting but it’s noticeably picking up in the last few days.

[–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Only for superstonk and wallstreetbets. I find the fediverse including Mastodon enough for me. I was never a Twitter guy, but I created a Mastodon account on Infosec and it's amazing the knowledge and people you can find out there.

[–] e033x@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I do on my desktop, but my mobile browsing (which is the vast majority) is all lemmy.

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

Literally just the HFY subreddit and looking for answers to questions about 3d printing etc.

[–] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Scrammed and deleted all comments and got accounts banned [for saying fuck u/spez].

I only lurk a few places that don't exist here in a meaningful way. Discovery is harder here and desktop socks without RES.

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

I still use it for dinner subs that moved over to lemmy, but couldn't grow much. Like 40klore.

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

Not really. The only time I ever go to reddit is if I want info about a really niche subject and the post is usually several years old anyway.

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

boost for reddit has become unusable, many subs i frequent are still blackout. i have no real use for reddit any more, ill use the web client for google results when the sub i need isnt gone

this has done wonders for my social media addiction, more tjme spent with my friends on discord rather than doomscrolling reddit

[–] 0xeb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't. Since the beginning of this month, I only visited it 2 times where a Google search pointed out a post there, that is it. And even when it pop ups on the Google search result I tend to first check out other links.

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

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