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I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it's because I am limited to using the desktop and can't aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.

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[-] chamim@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I had used to spend a lot of time on reddit, but I've now created a kbin account to replace reddit. I've added a PWA shortcut where my previous reddit app (Relay) used to be. I've done the same thing to replace Twitter with Mastodon.

[-] SpaceCadet2000@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I unsubbed from most of the default reddit subs and from the subs where the mods didn't seem to care about the protest.

For the future, I intend to limit my engagement to a few subreddits related to the war in Ukraine, because that's something I follow closely and care about a lot. The communities on lemmy/kbin just aren't active enough yet to stay up to date.

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[-] ahzidaljun@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I haven't intentionally been to reddit since June 10 or so, but some of my searches take me there. Been trying to use Discord as much as possible for those same questions but i do hit deadends sometimes that only those years old reddit posts can fix.

[-] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Went basically cold turkey on Reddit before the blackout, switching over to Kbin.
I know Reddit will survive, at least for the next while, but after witnessing Reddit's behaviour through all of this, I refuse to be a part of it.

My only use of Reddit will be for Google results, and that will be reading only with an Ad blocker - they won't make a penny off of me anymore if I can help it.

[-] Limewirelord@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've replaced the spot where Reddit Sync has been for like 10 years with a shortcut to Kbin. That said, I find myself browsing less as there's less content in the meantime. I try avoiding going to Reddit on my computer unless there's literally no other matching Google searches.

I hope we eventually get a lot of that random historical context and information reposted at some point onto any Lemmy instance.

[-] onepinksheep@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've got kbin installed as a PWA in the same spot that I had Sync for Reddit. That takes care of the muscle memory thing. The only reason I look at Reddit these days is to see how the shitshow is going.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Probably 98% Lemmy, 2% Reddit just to check the shitposting and vote in polls about what some of my communities should do now.

[-] KuroJ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve made the switch permanently. For apps you could try out Memmy or Mlem on the test flight app. Personally I’m using Memmy and I’m loving the swipe to upvote comments feature!

[-] Zippythezigzag@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'm on kbin but I've barely been on reddit at all since I switched. I'm enjoying watching the fediverse grow and begin to mature into the begining of a real threat to major social media monsters like reddit, twitter, Facebook, and others.

[-] barnsbauer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I deleted my account so there's no going back for me. Not that I would anyway. I'd be lying if I said I don't miss some of the subs I used to lurk on there, but that's not something I can't move on from. I still have many informative comments and posts I'd saved up in RES though.

Speaking of which, I came to know way too late that the max number of saved items in Reddit is 1000. Does anyone here have a clue on whether or not Lemmy has a similar restriction? I lost many good posts and comments I'd saved up for years due to that limitation until I switched to RES saving.

[-] ThatGuyFromMichigan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same. Here to support the switch and growth. I’ll miss Reddit but current leadership clearly doesn’t care they are burning the site to the ground. Time for a change! Lemmy looks pretty promising so far.

[-] equidamoid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Only open reddit by accident and muscle memory. Need to find time to read/save the "saved". Right after that will Art. 17 GDPR my account.

[-] Dassen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I haven’t been on Reddit since the day of the Blackout and won’t be. I find my screen time has been cut down significantly and I like it.

For now I have an e reader and Steamdeck, whenever I want to browse I don’t, or I pick one of these.

This way the content I consume is curated by me and not an algorithm.

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I jumped to lemmy the day of or the day before the blackout began, and moved to Kbin shortly after. Since then, I think I tapped into Reddit a total of 5-or-so times to check out solutions to web searches without bothering to log in. Three of of those times just led to a private subreddit, so I just backed out and looked elsewhere.

For my usual news binge, Kbin (& Lemmy), has more than sufficed. The fediverse has quickly made abandoning reddit pretty trivial for me.

[-] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I am... but they nuked all my main/alts except a few. I keep them to keep control of my mod rights, but its coming to a point of I don't want to bother.

[-] house_of_questions@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have already uninstalled my reddit app from my phone. Now I just need to stop myself from automatically hitting my bookmarks on pc all the time. After years and years of reddit, it's hard to break the habit, lol.

[-] Sorenchu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't miss a thing about reddit. I was using the platform for about 9 years and the whole debacle about who gets to profit off our content resulted in me moving to something less shitty. SO far, Lemmy has proven to be what the internet was before big corporations took over and I will stay here. I just started donating to the patreon for lemmy.world (or rather mastadon.world, but same dev) and I intend on staying here. I like the engagement so far and hope that the community sticks with this platform. Thanks to reddits malarkey I was introduced to the fediverse and for that I am thankful

[-] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, but only because installing Leechblock to try and reduce time wasting on Reddit and Youtube happened to coincide with this whole Reddit thing, and I haven't blocked Lemmy yet :)

[-] Pheonixtail@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not, but i enjoy the time i've spent using lemmy so far this past week (only setup an account today) much more.

[-] neighbourbehaviour@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a refugee and honestly I like it here better than a lot of the Reddit communities so far because people actually seem interested in discussion rather than arguing. Of course that could be just because there are not as many people. Not really sure.

[-] smokinjoe@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've spent all my time between Lemmy and kbin.

It's been a lot of fun, and while I know it's a little fractured, it's been giving me a really great bit of variety

[-] spacehedgehog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I've just deleted my reddit account! :-)

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[-] McBinary@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've spent FAR more time on kbin than I have reddit since the blackouts. I know the Relay app will be gone at the end of the month, so I figured I'd get a jump on trying to get used to another platform. I refuse to be forcefed ads, so there is no other option for me with reddit as a mobile user.

[-] jonathan@lemmy.6px.eu 1 points 2 years ago

I have decided I will only use Lemmy from now on. I've just setup my own instance (where I am the only user for now). I am actually posting this from my instance. I follow most things I used to follow on reddit. I used https://sub.rehab/ to find where the communities have migrated to and subscribed to all of them. It's great!

[-] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was, then I wasn't, but only because my Reddit is curated with over a decade of finding the subs I like.

However, I'm still slowly trying to find and curate my Lemmy experience, which I expect will pickup even more steam once 3rd Party API's get shut down the end of this month.

It's not even just a matter of principle, the Reddit official app is terrible, which is almost funny since I loved AlienBlue.

[-] poopoorichardson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Been lurking for a few days and finally decided to take the plunge. I actually prefer the design/UI of this site more than Reddit. Nice and clean.

I think the exodus thus far has been great. Was on Reddit for 12 years so it's a bittersweet feeling but the fact that the CEO has no qualms about catering to the users is pretty telling. Hope to engage in/foster some interesting discussions on here.

[-] kayaven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

For sure. I hereby consider Reddit to have died, along with the 3rd party app that I used to view it with. (RIP Boost, you will be missed 🚀)

From now on, only Lemmy exists to me and I've fully replaced it, partially out of spite.

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