I have been perma banned twice on reddit and said fuck it. Also chapo got closed so i eventually saw hexbear and jumped ship

Didn't like reddits official app and I was a RIF guy. Started using Liftoff and never looked back.

Reddit

Being Perma-Banned from Reddit for having a different opinion…

Everyone saying to go to Lemmy after the Reddit thing. I always browsed Reddit through their webpage so the third party app thing didn't really bother me but I thought the whole Fediverse concept sounded interesting and decided to see what it's like.

The 2021 Congressional testimony of the Facebook whistle blower drove me to try out Mastodon. Elon Musk buying and ruining Twitter convinced me to stay on Mastodon and to learn more about the Fediverse. Reddit API changes shuttered Bacon Reader; that was the only way I got on Reddit and that's how I found this place. Hadn't even heard of Lemmy or Kbin until Reddit started messing around with their modmins and API.

I still go to Reddit when Google results lead me there, but I haven't downloaded their app and have no plans to do so. Still cross posting between Facebook and Mastodon, but have completely left ~~Twitter~~ X and haven't looked back.

Freedom

I was exploring fediverse services, found lemmy, gave it a try, used it for a while, then left until the protests because there wasnt much content

When I killed Facebook (+ Messenger, etc.), I became interested into alternative social networks. I don't like microbloggging, as they are frequently used just to express hate and political opinion in one or two sentences. I like thoughtful discussions and cat memes. So I chose Reddit first. I tried Lemmy, but it wasn't good until this year. Now I'm on Lemmy.

End of Infinity for Reddit and the whole Reddit fiasco.

I've abandoned platforms for less. Reddit was more of an addiction than anything else. For some reason Lemmy just doesn't feel like that (yet)