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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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[-] 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)

I do, but I'm trying to quit

[-] 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.

[-] 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...

[-] 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.

[-] jerebear205@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
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[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I'm using Lemmy on my phone but on my lunch at work and stuff on my computer it's Reddit still. I am evangelizing Lemmy though.

[-] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I don't scroll through reddit anymore but will use it if a friend shares a link or when looking for something. It was hard the first few days as I found myself opening Sync only to be greeted by the goodbye message. Safe to say I was quite addicted to doom scrolling but happy to have stopped.

Been using Jerboa for 2 weeks now and have not doom scrolled yet, feels good

[-] Madusch@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Until yesterday, Joey for Reddit still worked, but since today it doesn't anymore. I miss r/BestOfRedditorUpdates, so I'll probably use it just for that sub.

[-] Joe_0237@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. Having finally hammered down the local vernacular ("instances"/"communities") of Lemmy, I am so at home here. I miss RiF, but Liftoff is serving me well

[-] knocks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I deleted my account 1st July. I won't lie there is still a couple of subreddits I'll check out through old.reddit, but mostly due to a recent crush on John Oliver.

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

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

Fuck u/spez.

[-] wakamo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes when I need an answer I use wayback machine to read reddit. Don't want to give reddit my engagement and have their cookies in my browser.

[-] FapMaster69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Kept using 3rd party apps until they shut down. I personally wouldn't be caught dead on the offical reddit app just on principal. I tried using the desktop site a couple times until I found Lemmy!

The major exception to this is if I look up a question or something and theres an answer on Reddit, I'll still click that link.

[-] shawn@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[-] slyme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't browse it (I have a redirector rule that links me right out of Reddit), but if I need to access it for something, I just tack on old. as a bypass.

[-] Myro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No. Haven't touched it since they killed 3rd-party apps and don't intend to (exception are Google search results, though I use Teddit as a frontend there.

[-] chk232@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Logged out, sometimes I use rif to check on some subreddits.

Not going to delete my 9 year old account because if I do that they will keep all the comments.

[-] Morphior@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

No, I uninstalled Boost and Infinity about a month ago and haven't looked back.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, briefly, but the quality has dropped and I usually just switch back to Lemmy since it feels different. Also, only until Infinity for Reddit stops working; no idea why it still works but it's a matter of time.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Almost never.

Sometimes when I need to troubleshoot or am looking for specific information, then I will add reddit. It still shines there.

But don't have a login anymore and I don't visit daily. Lemmy has become my main now.

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[-] uhauljoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I do, but not nearly as much as Lemmy.

I used to go to reddit for everything. To scroll aimlessly, just to look at aesthetic photos, to read stories...I even had a multi reddit for text based subs, and a third party app on my watch so I could read text based reddit posts at work.

Now, I only go to reddit if i need the resources of a specific sub (earlier i had a question about an app so i went to their sub to browse and see if there was any advice) or if i'm cross posting content to lemmy to get my communities going.

when i just want to scroll and see what's new, ive been coming straight to lemmy every time.

i'm really trying to interact more too.

[-] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I check hydroponics subs occasionally.

[-] Gsus4@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I visit some subs occasionally on old reddit, but have never logged in again. Fuck u/spez.

[-] J12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hadn’t been in 3 days besides accidentally opening Apollo. I’m going to stop by one of these days and edit and delete my comments and posts.

[-] zanyhog33@lemmy.jcaks.net 3 points 1 year ago

I used to check reddit everyday, some days I'd spend hours browsing. I think I've checked it twice since Apollo went down?

[-] koreth@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but much less than I used to. When I don’t have a particular goal in mind and just want to doomscroll a bit, I find myself checking Lemmy first, and only if I run out of things to read, which I usually don’t, do I move on to Reddit.

There are still some niche communities that are active on Reddit and not here. So I do still go over there on purpose for those.

[-] Blaze@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mostly using libreddit, when I need to refer to a specific thread. Otherwise, most of my browsing is in Lemmy.

Also, feel free to have a look at the search function on the sidebar, this question has been asked quite a lot lately, such as https://lemmy.ml/post/1846338

No, I have a couple small communities that I have pull into an RSS reader that still works somehow, but I stay logged out and never comment. 12 year account with 29k karma and I quit cold turkey and mostly went back to RSS feeds.

[-] Steve@compuverse.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I think its been almost a month, since I intentionally went to Reddit. More than 3 weeks anyway.

[-] ODuffer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just did some searching for the best grind size settings for my Aeropress. Some of the search results led to Reddit, I clicked on them and felt a bit dirty lol. Funnily enough a few of results still led to private groups. Reddit will still be a source of information about niche topics. Let's hope Lemmy becomes that source instead...

[-] Woedenaz@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I've looked maybe a handful of times over the past couple weeks, mostly to look at /r/modcoord and /r/save3rdpartyapps. Even then, I used libreddit. Other than that, I've not visited for really any other reason.

Lemmy + Mastodon is doing a good enough job being my daily time waster. There's definitely less content here but I am but one man, it's not like I could go through all of Reddit's bot-generated daily content anyway.

[-] elbowdrop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Just to check some niche subreddits. Browser only, no sign in. And once I find what I need on the lemmyverse I'm all done.

[-] saluer_lorque@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

No, and I blocked it on my DNS server so I don't accidentally go there either

[-] JoeClu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Nope, been browsing Lemmy since July 1 when I was no longer able to use RiF.

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[-] Lotsen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes for fixes and stuff but not much anyomore

[-] oSillyScope@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. Deleted my account and moved in at sh.itjust.works signed in on jerboa and never looked back.

[-] ThaijsClan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I only use it when googling questions that I know reddit has the answer for. And I hate it the whole time. I spend only enough time on there to get my answer then immediately close the web page. Call me silly or what you will, but I personally want to give as little interaction with that website as possible now. Fuck u/spez

As for the drama, I subscribe to a couple Lemmy instances that share the drama through Lemmy, that way I can be in the loop without having to be on the actual website.

[-] abnormal_258@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

i still go on it. but i am migrating from reddit

[-] Zippity@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I still look at a few specific subreddits when they pop-up in a search result.

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