I don't browse or even log in to reddit anymore. I don't feel bad for searching out specific things. Since the audience is so much larger, there's niches that just haven't been replaced by Lemmy or other services. Sports, media discussion, and old tech advice threads are the ones I'll still go over for.

Using reddit makes me feel bad. It's full of such inflammatory rage bate. Even in the niche communities I was part of, there were multiple posts every day just stirring the pot. Lemmy right now reminds me of reddit in its early days, back when people were trying to have actual, meaningful discussions.

After the api-gate, I had a moment where I asked myself "what things have I actually learned on reddit that I otherwise wouldn't have learned?" And the answer was nothing. Actual, helpful, insightful discussions just don't get attention over there anymore. I get way more mileage out of my RSS feed than reddit.

I've found the tone here on Lemmy to be more positive and more informative. Don't change, y'all.

No. I use a combination of Mastodon, Lemmy, Bluesky, and Piefed. I refuse to even go back to that Trump Nazi run place.

I do highly recommend upvoting everything you can and if you see a missing group on Lemmy you can always create it.

I don't have so high moral stance to feel bad about using reddit.

Nope. I'm using a hacked third party app which doesn't load ads, and I shitpost as much as I can to poison their database for LLM use. They can ban me - I have a VPN and plenty of email addresses.

I'll use them till they don't serve my needs and then move on.

It's a website, not a family.

I got banned and any new account I try to make gets shadow-banned. As far as I can tell, my offense was calling Elon Musk a Nazi when he did his Nazi salute during the inauguration. A mod warned me to not call him a Nazi because the ADL said it wasn't a Nazi salute. Then a few days later he gave a speech for AfD in Germany and I commented "Still think he's not a Nazi?" Next thing I know, I was banned forever.

Nobody should feel bad for using Reddit to deshittify Google searches. That's just what has happened.

I do look at r/opera sometimes because there's no community here, but only once in a great while, and I do look at the monthly list that the ban pit bulls subreddit keeps of pitbull attacks/deaths, because it's absolutely frightening every month how long if is.

Not used it at all since the API shutdown. Been on lemmy since

I'd suggest that, if there's a topic over on reddit that has topics you're interested in, try starting a thread over here on that topic, even if the community here is "dead". Because "dead" communities can be resurrected, they just need activity. Asking a question on a topic is activity; posting an answer to the question (even if it's your own question and you had to go to reddit for the answer) is activity and provides a resource here for other people to use. And if it's something you found out on your own but it's not new, try posting a YSK or TIL in the appropriate local community. You may not get replies, but we're not going to become a fully viable alternative unless people contribute little bits where they can.

Never used Reddit, but I felt bad enough about using that one site that's owned by a neo Nazi that I nuked my account.

Reddit remains one of the only reliable sources of safety advice, reporting, and guides on drugs. Lots of [deleted] nowadays. This is particularly concerning in aspects beyond this as well. Obscure software issues? Buying recommendations? Everyone always flocked to Reddit, and now it's gone.

A reminder to never put all your eggs in one basket.

The only reddit community I've yet to find a home for on Lemmy is /r/fountainpens. I don't post there though. As a lefty getting into underwriting and fountain pens was really good for my penmanship. This in turn was good for my journaling and mental health. I don't feel bad about it.

IRRC there was a Lemmy channel for it but it was really small.

I deleted my Reddit account back when they fucked over the 3rd party apps, but I still do browse their site. Much as I think that Lemmy is the superior platform, Reddit still has a huge numbers advantage, and so the amount of content over there is much greater than here.

Any time I go into the comments section, though, I am reminded that Reddit is a shithole. So I try to stay out of those and just read the linked articles.

I am permabanned so the decision was made for me.

I would feel okay i think. I only use it when it ends up in my search engine answers, and i think it's okay, it has both a larger userbase and older history, so for niche subjects and specific questions it makes sense to use it.

But if you feel bad about it, maybe consider creating the communities you would like to see on Lemmy, as others said ! It may be not as hard and time consuming as you think, especially if you find some people to help you or even to entirely transfer the moderation part.

It's a real pain in the ass for the best source of news about the games I play to either be reddit or Discord, so my options are shit or shit. Sometimes developers post clarifications on game mechanics on the subreddit, and that's the only source of that information. I wish more companies could understand the benefits of instance ownership, especially considering all of the ongoing issues with social media owners. It'd be great if that kinda news would migrate somewhere better so I could finally ditch reddit permanently, but I'm sure I'll just eat a ban eventually.

There's no mexican (or latinoamerican) content on Lemmy other than government propaganda, I am starting to feel bad about being on Lemmy more than being on Reddit.

Search results that used to lead me too answers on Stack Overflow now often lead me to Reddit posts.

Aside from this, I do still use Reddit, but mostly for smaller topics. I am on Lemmy daily, Reddit once or twice a week.

Lurking is ok if you wash your hands afterwards 😉

I mod a few larger subs I don't wish to leave (one I've brought here). I also participate in a work related sub. I've been spending more and more time on Lemmy lately though.

But yeah, I don't really like Reddit I'm just there because not all of my stuff has made it here yet.

I don’t feel bad, but having moved a few days ago I’ll share my experience.

I try and come here first, will check the one or two things I’ve posted engaged with, scroll a bit - but realise I haven’t quite joined enough communities for there to be novel information each time I check in.

I then default to Reddit, and quickly go into my default auto-scroll passive lurk mode. I see something new - like the most recent Anonymous hack on twitter, and then come back to see if I can find it on Lemmy!

One key difference is I rarely posted on Reddit, but have felt very comfortable posting here. Not sure why!

I feel dirty when I find the answer to my obscure question on a reddit post (using Kagi's forum search, btw). I get what I need and close the window quickly, not because it has any actual effect but because there is only so much time on that site until the rage consumes you.

I quit posting but still lurk on some topics of interest. Lemmy isn't the answer, sadly.

Sometimes you have to go where the people are.

I've found more people in my local area are on ig. Not on reddit, so it's easy in my local area. But it's one company for another.

no? it's just an app

People still use shitter. Because “all the people they know are there” and “they have porn”. I swear people will still browse Twitter on their bus to concentration camps.

I go there for the post-episode TV discussions (though I don't log in). It can interesting to read people's theories for something like Severance, although the whole experience can end up being depressing (because of mod shenanigans, the over-use of spoiler syntax, and the dissonance / over-reaction created when some show that the hive-mind has already determined is the best thing ever has a duff episode)

Honestly if the mobile website and app weren't so bad I might still be using it regularly. As of now I just use it for the occasional niche tech support issue/tutorial.

Yeah after a while, I figured out we can sideload Apollo app and since then using Reddit again for some communities that are not really active here.

Do I feel bad? No, I don’t. My answer will be very selfish but, I will do what is ‘good for me’ and what suits me.

Fairly new to Lemmy here, and I’ll still search it if I can’t find the community I’m looking for here. If it’s something I tell myself I’ll be fairly active in I try to create it and help it grow.

I only browse my city's sub and /r/nba for highlights. That's it. I don't comment anymore ever since my account was suspended for logging in while on a vpn, so I guess the only thing they get from me is site hits. And even then, I use rdx on mobile and a container on FF desktop with content blockers.

It was always kinda grey for me, but once I got my temp ban I said fuck it.

I lurk with an adblocker guilt free. Haven't logged in since I joined here.

Not even remotely feel bad. I stick to old and run an adblocker. I only use it for sysadmin as it helps with my work.

Bad, no, bored, yes. I generally just keep up with some web comics on there but as they at least move to BlueSky, that's less an issue. Plus the quality has dropped. I don't expect them to come to Lemmy, even if we do have a couple of good, very-Lemmy oriented comic artists.