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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Trying at least; (imo) Lemmy hasn't quite got the critical mass yet. The official Reddit app is so crappy that each time I find myself being drawn back in, I leave really quickly. I didn't expect me to find it that bad.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit has become so bad lately that I am trying to. Still a few smaller communities I am missing though sadly.

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[–] Zoldyck 8 points 1 year ago

I've fully stopped using Reddit. Lemmy seems great, apps are rapidly improving, and the userbase is growing. What more do we want?

[–] TurretCorruption 8 points 1 year ago

So far I'm liking it. I wasn't fond of the general attitude people had on reddit though, and I'm seeing some of the pop up as a result of the migration.

I have concerns that the lemmy community will become as toxic as reddit is. Other than that, I am enjoying how small communities are here. I don't feel like my voice is being drowned out by other users or bots.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm replacing reddit with my cousin Lenny

Lenny

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

yep, feels like old reddit and i'm so so happy!

[–] ptolemai 7 points 1 year ago

Stopped reddit, now mostly lemmy and a bit of kbin.

[–] missmayflower 7 points 1 year ago

I've only accessed reddit once since RIF died, just to see what r/all looked like. Not interested in returning tbh. I'll join the smaller communities on Lemmy or make my own.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

now that you mention it, I realize I've not been there since ... may be a week or two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, the fediverse makes sense. Centralisation is a cancer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted my reddit account (and all my content beforehand) so yeah...still looking around for matching communities though.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I’m here 99.9999% of the time

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mostly used reddit on desktop (old.reddit.com) so it shouldn't have made much difference to me, but boy, it did.

Ever since that API paywalling fiasco and mod rebellion, the overall quality of content has nosedived catastrophically. Just one look at r/all or r/popular would be enough to convince anyone.

I've completely left reddit and settled on Lemmy, just like most people here.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I left Reddit when I lost Apollo. I miss my drama subs though…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I refuse to use their app and I want nothing to do with them. So while they had some nice subreddits, I will learn to live without them.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've pretty much completely left Reddit since Apollo shut down. I'm happy with Lemmy, so far, except I'm honestly getting tired of the somewhat elitist attitude and fear/anger towards anything that isn't in the fediverse. I noticed it when I left Twitter for Mastodon too, and it's kind of getting old.

I'm not saying some of what's being said isn't justified, it's just not what I feel like seeing every time I open the app/site.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have. Always used Sync to browse Reddit, and since it's not working anymore, I'm not using it either.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Simply yes. Not going back

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lenny is dead, replacing him with George.

(But yes, switching to Lemmy from Reddit πŸ˜€)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Already have. If nothing else, I'm already hit with the nostalgia of old reddit before it became so corporate focused.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I refuse to install the official Reddit app, so only Lemmy on the phone. Which was probably 90% of my Reddit usage.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit, so I haven't logged on old.reddit.com in a while.

Still have my account, just in case, but I've pretty much migrated at this point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I just recently created my Lemmy account and had to answer a question like "why did you choose this username".

What did you answer, OP?

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[–] chokidar 6 points 1 year ago

I already have. I deleted all my Reddit posts and comments and deleted my account the other day. I'm all on the Lemmy train now.

[–] mysoulishome 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty much

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the subs that I was active at to grow here (mostly space-related subs).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Definitely. I don't plan on downloading the official Reddit app anytime soon and for years I have been more of a lurker on Reddit but I am trying to break that and participate more on Lemmy. Really enjoying it so far.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently going back and forth because there are still some subreddits that don't have an active community.

Hopefully, soon most if not all niche I follow will have a dedicated community here.

Also, still waiting for a better mobile client (excited for boost for lemmy and relay for lemmy).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There are only two subreddits I'm checking right now. One will be defunct when reddit shuts down that app. The other is a gaming subreddit where I'm not going to get the kind of discourse here that is there (yet). I can use their forums but...I like simplicity these days and having everything in one place is just easier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

jesssir, deleted all my reddit accs

[–] aceshigh 6 points 1 year ago

from my phone, i only have access to lemmy. in browser i access both, 50/50. there are 10 or so subs that i frequent on reddit, the rest i'm here. it's hard to let that account go because i put energy into building it and it's 10+ years old. i've been using it to track my journey in life. was planning on aggregating the data.

[–] dvdnet90 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not yet. because Lemmy is still quite small tbh. But, the thing is Since Reddit new API policy starts, my Reddit home feed filled with spam,bots and double posts from many subs. So, if this problem overwhelms my home feed. I might move to Lemmy permanently.

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