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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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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[–] Boiglenoight 9 points 11 months ago

I don’t. I’ll find myself there occasionally because friends still do. I silently judge them as enablers of corporate scummery. I had been talking up Lemmy.world to the point of being insufferable and have stfu since it was hacked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

If a search directs me there or if there is some news that I really need to check. I have abandoned the account.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

So, peronally i'm done wirh reddit. But i still go there every once in a while to target about ten very specific subs which aren't even remotely replicated in the fediverse for the fireseable future. See, there's this chatgroup we maintain with my not ultra tech savvy parents and a handful of goofy dog/cat/bird videos a day brigthens their work days. They would never browse reddit or even the fediverse and this tradition came at basically no "extra cost" since i scrolled reddit any day anyways. Now i don't want to stop bettering their lives out of my idealism so i bite the bullet for now. I'm not engaging in reddit anymore, just go straight to some subs and that's about it. Since this is content often posted by casual users very much like my parents i doubt we will see a big influx of this kind if content in the fediverse any time soon, if ever. So yeah, i still go there.

[–] ClaretNBlue 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I signed up to Reddit in 2014 and loved the platform to the point it was my goto when researching new purchases by looking for real world users of products, and would visit the platform multiple times each day. But sadly with all the stunts that have been pulled I have moved over to Lemmy like many others and in have to say i don't miss reddit at all.

Although Lemmy is now my goto I guess I'll still make occasional visits to Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Yes, but a lot less. I unsubscribed from everything except some niche communities that are inactive/nonexistent on Lemmy, plus a few related to the Fediverse.

But the loss of Rif means I'm using it a lot less anyway.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Intentionally, only when a search directs me to a Reddit thread. Unfortunately, it's still a great resource in that regard.

Unintentionally, habit has me typing reddit.com before I realize what I'm doing. Otherwise, I try to stay here.

[–] Deelala0516 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

since baconreader no longer works i stopped using reddit. only time i visited was because of a duckduckgo search result

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

When subs started blacking out and the only posts I were seeing on my feed were from r/hamsters, I cut the chord without looking back. My friends have all tried to find workarounds to be able to use reddit without official means like using apps that get the pass for accessibility and I'm just thinking "imagine going out of your way just to access reddit" πŸ˜‚

The only subreddits I cared about were very few at that point with how shitty reddit had gotten as a whole, so it wasn't hard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I only visit it from a search engine when searching for something. It's still a vast repository of useful content.

[–] SapienSRC 8 points 11 months ago

No, and honestly don’t really miss it. Lemmy is fine for what I need it for. Sometimes if I search for an answer I’ll get a result that happens to be on Reddit so if that counts then so be it.

[–] HeyJoe 8 points 11 months ago

I lost power last night and had nothing to do... lemmy, sadly, doesn't have as much content yet so I popped in once just to see. Spent like 10 min there with no account since I did delete it and realized it also wasn't showing me much either.

Having an account with everything you like really helps the experience, glad I looked and felt better when it also didn't really give me the fix I wanted. Power is back and I don't forsee myself going back anytime soon, outside very specific google searches where I might find relevant information needed to do my job.

[–] Anaphylactic_Gock 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used reddit until Sync stopped working, and I haven't been on since, except to delete a bunch of old posts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

For the moment it is still a massive repository of useful esoteric knowledge. I've stopped using it for anything active / current, but so long as it exists and is searchable I don't see that I'll be able to move away from accessing it entirely.

Twitter, however, is dead to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

My usage just plummeted off a cliff after creating a Lemmy account. Infinity for Reddit is still working at the moment but I don't even have the app on my home screen anymore so I rarely open it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Only to view NSFW images when I really don't have any other option. I don't have an account anymore though so usually it's not worth the trouble. Lemmy really just doesn't have the diversity reddit did with that yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Within the last month or so, I've stumbled upon reddit links a total of ~3 times. It's still damn useful for looking up info and the best links on Google are often reddit. Ublock origin was enabled of course.

[–] dan1101 8 points 11 months ago

I don't visit the homepage or use my mobile client. But it still pops up in searches and often has answers I need, for now.

[–] jnato90 8 points 11 months ago

RIF was my app for Reddit so once that went down I've cut it like 99%. Similarly I'm there now for questions that I can only seem to find there unfortunately but not logged in since.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

When the Bacon(reader) was done, I was done.

[–] randomTingler 8 points 11 months ago

My pc is logged in with my reddit account. Few Google results take me to reddit, I use only that time. I don't visit reddit to see what's happening there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I do. My usage has gone down in half, as blue I have Lemmy and the vibes here are nice and I like the concept but it still doesn't come close to Reddit in terms of content and niche subreddits.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

99% Reddit free. If I need an answer or opinion about something niche, I will be there as shortly as possible and already have adblock

[–] Senornomilkshake 7 points 11 months ago

Only on desktop here and there since RES still works. Enjoying Lemmy when on mobile though.

[–] Zdvarko 7 points 11 months ago

Nope, closed account after 5 years and moved to Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope! While lemmy is still missing a lot of things, such as large amounts of text posts and comments, and smaller communities, I've found other ways to fill the gaps. I browsed nosleep a lot and have found some nice series', but that won't make me go back. Also Tumblr exists to fill the smaller community gaps

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[–] Daisyifyoudo 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I used RIF for close 10 years. Comparatively speaking, just trying to browse Reddit via app or in it's browser is straight up r/eyebleach

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[–] Poppa_Mo 7 points 11 months ago

Yes, and I've noticed something very odd. There seems to be some sort of false engagement and fake upvotes going on for average users.

Normally I post a smart-ass comment, and either get ignored, or down-voted a couple times...

Ever since the API restrictions, it's like no matter what I post, it gets a few upvotes very quickly. Some of these have mini explosions and gain a bit of traction.

I'm also seeing A LOT more activity on some of my other niche subs.

It just seems so fake and contrary to my prior 11 years of experience, makes no sense unless it is being bot driven.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

For me, it's still convinient for asking specific questions. The niche communities were filled with people knowing their stuff so the archives are filled with very reflected opinions and knowledge. For example, if I'm about to, say, buy a cooking knife, I'd google "best cooking knife reddit" and there I have it. Without that I'd be stuck with "top 10 cooking knifes articles" which may be influenced by knife companies wanting to promote their product. Of course I could ask that question here too, but I'd have to wait for an answer and those I would get would only be a fragment of what I'm still be able to find in reddits archives. But for everything else I'm very happy here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Until I find most of the equivalent Reddit subs on Lemmy, with their emigrated leading lights, you kind of have to. Like you said, only Reddit has the answers. Startpage: "42? site:reddit.com"

I'm too old to enjoy drama.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Reddit is so frustrating to use without Boost so not really.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Completely out and I had RIF for at least eleven years. They got rid of a part of me; I don't want shit to do with the site anymore. I'd also be out of Facebook if it weren't for messenger. I look to Lemmy for updates on the dumpster fire that is Reddit now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yes I do still use reddit, although only to check specific Subreddits. When it comes to mindlessly scrolling through content, however, the Fediverse has replaced Reddit 100% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I only go to reddit now if I look something up and get a link to it. I don’t go there to browse anymore.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I check in on my university subreddit from time to time but that's about it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I only visit reddit if I google something and a reddit thread about the problem pops up in the results. Otherwise, I'm completely off reddit.

[–] dvdnet90 6 points 11 months ago

Yes with modified Apollo and Boost. But, nowadays, many of my Reddit subs seems get a lot of double post, scam ads. if this problem overwhelms my home feed. I will ditch Reddit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I only check my profile occasionally to see if I need to run the super deleter on it again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Almost every subreddits to specific games that I play (Celeste, Hollow Knight, etc), either has no federative alternatives or is still far more active on Reddit. Like 95% of contents I watch does not exist anywhere else.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I honestly still do, though not on my phone.

And more often than not if I’m on my PC I’m working/gaming.

So really, I still go to reddit on my PC, but most of my usage used to be on the phone, now here I am on lemmy, on my phone, taking a shit.

In essence Lemmy has replaced Reddit for me where it really matters.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Nah. This is my shitpost home now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I do not. I thought I would... I even told people such even as I supported the good fight. But, no... I haven't been back.

I guess I'm actually pissed off enough to not give incompetent, shithole billionaires and millionaires that extra win.

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