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I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it's because I am limited to using the desktop and can't aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.

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[–] BushWizard 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Had to block reddit for a bit and replace my shortcuts to reddit with lemmy, but now I find myself enjoying my time on lemmy a lot more than on reddit. I don't know if I will ever stop using reddit due to the amount of old information over that is still very useful and because it's where most of my viewers come from, but only time will tell I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I have decided I will only use Lemmy from now on. I've just setup my own instance (where I am the only user for now). I am actually posting this from my instance. I follow most things I used to follow on reddit. I used https://sub.rehab/ to find where the communities have migrated to and subscribed to all of them. It's great!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I only use reddit through Relay third party app, once it is gone, I cannot use reddit anymore, reddit without it is so bad that it is same to jump to Lemmy. So I am adjusting now and just using Lemmy/Jerboa.

[–] ItsYourBoyHalo 10 points 1 year ago

Me! I haven't used Reddit in 2 weeks and I don't intend to leave the Fediverse anytine soon.

[–] Ace_Addams 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been on Reddit since the blackout. Not sure if I'm going back

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[–] corgis_are_awesome 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Loading this page took 10 seconds. This is too slow right now to function as a replacement for Reddit. Also, I HAVE to have the “hide” feature. I always hide posts after I have mentally processed them. That way my feed is always fresh. Without that feature, I am constantly seeing the same stuff over and over, which I hate.

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[–] master_tallness 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a Reddit refugee who had heard of Lemmy a few times and finally decided to check it out, pleasantly surprised. I think I'll be spending more time here. :)

[–] god 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I already have 10 lemmy accounts and like 2k compounded points in 12 days!! I have ruined my sleep schedule because I stay on Lemmy till like 8 am! I have procrastinated my well paying job to get more hours into this and even developed plug-ins for lemmy when I could've been developing shit for my job! Yes, I've been using Lemmy more than Reddit. 😭😔

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[–] HRDS_654 9 points 1 year ago

I'm a refugee and honestly I like it here better than a lot of the Reddit communities so far because people actually seem interested in discussion rather than arguing. Of course that could be just because there are not as many people. Not really sure.

[–] CMGX78 9 points 1 year ago

Full time Lemmy right here. There's only a handful of subreddits that I am missing, but I'm sure clones of those subs will make it here eventually.

[–] weepingSomnambulist 9 points 1 year ago

Using lemmy most of the time since the blackout. Kinda hard not to feel guilty now when I scrolled aimlessly on reddit. Now I only go there to find specific things. But ngl really miss having moment of discovery when I stumbled upon something while I browse reddit, since the amount of content here is limited.

[–] BrokenToshy 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm only using Reddit for /r/soccer at the moment as the Fedi versions aren't very active unfortunately. But if they become more active or Reddit get rid of old Reddit then I'll be done completely.

My only issue with Lemmy at the moment is every other post is a out Reddit to the point I might aswell be on Reddit... Understandable why but would be nice to see other content

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[–] arin 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm trying but it's pretty low quality stuff here

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[–] megadark12 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Im 90 % Lemmy and 10% Reddit right now. But i think that i soon will be 100% Lemmy. Only thing that stopping me from making the switch totally is some minor things about the mobile apps for Lemmy.

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[–] thegenesis 9 points 1 year ago

Quit reddit entirely after the blackout. Was kind of a wake up call for me. Not to go way over the top but wanna move away entirely from the Zuckerberg empire(WhatsApp, Facebook & Instagram), Twitter and even LinkedIn(if this is even possible?). Baby steps.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is my first comment on Lemmy. So far I've just been lurking to get used to how it works... but I've quit reddit completely, so the answer is yes.

[–] pwnstar 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only thing I look at on reddit now is save3rdpartyapps for updates, and check my 3rd party app subreddit from news from the dev hoping he announces a Lemmy app.

This is coming from someone with a severe reddit addiction where minutes couldn't pass without opening the app lol. 13 year old account.

Thanks for curing my addiction spez!

[–] Lazydog 8 points 1 year ago

I'm on mastodon and lemmy more than Reddit. Didnt know about either three weeks ago

[–] Brokensilence410 8 points 1 year ago

I started on Lemmy a few days ago and I've been on Reddit twice so far, decreasing my usage as I use Lemmy more. Mostly to re-familiarize which subreddits I used to visit the most to see if Lemmy has a community for that. No matter what, I'm deleting everything July 1st so I won't be going on after that.

[–] caephi 8 points 1 year ago

i was on reddit for 10 years. i've just started taking up lemmy and the 'fediverse'. hoping this can at least partially supplant the things i use reddit for. it's going to take time to build up the userbase/collective information reddit has built up, so i am going to try and be more active on this platform than i'd otherwise be to start building on this platform. my hope is federated content sharing can be an endpoint that will be sturdier against the kind of market and social fluctuations that are ruining reddit. 'fediverse' is a dumb name tho, not crazy about that.

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

I haven't used Reddit for more than 5 minutes since the blackout. The site clearly has absolutely zero interest in changing their terrible decisions, and they've shown their hand to everyone. I'm fully moved onto the Fediverse, and I feel all the better for it. I'd been using RIF since 2019, and I refuse to use the stock Reddit app. The community here is wonderful.

[–] teflocarbon 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

No, I haven't spent any time on Reddit since the closure, except for looking at r/Pics and their John Oliver err, protest. I haven't spent too much time on Lemmy though, that's because I've been busy helping out with an app for it :P

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

I'm working on transitioning over. I mean all the subreddits I follow are hard to just replace on a whim but slowly I'm getting there. Probably gonna download one of the phone apps for lemmy too.

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[–] xaon_rider92 8 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely spending more time on lemmy than reddit nowadays. Reddit still has too many great resources and info to abandon completely, but with more time to grow, hopefully lemmy will eventually replace reddit for me.

[–] madmonki 8 points 1 year ago

i only use lemmy rn so... i spend more time on lemmy.

[–] MarkHughes4096 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After signing up here I deleted my Reddit account. So yea :) It's really nice here, I hope it stays this way.

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[–] ows 8 points 1 year ago

Used Reddit everyday. Left last week. Lemmy everyday. Slowly subscribing to be subs as they appear. I get confused sometimes with the changes (subscribing, federation). The apps aren't as feature rich as the well matured 3rd party apps I was used to (losing my place when I nav away from app, can't find a post I was half way through reading. But I'm Happy. Oh yeah. I comment on Lemmy. Never really did that on Reddit.

I guess it's like I get to grow with the community, rather than crashing the party.

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

I deleted my Reddit account after that idiot's comments about "landed gentry". Still trying to wrap my head around the fediverse!

[–] gardenmwm 8 points 1 year ago

I purposely have started spending more time on Lemmy. After the recent drama I decided that I didn’t want to give Reddit any more of my time and have stopped using the site completely. Not sure Lemmy will be the successor, but its not to bad although mobile ui is worse than the reddit app.

[–] pglpm 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Deleted my account there and moved here. But I hope all pathological downvoters will stay there...

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[–] Dickbutt 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven’t been on Reddit in days. That’s it for me. You should go cold turkey and delete yo Reddit.

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

It's the community that makes reddit what it is. Lemmy cannot become reddit unless the community moves. The community will move if we make high effort content here.

I have switched from Relay for reddit to Jerboa for lemmy. But Jerboa still opens too much in browser, and I'm missing my mix of stuff. I could waste couple hours on reddit just consuming. Here, I run out of stuff in half an hour.

Also, the communities for the games I play are still over in reddit. Movie discussion threads are still on reddit. There are enough normies there that they will stick to reddit even after the protests. I can move my scrolling to Lemmy, that is my plan, but occasional visits to a few select places on reddit, will continue to happen.

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[–] ronaldtemp1 7 points 1 year ago

Me, I stopped browsing reddit actively unless trying to find an answer on Google.

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

About 25% of time is spend here. I feel like Lemmy isn't "there" yet but I want it to be. I'm thinking of creating my own instance with a custom GUI with a light-weight, less cluttered interface with some custom defaults.

[–] Matt_Glan 7 points 1 year ago

I quit Reddit entirely and will not go back now I found lemmy. Took a little learning circle but I like it here

[–] Ryumast3r 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My reddit usage has dropped steadily over the past week, starting with ~50% on day 1 and now almost 90%.

There's a few things I read on reddit, mostly related to its downfall (Apollo apps post yesterday), but otherwise it's this or doing something entirely different.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've spent FAR more time on kbin than I have reddit since the blackouts. I know the Relay app will be gone at the end of the month, so I figured I'd get a jump on trying to get used to another platform. I refuse to be forcefed ads, so there is no other option for me with reddit as a mobile user.

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

I've got kbin installed as a PWA in the same spot that I had Sync for Reddit. That takes care of the muscle memory thing. The only reason I look at Reddit these days is to see how the shitshow is going.

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