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Look if reddit has the most useful information on a google search then reddit it is. Doesn't mean I'm actively browsing it.
Yep, right now, using a search engine with Reddit in the query is still the best option to find an answer to something. Maybe Lemmy fits that in time, but until then, Reddit it is.
IMO no, there's always a ton of (USER DELETED THIS COMMENT) or (COMMENT WAS REMOVED) or whatever. It's like a Swiss cheese there. Sure reddit often shows up when you use websearch but if you specifically look towards reddit for answers? I don't think that's an efficient way to find good answers, although it might be a good way to find the answers you like.
I still start my search with site:reddit.com when looking for an answer. I just prefer opening the cached hits so that traffic doesn't go to reddit but Google instead. Not like there weren't problems with Google, but this is the closest I can get to "punishing" Reddit but also getting an answer to my question.
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Their app is such a pain though. Nofap challenge imposed by reddit. I am on day 30 already.
I went from 100+ subs down to just 9, but some communities simply don't exist in lemmy.
I relapsed when I found out you can patch in your own key to still use third party apps 😬
Can I use RIF?
You've got my attention. Lack of third party apps is what keeps me away...
How do I patch my key into RiF?
I suppose the
data farmersadministration saw that the chains of addiction wasn't strong enough to overcome your dislike of the systematic abuse and had to lower the amount of psychological tricks to keep you coming back.People who uses both reddit and lemmy, mastodon and twitter, facebook and friendica... Unless you're doing it to harvest content for the fediverse, you might as well just stay on the mainstream platforms.
We'll never be able to compete with the rest of the world until people leave those platforms and come here. So what do you gain from being on the fediverse? It's slow, filled with stranger people, doesn't have all that juice content you crave. It's just people who are willing to make some sacrifices to work towards a better internet.
maybe the fediverse is a nice place, while the mainstream platforms are just for dopamine
dopamine
This is a classy way of saying porn
Sure, but not only.
Exactly.
If you moderated a sub before the API ban and used the Boost app, then Boost still works for you. Thank god for my tiny sub.
Most of the niche subs don't have equivalents here.