Already did. Purged all my Reddit bookmarks and account.
Generally: You have to be the change you want to see in the world. If you want to change others, change yourself first. I don't think the mindset "I need to reach that big number of people over there so I'll just be over there as well to teach them" works, or leads to the goal you want. Even though it seems reasonable at first glance. This mindset just leads to you giving the other people AND yourself more reason to never leave from there. Which is contrary to what you want. If you want others to switch to better alternatives, move yourself first, help grow the alternatives, and they will sooner or later also become interested in joining. Things like the latest Reddit and Twitter fiascos also show that no huge proprietary social media platform rules forever. The time to change to better alternatives has never been better than now.
No, I'm replacing it with Lemmy.
Trying to. This is a FANTASTIC tool to find new "subreddits" on Lemmy: https://sub.rehab/
Lemmy is pretty much my new Reddit much in the same way Reddit was my new Fark.com 12 years ago.
Now that I'm on Lemmy, I'm also exploring Fark again. I'm wondering why I ever left as it still is super relevant.
I'm about 90% Lemmy, 9% Reddit, 1% Tribel right now.
As soon as Lemmy has enough people and communities to keep me always reading something new that interests me, I'll be 100%. I've already abandoned subreddits that I modded. There's little to keep me going back.
100%
Using Reddit on web is no good for me since I can't look at it during work and at home I'd rather watch YouTube.
Baconreader was the only 3rd party app I liked and now Connect for Lemmy is a good replacement for it to check occasionally.
I also like that there's less new posts compared with Reddit so I now spend more time reading than I did before.
Also the community here feels much more welcoming.
Up Lemmy!
Here's the thing. Reddit had me hooked on it like no other until the API fuck up. Pretty much dropped it on it the spot.
After the first week it dawned on me how much time I was spending there.
So while I setup here, much less time is being spent online overall. But the interaction has jumped up immensely.
My garden is looking better and I'm hitting the gym much more often.
Yes. I plan on using lemmy over reddit from now on. There are enough similar communities here. I'll have to keep using reddit if i'm searching for something and it comes up, but i don't plan on actively using reddit anymore. They showed their true colours: a company's whole business model built around collecting and displaying user content and then has the nerve to pull that they did on 3rd party developers?
They didn't want app competition because they needed to serve ads in their app.
Yes (Lemmy), replaced it about two weeks ago. I only visit Reddit for super niche stuff while logged out and using an as locker with the old subdomain. I will never upvote or reply to a topic on there ever again.
I'm an reddit addict so it takes some time, but I'm working on it. It helps that reddit quality dropped and I'v been banned in one of four subs I was interested in.
The only app i bought on android is not working anymore because of reddit. I guess, answer is obvious
I have moved from 100% Reddit before this month to around 75% Lemmy (via Wefwef) and 25% Reddit. And I see this continually moving towards more Lemmy, less Reddit over time
I already have.
I use wefwef.app (to be rename Voyager next week it). It’s the closest thing I’ve found to Apollo and their seems to be a lot of contributors because it gets updated with new features and bug fixes almost daily.
Still hoping for more content though, and I’ve been guilty of not adding any myself, but I’m going to try and post more.
I'm adjusting. Work in progress. We don't really have any choice in the matter. Reddit is just too far past the pale. Migrating myself and others. I now have an official reddit app with revanced and the app is still God awful trash. If I'm on pc, I try to avoid reddit links that come in search and only use old.reddit.com with an adblocker and tracking blocking. I'm even trying to do this setup on mobile if I have to use reddit. Reddit is ultimately dead to me with their current CEO and corporate structure, etc.
I replaced Reddit with Lemmy
Completely dumping reddit. I wasn't sure if there would be enough content over here to replace it, but has picked up significantly in the past couple weeks.
I browsed reddit primarily with RIF for over 13 years, I made GDPR request for my data, and once I received it I edited all my comments to the copy pasta statement about reddit ruining itself, I then got summarily banned the day before RIF went 429. Made an account on lemmy.world. Feels like reddit during the Digg migration, I remember that exodus just as fondly.
Ditched Reddit, never looked back. It's waaaaay better here. Even running my own instance because why not? :)
Yep. I was on Reddit for more than 10 years and provided content regularly. Paying $5 or so a month to access the site using Sync would have been OK, but there's no way I'm going to use their crappy app and be inundated by ads while they suck up data from my phone.
IMO Reddit has lost a big stream of easy income from people like me who would have been long-term subscribers. Instead the BS they've pulled in the last couple of months have pushed me to delete all my posts and comments and leave the site completely.
Reddit killed Apollo so I now am using wef wef for Lemmy.
Yes. After 15 years of reddit I was done with it. Deleted my account. I'm tired of being a product. I miss my subs but oh well.
I do worry about bots and stuff with Lemmy though.
I've always just enjoyed having drinks with Lenny regardless of the social media apps I used. He is a pretty good guy, doesn't judge much which is great for conversations.
Funny enough, while having a few duffs with Lenny, we got to discussing reddits recent changes to 3rd party APIs and we both agreed it was going to be a bad discision long term. So Lenny started talking about Lemmy, and said I should check it out. I did once my reddit 3rd party app didn't work. So it was actually Lenny that converted me to Lemmy. He's a swell guy.
Haven’t been on Reddit at all since Apollo shut down. Lemmy is my new home!
Yep, already deleted my 14yo Reddit acct and made the switch. Really glad I did :)
Yes and I hope that the user engagement increases with time so that there is new content and info, because I used reddit for tech and other news, if lemmy does that I'm more than happy to stay here.
Permanently Deleted
Yes and no. My daily scrolling habit has been moved to lemmy and I haven’t really felt any loss.
However, and this is a big caveat: Reddit remains a huge source of institutional knowledge. Half a dozen times weekly I’ll look something up and the most relevant answer/discussion will be from Reddit. As I understand it, lemmy will never fulfill this need, because it’s not scraped the same way Reddit is? Or perhaps I’ve misunderstood something about the way federation works. If that’s true, it’s a huge blow to the long-term use of lemmy v. Reddit.
YSK, you can edit titles here.
Yes, I replaced Reddit with Lemmy.
I love chilling with Uncle Lenny on Lemmy
I’ve already replaced it with Lemmy. I simply have my Reddit account now to check on it to make sure my content remains deleted.
Yes... 13+ years on Reddit on my main account (different name than my Lemmy account), and it's gone. I've deleted all my posts and thousands of replies. I was active in several communities, including the Linux and open-source communities.
I used a script to edit my post history and replace my posts with random text, and then after a waiting period, delete the posts entirely. It took a couple of days to sift through it all. Then once I was down to zero posts... deleted my account.
So far yes. Almost any time I attempt to use reddit everything is down because of the crackdown. Plus I'm not a huge fan of the api changes anyway and no one here tells anyone to "Google it" with any questions. People actually respond in kind from what I've seen
I logged out of my Reddit account on June 15 and have only been back following direct links. Lemmy seems so much more alive than Reddit currently and hopefully decentralised platforms will continue to become more popular.
Trying, but the userbase of a lot of the smaller communities I follow on reddit (especially the ones that aren't tech related) probably won't switch in the immediate future.
I am, and I've noticed one welcomed effect it has had in me.
I'll admit I had an unhealthy phone habit of mindlessly scrolling and Reddit nurtured this.
As much as I'm excited about Lemmy - the barriers I'm finding of finding content that appeases my desire to scroll has greatly reduced my phone usage. Smaller user base, inability (for me anyway) to find communities and content through the search etc.
Lemmy is just good enough for me not to go back to Reddit, but not matured enough to replace the addition.
I came over from Reddit right after Apollo shut down on June 30, and TBH, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stay after that first week. I was seeing the same posts each day no matter how I sorted, and barely any of the posts had any interaction. I’ve seen a huge jump in quality posts and conversation in the last 2-3 days for some reason, and I’ve been popping over to Reddit less just to have something to browse. I’m hopeful that it keeps getting better from here.
Past tense for me: I have REPLACED Reddit with Lemmy. Yes there aren’t as many people here, but we seem to have left the assholes and jerks behind and I’m finding the same “fix” here as I did on Reddit.
I'll be honest - as much as I hate u/spez after everything that happened in June, I would probably still be using Reddit if not for them outright killing third party apps. Losing Reddit is Fun was one thing, but I will never downloading the official app.
So yeah! Lemmy here we come. Hopefully the community continues to get livelier as time goes on.
I did, ever since the first day of the blackout. I have only gone on reddit like maybe two or three times since then, since I redirected it to lemmy in my main browser.
I have stopped using Reddit as a place to waste time and doom scroll, but I am not really looking for a full replacement. I'm have started using multiple platforms to fill my time now. For news and current events I have started using RSS again. I spend a decent amount of time on Mastodon. Lemmy has been a great link aggregator and the growing community is making it feel like a great Reddit replacement, im just not putting all my eggs in one basket.
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I'm trying. I've moved over here for the most part, but there are a handful of Reddit subs that I enjoy that don't really have similar communities on Lemmy. I'm subscribed to those subs in my RSS reader now, so I don't actually have to open Reddit unless I come across a post where I want to see the comments.
I replaced reddit sync with jerboa and the only time I bother with reddit now is if I'm googling "[question] reddit" or for /r/popheads
I stopped using reddit on the 9th of June. There were 1.21k total users on .world. At the time there were around the same number on beehaw, and they were still federated. There were 1.6k total users on .ml and no other federated instances had more than a few hundred total users. There were maybe a dozen total communities with anything resembling daily posts. I was willing to try to drop reddit at this point and started posting a bunch hoping it would grow. I claim no credit, and and no impact whatsoever. I'm just thrilled you are all here, and to those that are just migrating, this place is better than reddit ever was. Posting about reddit is just a part of the breakup process, but you'll move on quickly.
You are still the core community here. Don't wait for someone else to start posting. This place will continue to grow with or without you. Your core interests and niche communities can grow even faster than they have so far, the only person holding you back is you. Post about stuff as much as possible. Ask questions, vote, and be positive. It really makes a difference. This place is all about you, us, and our community, so share and be a part of this thing!
That's a good question, but I'm not sure I'd wanna do that.
Yes. I left after the protests began and realized most of the posts were just a competition of who could make the wittiest or funniest comments regardless of the subject. I think the killing of Bacon Reader put the last nail in the coffin for me on mobile as well.
My app for Reddit stopped working, so yeah, hahah. New reddit is useless and old reddit for me constantly gets redirected to new reddit, so I haven't even bothered trying to get back in. My subs here are already filling with content often and it feels like reddit before it swelled up with too many people. I liked reddit back when I could actually talk to subreddit regulars.
Until AskHistorians moves Ill still be using reddit. I make a point to use LibReddit instead of the actual site though.
I dipped out when I heard about the protests last month. I've noticed reddit getting worse and worse and this is what I needed to stop using it.
Occasionally I still have to view reddit posts for troubleshooting/reviews as theres not a site quite like it. Even then, I usually keep the search results to last to make sure no where else has good input.
Permanently Deleted
Yep.
I'm always skeptical when a huge mass of users needs to move, and I saw what happend when Ellen Pao did her rounds. There were small attempts to threat about moving, but there was nothing to really move to.
This time it's way different.
- Lemmys place seems to actually be mature enough to help refugees move with more confidence.
- Spez royaly screwing up so bad in an AMA and showing where their loyalty lies.
- The posts/discussions are at a level now that will attract users to stay and make better long term decisions if they wanna lurk/contribute.
I moved when Digg went down because we got shown that we are a product.
I moved now because Reddit/"Fuck /u/spez" showed us that we are a product
We are better than that and if I can see spez go down in flames, with an IPO that gets shown what happens when you disregard what makes your "product" valuable...
I am a lemming!!
99% so far. I rarely open Reddit at all aymore.
I'm currently about 90% Lemmy, 10% Reddit for general topics, mostly still hanging on to Reddit for specific games that I haven't found out here yet.
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.
yep, feels like old reddit and i'm so so happy!
Yep! 100% since Sync shut down. There's enough content here already to keep me engaged though not for as long as I'd scroll on Reddit. But watching new communities pop up and grow is fun!
Not really. I stopped using Reddit and even though I am using lemmy it so far hasn’t been a true replacement. Overall my engagement has gone down hill significantly. I might check lemmy once or twice a day. I used to be on Reddit all day. Ultimately this is better for me overall. Even if I wanted to there just isn’t enough content for lemmy to be a replacement for my Reddit usage.
Yeah I refuse to use their trash app
I've fully stopped using Reddit. Lemmy seems great, apps are rapidly improving, and the userbase is growing. What more do we want?
I have half replaced Reddit with the Fediverse and half replaced it with this exciting new discovery I made of this thing called called IRL™.
From what I understand I can subscribe and engage with just about any compatible fediverse website thing in a sort of generic reddit/Twitter environment, right? I don't think I really have to make this choice, just kind of poke around and curate my home page while the app developers work on ease of use and the fediverse itself works on communication and tutorials for people like me (people who fall up stairs)
Edit: I am transitioning away from reddit the vibe sucks and the ads are a joke
Yes, the fediverse makes sense. Centralisation is a cancer
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.
Absolutely. Deleted account.
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.
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.
I left Reddit when I lost Apollo. I miss my drama subs though…
Stopped reddit, now mostly lemmy and a bit of kbin.
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.
now that you mention it, I realize I've not been there since ... may be a week or two.
Partially yes, partially no. It depends on the use case.
If I'm looking to idly scroll random content, sure, it's great!
For online community, definitely. Given the open disregard that Reddit Inc leadership has shown towards the community, developers, and volunteers who keep the show running, I don't feel comfortable contributing there anymore.
If i'm looking for specialized information on a specific topic, definitely not. Google Search + site:reddit.com still reigns here.
Simply yes. Not going back
I’m here 99.9999% of the time
Already have. If nothing else, I'm already hit with the nostalgia of old reddit before it became so corporate focused.
It's a good 95% because I uninstalled the app. Lemmy has a lot of potential, and that's worth it.
I scrambled, shredded, and then deleted my Reddit account after getting my data request back. I'm done with that place because I can only see it going downhill from here - site will only get more enshittified over time, this was the tipping point.
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.
Yes i have basically replaced Reddit at this point, other than if google search comes up with something I need.
I've already deleted all of my posts and edited the comments to "FUCK YOU u/spez". I didn't delete the account because the little cunt has a reputation for editing user's comments, I'm just gonna mass edit them from time to time to be sure.
I even changed out the email with an alias one literally saying "fuckyouspez@..." and that fucker hasn't banned me yet.
I'm an old lady and I'm trying, it's a little hard to navigate though, so I would say I spend less time here than I did Reddit, but I am 10 days fully clean from Reddit after a month of weaning. I've also started getting up and moving around more throughout my work day and listening to audiobooks and podcasts.
Both yes and no. Yes the time I used to spend browsing reddit is now spent using lemmy. But the experience is totally different in lemmy. I am a much more active part of the community here whereas I was a lurker at reddit
jesssir, deleted all my reddit accs
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.
I’m on lemmy a lot but not all the communities that I frequent on Reddit moved or have enough people over at lemmy.
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.
Yeah. I'm just waiting for the subs that I was active at to grow here (mostly space-related subs).
I didn't remove my Reddit account yet, but I stopped using it as soon as I tried Lemmy. As I expected, it's not perfect, it still needs some love on the technical side, but people and content are already here. I'm pretty happy with my feed so far. I can only see it grow and getting better, but I guess we'll find out how the fight with spam bots will be.
Pretty much
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.
I've basically left reddit for good. There's some thing I miss there but in general Lemmy fills that void enough that I don't have the urge to go back anymore. If I end up scrolling less because of smaller amount of content then good.
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.
Can't enjoy browsing Reddit on mobile without RiF, and won't use Reddit on PC at all anymore out of principle.
long live lemmy
Mostly. I prefer Lemmy. I actually like it enough to run my own instance.
I browse Lemmy almost exclusively, but adding "reddit" to the end of a Google search is still the easiest way to solve issues I'm looking up.
Yes, fuck you spez
Sure am. Been using Lemmy exclusively (shoutout to Memmy) for the past 3 weeks
I just started Lemmy a couple days ago. I uninstalled Reddit app 3 weeks ago and closed all my tabs. Occasionally a search results in Google for info will pop up a relevant reddit thread, of I think it has an answer I need I will click it. I didn't delete my reddit account or anything tho, just logged out.
Right now using both.
I'm in the process... Since they destroyed RiF, I've been going to the old Reddit website but it's just not the same anymore. I've been resisting downloading the Reddit app due to what they've done to the community but it's not easy.
Lemmy is nice and all but I find it confusing as it shows several communities (some with 0 MAU and some with plenty) whenever I search for it. I'm excited for the future of this one and the Mastodon one but they're just not as polished as their more established counterparts.
Yes. Reddit is only checked for about 2-3 subreddits, but I'm not checking it daily. Lemmy and Mastodon are my new best friends.
I've abandoned reddit.. just hoping that them nsfw subreddits come over too..
Yes, deleted my Reddit account
I only come to Reddit to check the status of my data takeout request and use teddit to check out /r/modcoord and /r/redditalternatives though they're winding down. Migration complete, after 3 years.
Just made the change, and I'm pleasantly surprised. Spent a bit of time looking for similar communities to the ones I subscribed to on reddit, and it's starting to feel like home again.
Probably will keep my reddit account handy, but I look forward to only consulting reddit when I must. For everything else, Lemmy seems to have everything I'm looking for!
I wasn't expecting to, but the official reddit app was worse than I expected, you can't sort by 'hot' anymore so it is literally not as interesting to look at. I haven't used it since the switch over and I don't miss it.
Now that I’ve got an app on my phone, 100%. Reddit is just an ad platform these days. It’s sad.
On mobile absolutely, the past few days has seen a considerable amount of activity bump up. I am logged in on a new lurker account on reddit, but that's only for wrestling news and a podcast sub of mine. Fuck All.
no doubt. fuck reddit
A few of my communities have not migrated at all, so I check back there occasionally.
As much as I want to move on to the fediverse, there are occasions where Reddit is better, such as finding specific questions that were answered; it’s like the stack overflow for general life. Now I just browse the cached version if I need to search for something like that.
I think you meant to post on asklenny xD
Yepp, waiting for the new Sync app but really liking it here so far.
I am slowly, over the long term. I am still glancing and reading some of the reddit subs that haven't made the move, but I figure over time they'll eventually migrate away. One day I probably won't even look anymore and will have forgotten about Reddit completely.
I'm more of a Carl guy, but Lenny will do.
Seriously, I can see this becoming a full replacement if users continue to migrate. Once Sync for Lemmy is out I will definitely be using that for my bored moments. For now, patched Reddit Sync is still working, so I'm still using it while I can.
That said, Reddit feels dead to me. Browsing now is absolutely not the same as before. As far as I'm concerned they committed suicide.
Yup. After seeing Lemmy start to populate with more users and content, I deleted my Reddit account and only use search engines to search for information on Reddit now.
Yep, thats the plan anyways. I believe in free speech and, as a former Apollo and Joey user, I have zero tolerance for bullshit companies whose entire goal is to turn my words into training tools for AI in their pursuit of a multi billion dollar IPO.
If they want me back, they can pay me.
That being said, its looking like this transition may take awhile. Im not even sure if my ev, worldnews and other subs exist here yet.
But, its exciting times! Reminds me of the first time I posted to slashdot news back in 1999 and reddit back in 2012.
Edit - I also have a mastadon account, Salty Muskrat can eat it too.
Yes. 100%. Tinkering with my own lenny instance for me and my friends atm. Once "Sync for Lenny" drops ill bring them all aboard so its a smooth experience for the non-tech users. Also this is my first test post form my lenny instance! All hail LENNY!!
I mostly have by now, had to look for community analogues of the subreddits most important to me and create communties that I missed on lemmy. On Reddit I was mostly lurking around but here I actually have the motivation to post and manage communities, since I this is an open and decentralized platform.
No, for the time. I like the idea but i see a lot of issues that hopefully get fixed in the future. For example the existence of 5 communities with the same name. Where do I join? it makes things more inconvenient. Finding communities is hard without 3rd party websites. If I search on my instance for a community that is on a different one I would like it to be shown as a search result and not having to get the URL and paste it in. Time will hopefully fix all these problems and Ill invest some time of my own to add features to this platform.
Yes. This place is growing and feels like home
I still go to reddit as a resource when looking up stuff online, but I no longer browse reddit. The only subreddit I consistently go to is the small one I moderate, as it's large enough I can't simply convince each individual personally to move to the fediverse, but small enough that trying to convert would result in negligible numbers here.
Lenny seems like a cool guy, but I'm worried about Stally.
While I technically did replace Reddit with Lemmy—I edited all my posts and comments in protests of the API changes and Reddit's disgusting behaviour—I don't use Lemmy in the same way I used Reddit. Most of my activities on Reddit were in niche subreddits that don't have an active community here, so on Lemmy I just hangout in the popular communities with much lower levels of engagement. I also spend a lot less time here than I used to on Reddit, which is both a good thing and a bad thing...
Some moderator permabanned me over my simming screenshots, saying i broke reddit content rules. This PARTICULAR moderator has banned me from reddit multiple times. Today's was the last straw. Reddit deserves a fiery death. So, Lemmy is the closest thing. I welcome the replacement.
Yes, I did. I was a lurker and not really a heavy user. It was fun while it lasted. Let's make this the real frontpage.
Seems that way - I'm not logging onto Reddit most days and the few times I am I'm only spending a few minutes, versus the ton of time I used to spend there.
What's a Reddit?
I'll be completely real, no.
It's more like it added another folder to my bookmark bar with all of my lemmy instances. I do like the fact that the source code is open source and the overall engagement is through the roof. That's always a good sign.
While lemmy did populate faster than I expected, the experience is not quite the same. It honestly never could be due to the decentralized federated nature of it.
Reddit's mobile experience with patched apps is leagues ahead of lemmy. Desktop is pretty similar though, so all that remains is the size of the community.
I use both maybe 50/50 but my biggest concern is validated every day. The fragmentation is the thing that gets you. It basically places increased burden on the user to manage it. Not sure if there will be a seamless solution to it, or if I have to develop one myself.
Not entirely. There's a couple larger subreddits I enjoy and tbh it's still my go-to for doomscrolling.
However my desire to interact with reddit couldn't be any less. Zero desire to post or comment anything due to the sheer hostility of the site to it's users.
I think if lemmy continues to grow in userbase it could completely replace reddit, but not at this immediate moment.
Easiest yes of my life. Not only do I not support how they're treating the devs of 3rd party apps but they made it easy by having the only way to browse it be their app which is basically unusable for me.
Every so often I'll glance at r/politics or r/worldnews since following the news was a big part of how I used reddit and Lemmy doesn't quite have the volume to replace it for that function yet. But as time goes on I'm finding Mastodon and Post to be almost just as good for news so I expect to cut out reddit completely before long. The vibe and overall feel is a breath of fresh air, I'm really liking it!
I'm going the supplementation route for now. Reddit official app is not enjoyable to use. I currently have a work around for my 3rd party app of choice. If the work around ever fails and reddit doesn't improve their app, I'm hopeful Lemmy will grow enough in the meantime to fully fill the reddit void.
I just hope lemmy instances are more searchable like reddit. That would kill any usage of reddit for me for sure
99% yes, effective July 1. The 1% is the Ukraine war daily thread on World News. I monitor it while logged out.
Yes, I found it hard at the start but communities are slowly starting to form. Nothing positive (like ditching spez) comes without some pain
For most things, but there's some subs I still frequent. No more doomscrolling, just very targeted single-sub browsing.
The information on niche subreddits always has me crawling back, unfortunately. I usually access it from old.reddit.com, so my usage shouldn't be contributing to their advertising revenue.
Yes I'm here to join the lemmings
I personally wish there were more communities - it's kind of difficult for me to navigate at times when looking for communities especially if they exist in another instance, but otherwise, I have definitely replaced Reddit with this site. I just lurk on Reddit now, don't upvote or downvote, and just read some stuff that I can't find over here on my desktop, but here - I am actively engaging. It does feel more chill, and kind of reminds me of Old Internet somehow and I really like how so many people are coming together too to fix bugs and improve the QOL.
Still in its infancy, most of the posts/information i want to search still come from reddit. But the content I'm seeing here so far has been good.
That's the goal, but it may not work in practice. I often used Reddit as a place for curated information. So a lot of Google searches like "wireguard server reddit" to get good no nonsense information. I think the lack of population and time could make it hard for Lemmy.ml to immediately replace Reddit for me, but I hope it will be successful. I'm ML ideology by nature so the idea of the Fediverse really appeals to me.
Already did
Please don't tell anyone how I live!
Hello this is my first post here, I hope this network becomes what Reddit used to be
I haven't left completely but I don't have a decent way to access it on my phone anymore so my usage of it is down by like 95%.
Yep, after Rif died, immediately looked for alternatives to reddit.
On desktop, not yet. On phone, no.
If I must, on a phone, then I use old.reddit.com.
yep
Yes. I used Boost until the blackout (June 12th or something like that). That date I uninstalled it and didn't log in anymore. Then I waited until June 30th just to see if they've changed their plan. They didn't, so I replaced all my comments and then I deleted my account. From that date I created an account first on KBin but I didn't like that they didn't show which server the threads were actually on, so I migrated to Lemmy world with wefwef. So far, really happy with the experience.
I first came here shortly after spez's petulant AMA. I intended to just sort of check the place out, thinking that maybe I'd end up moving here if things there kept going downhill. But then I ended up just staying here, and in fact haven't been back to Reddit since.
So that's a yes, I guess.
After installing Liftoff today, I'm done with reddit
I have! I closed my reddit account 3 weeks ago in protest and finally succeeded in standing up a Lemmy instance this morning. Yeah, I am not the brightest bulb but the dimmest either. It took some persistence and going through the dog's breakfast of the documentation of I got it done.
I was looking to leave anyways. As soon as I saw the API changes I shut down my 10 year old, 3 comment account and moved here.
After leaving reddit I realize how negative it was. Only thing I miss is searching up the answer you're looking for that aren't paid ads, but I feel like lemmy can be a viable replacement in time.
I haven't been back in a couple of weeks now but haven't gone so far as to delete my account. As a software developer, I donated some of my time helping people with beginner programming questions and decided to leave those comments in place for anyone who might find them useful still.
But I think it's fair to say I've moved on from reddit. It's so stupid what they did, but I also like this idea of social media being maintained by the community it serves rather than some faceless corporation, so I don't see myself going back out of principle.
Lenny?
Gonna be using both for a while I think. Stopped using reddit on my phone after the api changes forced 3rd party apps to shut down(RIP Sync for Reddit). Only using Reddit on my desktop, using Lemmy on both desktop and android (via LittOff for now, will switch once Sync for Lemmy is out!).
Already have a month ago, really like it here!
I deleted my Reddit account the other day. I'm all in.
I am not replacing it.
I have already done it few weeks ago.
I still subscribe to a couple of niche subreddits because their lemmy equivalents haven't taken off yet. But aside from the occasional check-in, I don't really visit any more. Amazed at how much time I wasted each day on nothing.
There's a few subs on Reddit that might have a hard time looking for a home here in Lemmy unless they make their own instance but they're pretty small communities. I don't think Reddit's advertising partners like them anyway lol
Not replacing it, I ditched reddit long ago (maybe 3 years ago). I am loving it.
No. I have no reason to stick to one platform. Reddit wasn't the only one in the first place. You THINK everything was on reddit, but no, I got plenty of stuff elsewhere.
But I will remove reddit from the list completely once old.reddit is gone.
Maybe if we talked about anything other than other social media sites I would.
I'm done with Reddit as much as I can be. Conveniently they placed a block on my account because of "suspicious activity". So that helped.
Not by itself, no.
My current replacements for reddit are:
- A kbin account for serious-posting
- This Lemmy account for the shitposting (and for communities on lemmy.ml which blanket bans all kbin instances)
- Tildes.net for the extra-serious-posting
- (Eventually) an RSS reader
- Libreddit and a redirector extension for search results
I personally prefer to keep my shitposting from my serious-posting and I also wanted to see what kbin was like, so it kinda worked out well enough (aside from .ml)
I gave Lemmy a shot after the API debacle on reddit. First week was bumpy with lots of timeouts and servers that weren't able to handle all the new users from reddit.
It quickly improved. So much so that I went ahead and deleted my reddit account.
Already done.
I made it cozy already at Squabbles.io, but I'm giving Lemmy a try. Since Joey still works I do browse Reddit now and then.
Yes, but I also use Squiggy too
I did! To be honest I started to use Mastodon much more, but whenever I want to go back to old Reddit vibes, it’s Lemmy only
RIF user for over a decade, Reddit is dead to me. Haven't looked back.
I'm about a week clean now, content has been really good
I havent deleted my reddit account, but Im using reddit a lot less now
trying
Pretty much. I'll def never log in again.
Yes, but I've found myself browsing a lot more on different sites too. Instead of opening RiF to find stuff, I just look at YouTube or redgifs directly. Turns out I never needed a middleman for that, so there's no need to use the fediverse for that now.
The important news and discussion is plentiful here, so that'll be my main purpose of opening wefwef or whatever app is better.
Partially.... It's similar situation that I have with Twitter and Mastodon. Simply, there are subreddits that not have (yet) the equivalent on Lemmy or refused to move to Lemmy (or moved to Radle)
Preaching to the choir to ask this here, tbh
but, yes.
Nope I'm replacing with Lemmy. 😝
I only check Reddit now for a game sub which, while on Lemmy, doesn't have critical mass yet (and I'm not sure it will).
Yup.
What people should be aware of and spread awareness of the fact that Reddit did not become popular in a day, week or month. Secondly the content that makes reddit valued comes from the users, the community and that can be reproduced and continued at Lemmy.
Yeah, I take regular breaks to go fuck around on 4chan from time to time and rather than come back for my seasonal reddit adventure, I chose Lemmy.
Basically a drop-in replacement. Does Infinity have support yet?
https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit/discussions/1490#discussioncomment-6207501
"docile alligator wants to continue relations with Reddit and make Infinity subscription based so he's obviously not going to do this himself (since that would definitely end relations with Reddit by breaking terms of service)."
Ughhh LAME
Be the Community You Want to See On Lenny. Whereever 2 or more are gathered in his name, Lemmy Bruce will be there.
So far this year I have gone Twitter -> Mastodon and now Reddit -> Lemmy. Not all the people/subs I used to interact with have moved, but I don't miss them - well maybe some of the games subs but I'm sure at some point they'll appear. In general more than happy with the move :)
I pretty much replaced Reddit with Lemmy, and might even delete my Reddit account at some point. I think I'm not visiting this website often enough, but that's because it's not as tantalizing as Reddit, especially on web. But I do want to visit this place more often. I don't want to miss out on what's happening.
I'm sure I'll be downvoted or ignored, but I am not replacing Reddit with Lemmy. I'm using them both, except on my phone. There, I no longer use Reddit due to the need for the official app.
Lemmy has done a great job in a short time and it has a lot of awesome energy, but it doesn't have the user base to support interesting discussions in niche subjects that I care about, or be a source of information in those. I doubt it ever will, although I'm rooting for it.
If I scroll through Lemmy in my subs or in c/all, I see three things:
- Memes
- Anti-Reddit brigading
- Shitposts
I love me some memes, and Lemmy is actually better than Reddit right now for those, but if I want information, I can't get it on Lemmy. I might be able to get tech news, but I have RSS / Hacker News / Slashdot for that.
As an example, I'm switching from Evernote to Obsidian for note-taking and it's a pain in the ass. Reddit has an 80k user subreddit for Obsidian, where within 10 minutes, somebody solved my problem. That kind of thing is never going to happen on Lemmy.
Yes, as should everyone.
I never really used Reddit. I would scroll through it if I was really bored and occasionally post but never that much. I stopped because of the API just because it was really easy to stop. It could only be good for me to remove that one other thing that tricks my mind into doom scrolling. So will I be using Lenny? It would probably be good for me to not and go do more productive things. But I feel like if I have free time, supporting this is definitely good, I really like the goal and don't want it to die.
I have replaced it as my active site,
So there is still stuff that's more active on reddit, like football news, but I am now just a lurker there I don't contribute I just read if there is an update then if it's relevant I post it from there to Lemmy, so we can start building a community here.
yes. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't
Yeah for the most part I have. There’s still a few things and reasons I’m still using it for. I expect that it will become less and less as time goes on
Yeah, well, Reddit still has a lot of niche stuff and smaller communities. Lemmy is still growing at a fast pace and will get there one day, but for now - it's better then Reddit for tech/linux stuff.
I think nobody would start a new community on Reddit, just makes sense to build something new on a Lemmy instance 🔰
These things do cost time and money and the security code still needs to be written in blood, but it'll be fun.
Sure do.
I love the idea behind a decentralized discussion-world!
I'm trying to ser up my own Lemmy, but damn, it is hard sweating!
Yes. I got off reddit a while ago due to privacy and censorship issues on top of pushing/promoting content that annoyed me or I didn't have any interest in. Been on the fediverse for a while and enjoyed that and was happy to hear there's a federated reddit alternative.
No. I did.
Yep, left it cold turkey when the protests started as 99.95% of my browsing was done through Apollo.
yes. been on reddit for almost 10 years, and all of those were on RIF. Miss it but i hope this will be a great new place to call home :) hopefully more folks migrate over
Yes, I am now 90% on Lemmy - the new Memmy app for my iPad is close to Apollo-quality and Liftoff on my Android phone (S21) is “almost” as good as Sync for Reddit was.
For Reddit, I am using RSS feeds only to browse for any posts that interest me - I am trying to not give them traffic if at all possible.
The content on Lemmy is getting better every day!
Yup, I bailed on Reddit a couple months ago and just discovered lemm.ee. So far, so good.
I am not I've found it - its nice to have a real "FRONT PAGE" again.
No bots reposting for Karma, no ads.
just people on a forum - like how reddit used to be.
Im so happy I found this place
