Every time people migrate between platforms there’s going to be a period of adaptation, where the massive backlog of knowledge left behind is still useful and necessary.
The best solution to this truly is to use it as needed as you migrate over, but you should also bring in any new questions and subjects that you may have, because that’s the only way to start rebuilding that information network somewhere else, y’know?

Why not? Consume without contributing.

Run ad blockers.

Edit: Here’s the GOAT—https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Not well-versed with mobile solutions. Maybe use something like Brave with built-in blockers. Or run reddit through something like Hermit App which also has blockers.

I don’t plan on visiting Reddit, even if I am not signed in. They could still use visitor metrics to sell ads.

I’m taking this period of time up until 6/30 as my adjustment period. The truth is, I made my account and immediately logged into Apollo when it was created. When Apollo dies, so does my account. Reddit had been going downhill for years though, and I had tried to find an alternative a while ago; but it wasn’t much more than a half-hearted attempt.

I was actually good on Monday. I think I only accidentally tried to browse Apollo 4-5 times. Tuesday was about the same. Ultimately, I’m trying to re-train my brain so that anytime I catch myself open Apollo, I come over here instead. I don’t have any other social media accounts that are used for something other than comic books. Unfortunately, kbin wasn’t working for me this past week up until Thursday morning.

Now I’m here, and if it sticks around, I’ll be here more.

As far as answering the question of what is morally right? I don’t know that morals are the appropriate consideration. I’m openly spiteful towards Reddit for the API changes and refusing to work with third party developers. They really should be working together; come to a solution where Reddit can start to be profitable, and 3rd party devs can continue making their enhancements without going broke. Instead of bringing them in, Reddit has pushed away.

As a result, I see no reason to create any content at all there at this point. I feel like it’s still a resource for now in terms of solving work related problems. Read those if you need to, but little reason to go there looking at cats, sandwiches or anything else. Eventually, the work resources you were finding over there will be eclipsed by other locations.

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There’s a few permanently private subs I’m a part of and those people are wonderful. It’s nothing like the typical mixed bag Reddit experience. The communities are relatively small so it’s very easy to get to know most people there, certainly the regular posters. They’ve been so kind to me over the years that just abandoning them flat out isn’t something I’m going to do.

As for the rest of Reddit I may resort to looking something up there if I can’t find it elsewhere first but I don’t see myself contributing to public subs going forward.

Now that kbin.social is federated, you can also participate in lemmy communities, which may have a few more options for a few niche hobbies.

I’m planning that I would only go there for pragmatic reasons - i.e. if I had a specific question that could only be answered by a specific sub. I’m not going to go there for fun any more (because it isn’t).

I’m sort of regretting not scraping some of the more important tech subs on there before the blackout…some really valuable info could be lost. Hopefully someone else already has that covered.

You should stay away entirely, otherwise you are detected as an active user, but my plan is to migrate away from Reddit regardless of the API outcome. They have made their company ethos clear and it is different from the community.

The vast majority of Redditors are lurkers who barely post or comment, let alone upvote. If you lurk, that’s just status quo, even if there are millions who vow to do the same. But as others have mentioned, you’re boosting their active daily users which is a good look for their investors, and it costs them practically nothing to do.

If you want to be defiant and you must use Reddit, I think you can still mess up another of their metrics. Click every single ad you see so their ad-click conversion rate goes down.

I’ve blocked Reddit at the router level to prevent myself from accidentally visiting the site. For now I’m trying to send a clear message - they are seeing a 100% drop in traffic from my IP Address - it ain’t much, but it’s act of solidarity for all the poor mods who have been using Automod systems to help moderate larger subs, and on July 1st, reddit will be become a sh!t show when all those automods fail to work

You do you, personally, I don’t want to give that site any more traffic

A lot of good options above. I have only viewed r/modcoord to give my 2 cents and do my sub’s blackout polls. I did it via Apollo instead of desktop, didn’t know any other way to show support.

You can but you’ll need a permission note from your mom. Seriously it’s not a big deal, you can use both at the same time, nothing says you have to quit cold turkey. It would be more beneficial though i think to link discussions to the Fediverse rather than just to Reddit.

Instead of just tweeting, toot to the Fediverse as well. Try not to be annoying about it demanding people use the Fediverse, just do it the quiet sneaky way. Get people clicking Fediverse links with topics they would be interested in, and with their own volition they will learn about the Fediverse and come to look at it as a viable choice, hopefully.