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.

  • Noreia@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I deleted my reddit apps and decided to not use it anymore, so yeah, I am only on Lemmy now using it on desktop and on phone I use jerboa for lemmy

      • Noreia@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Same, while I do feel Lemmy and Jerboa need some work, I feel like they are enough there already to make it work. In a lot of ways it feels better than reddit, idk why

        • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          For me, it’s the community. I’ve only had pleasant exchanges around here, everyone seems approchable, when on Reddit it’s quite hit-and-miss.

          I deleted the Reddit app from my phone just to avoid opening it out of force of habit, and I thought it’s take some self-convincing to stay on Lemmy; but the reality is, 2 weeks in, I don’t miss Reddit at all in the end. I was mostly using it for scrolling through interesting content I’m subscribed to, and so far Lemmy does this just as well.

          • hemmes@vlemmy.netEnglish
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            2 years ago

            Yeah, same. I’m on VLemmy and just use the web app on my iPhone. Works quite well!

            But yeah no more Reddit and I couldn’t be happier. There’s of course not as much content. But I’m having a great time using Mastodon and Lemmy to fill my content craving. Finding myself checking out the Apple News app more as well.

            I’m content but excited to see the growth of my Fediverse favorites.

            Shoutout to mas.to and my boy @rodti@mas.to 🙌

            • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 years ago

              I’ve been checking out Apple News more than before too! It’s been nice, quality content.

              I tried Mastodon when Elon started plastering Twitter’s walls with fecal matter (!!), but it didn’t catch my interest much; but it had been years already at that point that I had been gradually disinterested in Twitter, and I think that’s probably why. I didn’t feel there was anything wrong with Mastodon, it just wasn’t my thing.

              But I was addicted to Reddit as heck, and it’s nuts how easy it’s been to move on from it!

  • Steve@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 years ago

    I gave up Reddit 100% the day the blackout started, so by default… yes. Way more time on Lemmy. As someone that isn’t on these sites that much of the time, I like Lemmy way better since I can actually contribute and have conversations. On Reddit I’m only ever replying to a post once there are a thousand replies already and it’s always buried. Here it’s much easier to chat.

    I was thinking about setting up an instance to help me learn some more development stuff and practice my Terraform use, or maybe build an iOS app to learn Swift in my spare time… but I don’t really have spare time, so those things have a 99.9% chance of not happening haha.

    • ___hulk@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Ditto. Don’t want to be a part of it anymore. It might not make much difference to them, but it makes a bunch to me, and that’s all that matters.

  • finn@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’ve not touched Reddit since the blackout started, and I won’t be going back.

    Fuck u/spez

  • skrttskrtt911@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I quit using Reddit entirely when the blackout started. I didn’t immediately jump all in to Lemmy, but I’ve found myself checking in more often and staying on the site for longer periods of time as it continues growing

  • Drinkoffee@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 years ago

    One day I used to browse Reddit. Basically next day I switched to Lemmy / Kbin.
    I only arrive to reddit when the search engine gives me what I’m looking for over there. No regrets. It is valuable info that deserved to be consumed. When I make effort to create valuable info I now create it in federated media.

  • blood@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I deleted my reddit account, but I still skim reddit as a lurker for a handful of specific subreddits. Once the fediverse grows a bit more, I can slowly phase out the niche subreddit activity entirely. But I no longer spend my whole break at work doomscrolling.

  • Teflo@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 years ago

    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