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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by DolphLundgren@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

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[-] davi@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I intentionally locked myself out of reddit to make good on my social media detox and switch to the fediverse fulltime; but I find myself spending more then 5x lurking on reddit as unregistered user then all of the fediverse instances I'm registered to combined everyday.

I wish the fediverse wasn't so vanilla so that it could have some content.

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[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

As lemmy grows I go on reddit less and less, these past few weeks have been much better for content actually

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I don't want to give up reddit. I use reddit and lemmy, for different purposes.

[-] cloud@lazysoci.al 4 points 2 years ago

There no content on reddit, only ads. You shouldn't mention the platform outside the reddit sub, don't give them visibility

[-] June@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I’ve got a couple communities on Reddit that don’t exist here, so I find myself on Reddit occasionally for those.

[-] schwim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

No, simply because I don't "have to" have content. If Lemmy lacks interesting content, I go outside for a while.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Wah?! Hah?! Outside? Where grass is???

How dare you try and make me use my time more productively to improve my life.

[-] ensignrick@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No content issues for me here. Lemmy has completely replaced reddit for me. Been here since early June. The content is getting better and better. The one thing I do want is a multi-community interface where I can have say all my "news" communities all show up on the same page. I'm a novice programmer but the API documentation doesn't hold my hand enough for me to grasp it or I'd do it myself. Tbf I haven't looked for a month or two.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago

No, but I would have trouble giving up Lemmy because I am quite content here.

[-] gabe@literature.cafe 4 points 2 years ago

Make the posts you want to see, that's the key here. I'm posting and making topics in my own communities that I want to thrive. As well, lemmy is still in alpha. There is a lot to improve upon, and it's moving forward pretty rapidly.

[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

The use for reddit's general subreddits is completely gone for me, but I do still have some very topic specific (gaming) subs I still visit. I'm not sure if lemmy will ever reach that level of membership with specific topics.

That's not to say it can't, but I think it'll be difficult and maybe even take some concerted effort that wasn't necessary for reddit. I don't think Digg has anything like that.

But I do think reddit probably can't get more profitable if all it has is niche communities. Now if they could be content with whatever profit they get being a collection of niche communities, they'll probably be fine. But if they have demands to increase profit, which I think they do, then inevitably start doing dumb shit that damages the small successful communities, that would probably be the death knell.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I literally only ever use it if I do a search and a Reddit link pops up in the results. Even then, I try to avoid it if possible. I don't post on Reddit or interact with it in any other way.

[-] Hypx@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Reddit is still a year behind Twitter/X on its path of enshittification. So just wait another year or so and you'll probably stop going there.

[-] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I find Lemmy has plenty of content for my level of use but I didn't browse tons of communities back on reddit so my feed was fairly stagnant. I like being able to see peoples opinions and conversations about things going on in the world. I can find news topics elsewhere but no where else but reddit and now lemmy really had any worthwhile discourse about them. I don't mind the same topics showing up in my feed as long as there are new comments that I haven't read. Reddit was getting pretty hard to use for this though honestly, if there were any serious replies they were way down below the jokes and rage bait comments most of the time.

[-] tiny_tina_@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

What? You need more furry porn don't you......

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Is anyone else tired of having to see constant talk about Reddit. Can people just move on or go back?

[-] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I'm with you especially since what I use Reddit/Twitter for the most is sports highlight clips/discussion during games. Those communities just aren't here. I love chatting with other Orioles/Panthers/Penguins fans in the game threads on Reddit during the game since none of my friends are fans of those teams other than my brother being a Penguins fan too.

Luckily a lot of the Twitter follows I had which were mainly for College Football are on Bluesky so I can use that more but missing out on the rest here. Once Boost for Reddit stops working (still works if you mod a sub) I won't be using Reddit anymore though. The official app is that bad.

[-] devious@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

No, but I still very occasionally check it but only every couple of days for the niche communities, but only because my reddit app of choice still works - but as soon as it stops I will not miss it.

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[-] Francis_Fujiwara@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

No. Reddit was trash, there really is good content here, so why go back to the trash?

[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Just cut out reddit unless it's information you legitimately need to know. Every time you're mindlessly scrolling on lemmy and not seeing content and thinking to yourself, "I bet reddit would be better right now," just turn off your phone and read a book. I've cut wayyy down on my phone time since I swapped and that can only be a good thing.

[-] ares35@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

just one sub. there's an alternative available but it would require associating a public forum account with a game account (my in-game name gets plastered on the web) and i won't do that

[-] paddytokey@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I frequently go to the soccer subreddit in a browser because there's nothing like it out there, the speed with which people upload highlights, the match threads, the official announcements are all there if you care about high level soccer. It's the only thing I really couldn't replace

[-] bruzie@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I still go back to Reddit - I don't spend as much time on there as I used to (especially as I don't use the app), but I'm also on lemmy, kbin, discuit (but no longer squabbles).

[-] Zeozulu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The only thing I have been going back to Reddit for is the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit. Once I'm done playing through the game I probably won't touch it at all. I haven't logged in for weeks.

At this point Lemmy is giving me what reddit did in smaller, healthier doses. I'm not constantly scrolling like I used to.

[-] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Nah. Reddit content is noticeably worse after the API changes. I don’t find myself going back unless I’m searching for something technical for my job. I’m not actively trying to avoid it, but that’s just how it’s working out.

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[-] Ikelton@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
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[-] Salix@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I still have to use Reddit for some super niche communities to get answers to questions. Some of those communities don't exist on Lemmy or have far too little people on Lemmy to get any answers when I am looking for an answer within the week.

There are some subreddits for older games that I also use to ask some questions. I am not going to make a community on Lemmy for a game from like 2011 or 2015 to just ask a question about the game mechanics or something.

Also, Reddit still has a lot of good info from a lot of communities to still go back and reference. I still use site:reddit.com in a search engine a lot.

I don't go on Reddit to comment on other people's posts anymore though.

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