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When I was on Reddit I felt like my opinion didn’t matter. But here it just feels more open and free.

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[-] shemishtamesh@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago

yes, never had a reddit account.

[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed - stopped posting and sharing on Reddit a while ago. I engage more and find this place more engaging. It’s good!

[-] TheInsane42@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm a lot more active then I was on Reddit.

I was very active in the subs of the games I play (I'm even r/CSRRacing2 mod) when I started there, but I'm getting tired of the hate, stupidity,...

[-] Screak42@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I have not touched reddit since this debacle... I added a bunch of subreddits to my RSS reader, but I'm honestly not looking at it.

Unfortunately searching for information often brings me to a reddit post, but I'm trying to avoid it and so far found the information elsewhere.

[-] imkmiaw@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I am a bit more active here than I was in Reddit because I feel like here we don't really find the toxicity we had on Reddit, at least in my opinion.

[-] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 2 points 2 years ago

back to a level of activity i would call my "normal". hasn't been like this in almost a decade.

[-] PAPPP@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I've never been much of a poster (not even 2 posts/yr for the almost dozen years I've had a reddit habit), but I was a regular commenter in various specific-interest subs.

I am, as a rule, no longer contributing content to Reddit, since they've made it clear they plan to finish their transition from "hosting communities" to "extracting value from users." Frankly, it's not as much of an imposition as I feared, because many of those communities seem to be broadly taking the same attitude.

I'm actively trying to comment heavily here to to try to help establish communities. If I had a little more free time I'd do some posting and/or try to help spin some successor communities for my interests.

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 2 years ago

Oh for sure. It definitely seems like people are more level-headed over here, and are less likely to find the most nitpick-y thing to jump into an argument with you over.

(Which, to clarify, I don't mean someone correcting information I've posted - of course, if I've posted something incorrect I'd like to know - but even then, there is always a tactful way to go about doing so)

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[-] G1ZMO_DRAG0N@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I'm trying to be more active in here. The whole defederation thing going around has me confused about where my account lives and replicating what's on it. Makes it hard to stay active if I don't know what's going to happen haha

[-] freeman@lemmy.pub 2 points 2 years ago

I hear ya. Thats why i just setup my own instance....

[-] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago
[-] BendyLemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure it matters more TBH... but I basically stopped Reddit for 2 days, and now just get drawn back to read the occasional post - but don't bother commenting.

With the downtick in Reddit, I remembered that I hadn't read a book for a month or two, so I headed over to Annies Archive and grabbed a bunch to add to my Kindle...

So I now downloaded 3 versions of 'Great Expectations' and am reading that book before watching them - but also have "Welcome to the MonkeyHouse" by Kurt Vonnegut and "The Book Thief" grabbed from Annie's Archive.

Basically now I'm spending less than half the time on net than I was before.

[-] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Considering I am totally inactive on Reddit now, yes.

[-] Pyrux@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Only reason I visit reddit now is to see how the dumpster fire is going

[-] Crylos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

1000%!

I actually created a community for a hobby of mine, and have been trying to post and comment more.

[-] MusketeerX@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes because:

  1. I want to see it take off and want to do my bit
  2. It feels like a more chilled environment in which to participate
[-] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago

I definitely am. I may have more comments and posts here than on Reddit already and I have only been here a fraction of the time.

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[-] heliumlake@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, definitely. Maybe I feel like my contributions matter more since we are all trying to make this a viable platform? I dunno, but it's definitely more fun interacting here than on reddit.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

I’m making myself be active here. I’m learning to build my own lemmy instance on a VPS.

I want there to be a sea change in social media. I want an authentic intellectual conversation. I was in college during the usenet era and found it easy to find mind expanding stuff there with a minimum of toxicity.

My hope is the community and software mature steadily together until it is ready to handle a significant influx.

Let’s not reward toxicity. We need to steer the conversation and the software development to reward quality engagement over quantity.

[-] john12@lemmy.sbs 2 points 2 years ago

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about hosting your own instance. I'm by no means an expert, but it would appear that I have successfully deployed my own.

[-] MazeMouse@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I think I'm about as active here as I was on Reddit. Always was more of a reader.

[-] writerlygal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I certainly do! Reddit was just too loud in every way.

[-] flameguy21@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've found myself commenting here more because there's less people. Which means they're way nicer and it doesn't feel like I'm just screaming into the void.

[-] deathbypizza@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Have recently made the jump from Reddit. With a brilliant 3rd party app - go figure!! I expect to be more active here.

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[-] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My level of activity on Reddit has been wanting. I was / am still fairly active in some niche subs, but I used to be pretty active in AskReddit, askmen, and several other spaces.

I've made a concerted effort to be more active here, and it feels nice! Feels a lot more human

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