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submitted 1 year ago by girldick to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[-] calvinklein97@lemmy.dbzer0.com 460 points 1 year ago

I completely left Reddit. A week before Apollo shut down I slowly started to leave subreddits and cleaned my post and comments. The moment Apollo stopped working, Reddit was dead to me either. Lemmy is now my new home.

[-] Loce@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

Same, but after RiF. Reddit became a posterchild for the corporate greed so fuck them.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

I am sad about RIF. It blocked all the ads, didn't show all the shitty awards, was super clean, the video player worked well and the mod tools were awesome.

On a side note, its sad demise led me to Lemmy, so all is well.

[-] quinnly@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Reddit is Fun was among the first apps I installed on my first smart phone, way back in 2011. I thought, "oh reddit will come out with their own app eventually, I'll just use this until that happens." Turned out that 99% of my time spent on reddit over the last 12 years would be through RiF. I'm sad too, man. Lemmy seems pretty cool though

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[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I had a super busy week with work and moving then, so didin’t have time for reddit housekeeping, might need to go back to delete everything when I have the time

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[-] Stanwich@lemmy.world 247 points 1 year ago

This is my alternative. Still getting used to it. Hi everyone!

[-] illumi@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of us are still getting accustomed to Lemmy and finding our flow. For me, personally, the move exposed a bunch of new communities and topics I didn't know / or forgot I was interested in and am now excited to be a part of!

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[-] sjatar@sjatar.net 147 points 1 year ago

Not used Reddit for a while now ^^ Just a couple subs I miss but most things are here on Lemmy now

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 36 points 1 year ago
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or even start them yourself. I'm running a couple.

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[-] PrimoSparazza@lemmy.world 113 points 1 year ago

I still dip in to Reddit, but about 75% less than before. As more Lemmy content becomes available, I expect that to further diminish.

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[-] leosin@lemmy.ca 100 points 1 year ago

I'm not on "Lenny" terms yet, I still refer to him as "Leonard".

As for Lemmy, it's almost completely replaced Reddit for me. Except for the times I search for something and the best result is a Reddit thread from 3 years ago

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[-] stown@sedd.it 90 points 1 year ago

On Lemmy you can edit your post titles.

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago

Op purposely used Lenny, to get more engagements.

Uou know, the old adage of saying something wrong in the internet to get the right answers quicker

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[-] Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago
[-] MrShankles@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago

I don't trust anyone named Lenny. Lemmy is cool though

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[-] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] thimantha@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Already did. Now I only visit Reddit to check out some niche communities that are not on Lemmy yet.

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[-] free_owl716@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

No, I'm replacing it with Lemmy.

[-] Quark95@lemmy.fmhy.ml 44 points 1 year ago
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[-] Patchwork@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Yep. When RIF died, Reddit was dead to me. I refuse to give the owners of Reddit the satisfaction of me switching to their app.

I'm also slowly pushing myself from Twitter to Mastodon. Hoping more of the accounts I follow on Twitter make the switch too.

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[-] Mane25@feddit.uk 41 points 1 year ago

The only time I'd use Reddit now is if I had a specific question about a specific topic that's only covered there.

As far as browsing for fun goes it's Lemmy all the way, it's so much nicer than Reddit.

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[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago
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[-] Delascas@feddit.uk 38 points 1 year ago

Trying to. This is a FANTASTIC tool to find new "subreddits" on Lemmy: https://sub.rehab/

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[-] erre@feddit.win 37 points 1 year ago

Yep, Lemmy is filling a Reddit-shaped hole. It's a bit different but nice.

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[-] Syenite@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I quit Reddit cold turkey on the day the APIs died. Sync was synonymous to Reddit for me. When one died, so did the other.

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[-] RealNooshie@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Who's Lenny? Depends on if they're cool or not

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[-] popemichael@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] weedazz@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Lemmy/mastodon for mindless browsing has replaced reddit/Twitter for me. For specific research/googling on a niche topic, I still find reddit threads popping up all the time so I'll still click those to learn more, but they web browser only.

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[-] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Yup, and not just because of Reddit's CEO.

The culture here is better - people read and reply rather than just upvoting. It's a good place to help folks out, and be helped out.

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[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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!

[-] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 31 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] moonmeow@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] small44@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

No, but i spend a lot less time in Reddit since using Lemmy

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[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] RadDevon@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 year ago

I replaced Reddit with the satisfaction of knowing I won’t be a pawn in Reddit’s plans to monetize the community’s free labor. 😉

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 1 year ago

Nah.

I'm replacing it with Lemmy. Carl can keep Lenny to himself.

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[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago
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[-] Kirigirisu@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I will always mourn RIF

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[-] Kraivo@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

The only app i bought on android is not working anymore because of reddit. I guess, answer is obvious

[-] purpleferns@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 year ago

I left during the Blackout and I've never looked back.

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[-] Alkider@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago
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[-] BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Yep, they killed boost, I quit.

On the bright side I like it here and don't feel ashamed of myself for supporting assholes every time I log in

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[-] dm21@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I'm replacing Reddit with Lenin!! Long live the Working Class!

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[-] blawsybogsy@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

ah, Lenny. I really love Lenny.

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