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I used to check the front page at least once every day, and occassionally check specific subreddits. Now I don't look at reddit unless theres some drama, like mods getting purged, then I'd go there and enjoy the drama. Occasionally there will be questions that only reddit has the answer to so I have to reluctantly use it. I got my uBlock Origin ready to kill all the ads. That shitty website will not get a cent out of me.

What about you? Do you still use reddit?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I unsubbed from all reddits that don't support the resistance except for a few small ones. And I go to lemmy for most things

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do not at all. I’m avoiding even Google Search results that go to Reddit. I have not used Reddit since June 12, other than to fully wipe all of my accounts on June 30. I’ve moved on and it’s been an easier transition than I thought it would be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I occasionally poke my head in to see if it's dead yet, but other than that no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've gone back and lurked a single sub a fee times that doesn't have an active user base here. Even the sub is slower now, than before the protests and app removals. The mobile site is cancer compared to RIF, which really helps to not go there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Swapped in Memmy at the Apollo spot on my phone’s home screen, and not looking back! It’s been great so far.

Unfortunately there are a couple of very specific subs which have no equivalent on Lemmy and I have gone back for them once or twice. I’m considering leaving those communities behind. Although it sucks to have to do so, ultimately it feels like the right thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Literally just the HFY subreddit and looking for answers to questions about 3d printing etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I admit I wasn't intending to leave Reddit. Sure, I absolutely wasn't going to install the damn official app, but I browse Reddit way more on desktop that on my phone. But it turns out my time spent on Reddit absolutely tanked without me doing much. Lemmy turned out to be a better replacement for me than I expected, I could find a lot of interesting activity here unlike, say, Mastodon where I had to dig further.

That does not mean I left Reddit entirely lol, but I sure enter way less now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I deleted my profile, but of course I still land there sometimes from Google results

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe 2 or 3 times a week. There's some support communities on there that I'm a part of and check in with on there.

But learning about Reddit's behaviour the last month or so has been something of an eye opener and for now I'm enjoying exploring here (and actually reading ebooks again) as an alternative

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy got active enough after the API changes took effect that I have rarely been back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. I even still use Sync for Reddit (patched by ReVanced Manager).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I slowed down when the announcement was made about third party apps. I quit entirely when RIF turned off. Now I participate here, started my own community, contribute to others as much as I can, and finally figured out how to host my own instance. It's been fun seeing it grow slowly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, mostly for sharing content here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only here and there for one specific sub

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only the NSFW content, I got everything else here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't posted in years, but there is still so much content there. Now though without my favourite app (Joey) I probably will go there less. Even less when they disable old.reddit.com.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I made a private LibReddit instance so I can still get the news from specific communities that aren't elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only touched Reddit when it comes up when I google something. Haven't used it for anything else for the past month or so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was pondering about a Mastodon/Kbin issue this morning and the first 10 google hits were on r/kbinmigration :[

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Cold turkey. I trad an interesting crosspost back-and-forth about the new gold deprecation thing, but other than that, no. οΏΌ

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The official app has bad performance and that's why I only browse on my pc. Usually that's once a week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Occasionally. From my desktop. Not really from my phone anymore. I like lemmy well enough but there still isn't as much content especially for niche subjects.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

only for 1 subreddit, 1001albumsgenerator. i have unfinished business there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do, from desktop, mainly as force of habit.

my chosen mobile app, Relay, actually still works, but I am trying to train myself to use Lemmy more.

I just wish the content changed over faster, and there were more comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

theres a couple communities stuck on there I still check on, but no longer casually browse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still use it for a couple of hobby related things although I could probably use discord for some of it.

Whilst I am using lemmy it's not quite hitting the spot so I use it less. I'm getting an awful lot more reading done.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do because there are a lot of valuable infos, but I 'm deliberately not voting and commenting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I will only switch when this link,

/c/knitting

Shows every post to /c/knitting on every instance, in chronological order. Without having to subscribe to every instance, without having to create multireddit equivalent.

Just give me lemmyverse's entire /c/knitting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only to check /r/canadapublicservants and /r/urf, otherwise I'm avoiding it. Unfortunately it still is often one of the best sites in search results

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used to spend hours everyday there. Now I only visit for a few minutes a week to check up on a game.

But I'll never touch the official app and I'll never come back, even if they backtracked the API decision, because f u/spez

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still use it for dinner subs that moved over to lemmy, but couldn't grow much. Like 40klore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve done some Google searches and looked at Reddit results, and I view some choice subreddits on an RSS feed. But I have not logged in to Reddit since Apollo went down. Lemmy still seems to be getting better every day. While the content drought is still there I have taken to reading a book at night before bed instead. I’m hoping that just becomes a long lasting habit in lieu of scrolling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there are a few subs that haven't made the transition.

[–] Cethin 2 points 1 year ago

I had a web result that the result I was looking for was on Reddit. I guess that's technically using it, but I wasn't logged in and didn't touch anything. It still counts as a visitor though, and I'm disappointed in that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still use Reddit, I didn't move here because I was pissed at apps going away (never used them anyway), just wanted to familiarize myself before I'll be forced to move when they inevitably remove old reddit in the future.

There's still communities important to me that either only exist on Reddit or have way too little engagement here. Until they remove old reddit or that changes, I'll stay on reddit. But I'm doing my part by having disabled ads on reddit (I had them enabled before the third party app stuff).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t but if I have a question I’ll google and add site:reddit.com for sure…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only rss of gamedeals and buildapcsales. Those are functionally useful subs. Good deal alerts.

Have no interest in anything else like random discussions in hobbies or games or television or shows or sports which are stuff that are easy to quit. Even /r/Heat family I have left behind despite basically no activity here. Those are more entertainment and don't offer utility. That includes niche subs I enjoyed like gunpla or dedicated tv show or game subs. It just falls into category of entertainment that isn't so useful I need it.

I knew it essentially coming to a close when I didn't have Reddit Enhancement Suite installed anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I still do, but not in the same capacity.

With the death of BaconReader I don't scroll as much, and just from looking at my front page, I imagine it's not only the summer doldrums that have thinned it out so much. It's just... harder to find good discussion there, and what I do find is often charged in some way, or very thin. So, I stick around for some of the communities that I'm more active in, but I'm also doing things on Lemmy, and a few other places. Honestly, idk that I'll ever full drop Reddit in the same way that I did, say, MySpace, mostly in that there's probably going to be some value somewhere on the site. But, it's certainly not my main source of idle scrolling or engagement anymore.

Also, yes, I know I can still make BR work, but at this point I'll just keep using Reddit in browser with uBlock Origin.

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