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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I found it hard at the start but communities are slowly starting to form. Nothing positive (like ditching spez) comes without some pain

[–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On my phone, yes. I intend to still use old.reddit on my PC in order to keep up with my favorite communities.

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[–] o1o12o21@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

On desktop, not yet. On phone, no.

If I must, on a phone, then I use old.reddit.com.

[–] johndroid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I still subscribe to a couple of niche subreddits because their lemmy equivalents haven't taken off yet. But aside from the occasional check-in, I don't really visit any more. Amazed at how much time I wasted each day on nothing.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago

There's a few subs on Reddit that might have a hard time looking for a home here in Lemmy unless they make their own instance but they're pretty small communities. I don't think Reddit's advertising partners like them anyway lol

[–] dr_rugby@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I did. I was a lurker and not really a heavy user. It was fun while it lasted. Let's make this the real frontpage.

I have! I closed my reddit account 3 weeks ago in protest and finally succeeded in standing up a Lemmy instance this morning. Yeah, I am not the brightest bulb but the dimmest either. It took some persistence and going through the dog's breakfast of the documentation of I got it done.

[–] ilovetvshows@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Right now using both.

I am not replacing it.

I have already done it few weeks ago.

[–] manapropos@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been strictly here and 4chan

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[–] Shmoot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

After installing Liftoff today, I'm done with reddit

[–] soggywhale@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Not replacing it, I ditched reddit long ago (maybe 3 years ago). I am loving it.

[–] Lynchy@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yes I'm here to join the lemmings

[–] dear_faye@halubilo.social 4 points 1 year ago

I personally wish there were more communities - it's kind of difficult for me to navigate at times when looking for communities especially if they exist in another instance, but otherwise, I have definitely replaced Reddit with this site. I just lurk on Reddit now, don't upvote or downvote, and just read some stuff that I can't find over here on my desktop, but here - I am actively engaging. It does feel more chill, and kind of reminds me of Old Internet somehow and I really like how so many people are coming together too to fix bugs and improve the QOL.

[–] TheGiantKorean@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I deleted my Reddit account the other day. I'm all in.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

For most things, but there's some subs I still frequent. No more doomscrolling, just very targeted single-sub browsing.

[–] AlaskaMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

99% yes, effective July 1. The 1% is the Ukraine war daily thread on World News. I monitor it while logged out.

[–] coaxil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Already have a month ago, really like it here!

[–] NameGooseHere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, after Rif died, immediately looked for alternatives to reddit.

[–] Wahyu915@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Still in its infancy, most of the posts/information i want to search still come from reddit. But the content I'm seeing here so far has been good.

[–] trellbrown23@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some moderator permabanned me over my simming screenshots, saying i broke reddit content rules. This PARTICULAR moderator has banned me from reddit multiple times. Today's was the last straw. Reddit deserves a fiery death. So, Lemmy is the closest thing. I welcome the replacement.

Yes, I am now 90% on Lemmy - the new Memmy app for my iPad is close to Apollo-quality and Liftoff on my Android phone (S21) is β€œalmost” as good as Sync for Reddit was.

For Reddit, I am using RSS feeds only to browse for any posts that interest me - I am trying to not give them traffic if at all possible.

The content on Lemmy is getting better every day!

[–] Fantasmita@lib.lgbt 3 points 1 year ago

Partially.... It's similar situation that I have with Twitter and Mastodon. Simply, there are subreddits that not have (yet) the equivalent on Lemmy or refused to move to Lemmy (or moved to Radle)

[–] ilikemoney@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm going the supplementation route for now. Reddit official app is not enjoyable to use. I currently have a work around for my 3rd party app of choice. If the work around ever fails and reddit doesn't improve their app, I'm hopeful Lemmy will grow enough in the meantime to fully fill the reddit void.

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[–] Secret300@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

yes. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but I've found myself browsing a lot more on different sites too. Instead of opening RiF to find stuff, I just look at YouTube or redgifs directly. Turns out I never needed a middleman for that, so there's no need to use the fediverse for that now.

The important news and discussion is plentiful here, so that'll be my main purpose of opening wefwef or whatever app is better.

[–] axus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I think nobody would start a new community on Reddit, just makes sense to build something new on a Lemmy instance πŸ”°

These things do cost time and money and the security code still needs to be written in blood, but it'll be fun.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, left it cold turkey when the protests started as 99.95% of my browsing was done through Apollo.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Pretty much. I'll def never log in again.

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