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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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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.

[–] o1o12o21@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

On desktop, not yet. On phone, no.

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

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't been back in a couple of weeks now but haven't gone so far as to delete my account. As a software developer, I donated some of my time helping people with beginner programming questions and decided to leave those comments in place for anyone who might find them useful still.

But I think it's fair to say I've moved on from reddit. It's so stupid what they did, but I also like this idea of social media being maintained by the community it serves rather than some faceless corporation, so I don't see myself going back out of principle.

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[–] igalmarino@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Already did

[–] guacho@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. I used Boost until the blackout (June 12th or something like that). That date I uninstalled it and didn't log in anymore. Then I waited until June 30th just to see if they've changed their plan. They didn't, so I replaced all my comments and then I deleted my account. From that date I created an account first on KBin but I didn't like that they didn't show which server the threads were actually on, so I migrated to Lemmy world with wefwef. So far, really happy with the experience.

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After leaving reddit I realize how negative it was. Only thing I miss is searching up the answer you're looking for that aren't paid ads, but I feel like lemmy can be a viable replacement in time.

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja 4 points 2 years ago

I first came here shortly after spez's petulant AMA. I intended to just sort of check the place out, thinking that maybe I'd end up moving here if things there kept going downhill. But then I ended up just staying here, and in fact haven't been back to Reddit since.

So that's a yes, I guess.

[–] Shmoot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

After installing Liftoff today, I'm done with reddit

[–] JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

I am not replacing it.

I have already done it few weeks ago.

[–] m4tthu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will be if I can get a good app to use on my phone. I'd also love to see some qol features like RES offers for my browser. But I am enjoying it so far!

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I like using Connect for lemmy so far. A little getting used to but going good.

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[–] AnAnxiousCorgi@lemmy.reddeth.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Not entirely. There's a couple larger subreddits I enjoy and tbh it's still my go-to for doomscrolling.

However my desire to interact with reddit couldn't be any less. Zero desire to post or comment anything due to the sheer hostility of the site to it's users.

I think if lemmy continues to grow in userbase it could completely replace reddit, but not at this immediate moment.

[–] win98se@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Same opinion as yours, but I wish such a process can be faster.

[–] revlayle@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just started Lemmy a couple days ago. I uninstalled Reddit app 3 weeks ago and closed all my tabs. Occasionally a search results in Google for info will pop up a relevant reddit thread, of I think it has an answer I need I will click it. I didn't delete my reddit account or anything tho, just logged out.

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[–] johndroid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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

[–] t0m5k1@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For the most part I have, there are a few subs that i'd like to see here but Lemmy is still kinda new so it'll take time.

I've also dropped twitter for mastodon but same issue there too.

I really like the federation feature like the ability to respond to Lemmy via mastodon.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Please don't tell anyone how I live!

[–] Alphadef@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm certainly going to try. Will it work out? I hope so.

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

That's the spirit. πŸ‘»

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No. I have no reason to stick to one platform. Reddit wasn't the only one in the first place. You THINK everything was on reddit, but no, I got plenty of stuff elsewhere.

But I will remove reddit from the list completely once old.reddit is gone.

[–] TheGiantKorean@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] mog77a@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'll be completely real, no.

It's more like it added another folder to my bookmark bar with all of my lemmy instances. I do like the fact that the source code is open source and the overall engagement is through the roof. That's always a good sign.

While lemmy did populate faster than I expected, the experience is not quite the same. It honestly never could be due to the decentralized federated nature of it.

Reddit's mobile experience with patched apps is leagues ahead of lemmy. Desktop is pretty similar though, so all that remains is the size of the community.

I use both maybe 50/50 but my biggest concern is validated every day. The fragmentation is the thing that gets you. It basically places increased burden on the user to manage it. Not sure if there will be a seamless solution to it, or if I have to develop one myself.

[–] ilovetvshows@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Right now using both.

[–] coaxil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Already have a month ago, really like it here!

[–] Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years 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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[–] howarddo@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I just hope lemmy instances are more searchable like reddit. That would kill any usage of reddit for me for sure

[–] axus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] vinzen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I did! To be honest I started to use Mastodon much more, but whenever I want to go back to old Reddit vibes, it’s Lemmy only

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