I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it’s because I am limited to using the desktop and can’t aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.

  • Noreia@lemmy.world
    28·
    1 year ago

    I deleted my reddit apps and decided to not use it anymore, so yeah, I am only on Lemmy now using it on desktop and on phone I use jerboa for lemmy

      • Noreia@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Same, while I do feel Lemmy and Jerboa need some work, I feel like they are enough there already to make it work. In a lot of ways it feels better than reddit, idk why

        • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          For me, it’s the community. I’ve only had pleasant exchanges around here, everyone seems approchable, when on Reddit it’s quite hit-and-miss.

          I deleted the Reddit app from my phone just to avoid opening it out of force of habit, and I thought it’s take some self-convincing to stay on Lemmy; but the reality is, 2 weeks in, I don’t miss Reddit at all in the end. I was mostly using it for scrolling through interesting content I’m subscribed to, and so far Lemmy does this just as well.

          • hemmes@vlemmy.netEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, same. I’m on VLemmy and just use the web app on my iPhone. Works quite well!

            But yeah no more Reddit and I couldn’t be happier. There’s of course not as much content. But I’m having a great time using Mastodon and Lemmy to fill my content craving. Finding myself checking out the Apple News app more as well.

            I’m content but excited to see the growth of my Fediverse favorites.

            Shoutout to mas.to and my boy @rodti@mas.to 🙌

            • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I’ve been checking out Apple News more than before too! It’s been nice, quality content.

              I tried Mastodon when Elon started plastering Twitter’s walls with fecal matter (!!), but it didn’t catch my interest much; but it had been years already at that point that I had been gradually disinterested in Twitter, and I think that’s probably why. I didn’t feel there was anything wrong with Mastodon, it just wasn’t my thing.

              But I was addicted to Reddit as heck, and it’s nuts how easy it’s been to move on from it!

  • bric@lemm.ee
    16·
    1 year ago

    I’ve quit reddit 100%. I was a little bit addicted, so I used the blackout as a way to quit cold turkey. Lemmy kind of scratches the itch, enough that I don’t go back to Reddit, but I don’t spend as much time here as I did there. I’m counting that as a good thing

    • Daitya@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      Me too. I used to spend hours on Reddit. Joined back in the day when Digg users migrated to Reddit. I do miss some of the subs, but I’ve also become bored with so much of the recycling. Lemmy and Kbin are relatively new, but I welcome the open source concept behind federation, and here’s an opportunity to invest in creating and being part of communities that own their contributions.

  • finn@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’ve not touched Reddit since the blackout started, and I won’t be going back.

    Fuck u/spez

    • malloc@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Same, “feel” happier as well. But will reassess in a few weeks lol.

      I usually go back to Reddit to check for updates and the people that are still posting and feeding the Reddit machine are kind of deadass. Almost feels like they are bots.

  • jasparagus@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    I’ve basically made the switch 100%, and I’m finding myself a lot more active on here so far. Everything I’ve posted in any given community has resulted in a lot more friendly discussion here than it tended to on Reddit… honestly, so far this feels a lot better lol.

  • Steve@lemm.ee
    9·
    1 year ago

    I gave up Reddit 100% the day the blackout started, so by default… yes. Way more time on Lemmy. As someone that isn’t on these sites that much of the time, I like Lemmy way better since I can actually contribute and have conversations. On Reddit I’m only ever replying to a post once there are a thousand replies already and it’s always buried. Here it’s much easier to chat.

    I was thinking about setting up an instance to help me learn some more development stuff and practice my Terraform use, or maybe build an iOS app to learn Swift in my spare time… but I don’t really have spare time, so those things have a 99.9% chance of not happening haha.

  • Maphquack@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 year ago

    I went cold turkey on Reddit when my app died yesterday. I haven’t used reddit on desktop since like 2013 so no problem there.

  • Mohkia@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    I am proud of myself! Haven’t touch reddit since the 11th! I am free! Ahahahahaha! Ahem. For real though It feels good to break the habit. Course I replaced one addiction. With another by landing over here. Oh well. That is how it goes I suppose.

  • fucking_polite@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’m constantly making a conscious effort to avoid going back to reddit. It’s not been easy, as it was my most used app maybe after youtube, but I’ve succeed so far. Last december I deleted my twitter account I created back in 2009. It hurt a bit, but I survived and found a nice place on a Mastodon instance. My reddit account is 11 years old, and I’ll be deleting it too, soon. It’ll hurt too, I know, but I’ll survive too. Lemmy is my new home.

  • the_kung_fu_emu@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    Absolutely! The vibe is more chill. There’s not the content churn there was on Reddit, but when I examined my consumption habits on Reddit I realized most of the churn was just reposts anyway. Lemmey is all the meat, and none of the fat.

    • the_kung_fu_emu@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh! Almost forgot, most of the instances are getting hammered and are all volunteer run, so big helpings of kindness and patience are helpful, and if you’re able doing the whole “Toss a coin to your Witcher” thing will help keep the lights on. I’m trying to think of a commercial website or service that has undergone this level of growth without just completely falling over, and I’m coming up blank. I blame FOSS. 😉

    • Beegzoidberg@lemmy.one
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m in the same boat and have similar time spent on rif, I don’t really have a choice since their app is my only ‘choice’ and I refuse to use it.

    • dynamojoe@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Same. I deleted my reddit profile about ten days ago (didn’t think to delete all my posts beforehand, but probably would have not thought it worth the bother).

      • Sparlock@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        For anyone looking to delete all the posts and comments (can’t be scraped for LLMs and such if its deleted) before they delete the reddit account there is a open source script that took a few minutes to completely nuke my 16 yr old account. Power Delete Suite

  • Drinkoffee@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    One day I used to browse Reddit. Basically next day I switched to Lemmy / Kbin.
    I only arrive to reddit when the search engine gives me what I’m looking for over there. No regrets. It is valuable info that deserved to be consumed. When I make effort to create valuable info I now create it in federated media.

  • kentaromiura@feddit.it
    4·
    1 year ago

    Since when I registered here I’ve been visiting lemmy more than reddit, although I go there from time to time to follow the shitshow as it’s entertaining.