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I don't browse or even log in to reddit anymore. I don't feel bad for searching out specific things. Since the audience is so much larger, there's niches that just haven't been replaced by Lemmy or other services. Sports, media discussion, and old tech advice threads are the ones I'll still go over for.

Using reddit makes me feel bad. It's full of such inflammatory rage bate. Even in the niche communities I was part of, there were multiple posts every day just stirring the pot. Lemmy right now reminds me of reddit in its early days, back when people were trying to have actual, meaningful discussions.

After the api-gate, I had a moment where I asked myself "what things have I actually learned on reddit that I otherwise wouldn't have learned?" And the answer was nothing. Actual, helpful, insightful discussions just don't get attention over there anymore. I get way more mileage out of my RSS feed than reddit.

I've found the tone here on Lemmy to be more positive and more informative. Don't change, y'all.

No. I use a combination of Mastodon, Lemmy, Bluesky, and Piefed. I refuse to even go back to that Trump Nazi run place.

I do highly recommend upvoting everything you can and if you see a missing group on Lemmy you can always create it.

Nope. I'm using a hacked third party app which doesn't load ads, and I shitpost as much as I can to poison their database for LLM use. They can ban me - I have a VPN and plenty of email addresses.

I'll use them till they don't serve my needs and then move on.

It's a website, not a family.

I got banned and any new account I try to make gets shadow-banned. As far as I can tell, my offense was calling Elon Musk a Nazi when he did his Nazi salute during the inauguration. A mod warned me to not call him a Nazi because the ADL said it wasn't a Nazi salute. Then a few days later he gave a speech for AfD in Germany and I commented "Still think he's not a Nazi?" Next thing I know, I was banned forever.

Nobody should feel bad for using Reddit to deshittify Google searches. That's just what has happened.

I do look at r/opera sometimes because there's no community here, but only once in a great while, and I do look at the monthly list that the ban pit bulls subreddit keeps of pitbull attacks/deaths, because it's absolutely frightening every month how long if is.

I sometimes have to use Reddit via web browser for search results on niche subjects. Feeling quite neutral about it.

I wish Lemmy could also be shown on search results too

Not used it at all since the API shutdown. Been on lemmy since. Fuck spez

I don't have so high moral stance to feel bad about using reddit.

I was permanently banned in June of last year for saying that I hope the Libs of TikTok woman would get hit by a bus. I still have my account, but I am unable to vote create or comment on anything so now I just use it to save NSFW material…

Never used Reddit, but I felt bad enough about using that one site that's owned by a neo Nazi that I nuked my account.

I'd suggest that, if there's a topic over on reddit that has topics you're interested in, try starting a thread over here on that topic, even if the community here is "dead". Because "dead" communities can be resurrected, they just need activity. Asking a question on a topic is activity; posting an answer to the question (even if it's your own question and you had to go to reddit for the answer) is activity and provides a resource here for other people to use. And if it's something you found out on your own but it's not new, try posting a YSK or TIL in the appropriate local community. You may not get replies, but we're not going to become a fully viable alternative unless people contribute little bits where they can.

I stopped using it when they banned third party apps and I couldn't use Boost anymore. It didn't seem like a huge loss considering how noticeable of a difference and loss of quality the front page had once all that went down. I still used it from time to time for insight on hobby related subjects, but I'm hoping that Lemmy grows enough for me to stop referring to reddit outright. I'm just happy I can support Boost again on here.

I am permabanned so the decision was made for me.

I don’t feel bad, but having moved a few days ago I’ll share my experience.

I try and come here first, will check the one or two things I’ve posted engaged with, scroll a bit - but realise I haven’t quite joined enough communities for there to be novel information each time I check in.

I then default to Reddit, and quickly go into my default auto-scroll passive lurk mode. I see something new - like the most recent Anonymous hack on twitter, and then come back to see if I can find it on Lemmy!

One key difference is I rarely posted on Reddit, but have felt very comfortable posting here. Not sure why!

It's a real pain in the ass for the best source of news about the games I play to either be reddit or Discord, so my options are shit or shit. Sometimes developers post clarifications on game mechanics on the subreddit, and that's the only source of that information. I wish more companies could understand the benefits of instance ownership, especially considering all of the ongoing issues with social media owners. It'd be great if that kinda news would migrate somewhere better so I could finally ditch reddit permanently, but I'm sure I'll just eat a ban eventually.

Reddit remains one of the only reliable sources of safety advice, reporting, and guides on drugs. Lots of [deleted] nowadays. This is particularly concerning in aspects beyond this as well. Obscure software issues? Buying recommendations? Everyone always flocked to Reddit, and now it's gone.

A reminder to never put all your eggs in one basket.

I'm not allowed to use reddit anymore after I stated that I would defend myself with a knife if attacked. Apparently that's considered threatening violence...

I would feel okay i think. I only use it when it ends up in my search engine answers, and i think it's okay, it has both a larger userbase and older history, so for niche subjects and specific questions it makes sense to use it.

But if you feel bad about it, maybe consider creating the communities you would like to see on Lemmy, as others said ! It may be not as hard and time consuming as you think, especially if you find some people to help you or even to entirely transfer the moderation part.

The only reddit community I've yet to find a home for on Lemmy is /r/fountainpens. I don't post there though. As a lefty getting into underwriting and fountain pens was really good for my penmanship. This in turn was good for my journaling and mental health. I don't feel bad about it.

IRRC there was a Lemmy channel for it but it was really small.

Nah, tried to delete my account and they wouldn’t let me, so I just uninstalled the app. I was on 250 of 300 streak. Fuck Reddit.

For nice subjects, if you engage in any political and news , it will be problematic

People still use shitter. Because “all the people they know are there” and “they have porn”. I swear people will still browse Twitter on their bus to concentration camps.

I go there for the post-episode TV discussions (though I don't log in). It can interesting to read people's theories for something like Severance, although the whole experience can end up being depressing (because of mod shenanigans, the over-use of spoiler syntax, and the dissonance / over-reaction created when some show that the hive-mind has already determined is the best thing ever has a duff episode)

Search results that used to lead me too answers on Stack Overflow now often lead me to Reddit posts.

Aside from this, I do still use Reddit, but mostly for smaller topics. I am on Lemmy daily, Reddit once or twice a week.

I feel dirty when I find the answer to my obscure question on a reddit post (using Kagi's forum search, btw). I get what I need and close the window quickly, not because it has any actual effect but because there is only so much time on that site until the rage consumes you.

Lurking is ok if you wash your hands afterwards 😉

I only browse my city's sub and /r/nba for highlights. That's it. I don't comment anymore ever since my account was suspended for logging in while on a vpn, so I guess the only thing they get from me is site hits. And even then, I use rdx on mobile and a container on FF desktop with content blockers.

I deleted my Reddit account back when they fucked over the 3rd party apps, but I still do browse their site. Much as I think that Lemmy is the superior platform, Reddit still has a huge numbers advantage, and so the amount of content over there is much greater than here.

Any time I go into the comments section, though, I am reminded that Reddit is a shithole. So I try to stay out of those and just read the linked articles.

Sometimes you have to go where the people are.

I've found more people in my local area are on ig. Not on reddit, so it's easy in my local area. But it's one company for another.

I mod a few larger subs I don't wish to leave (one I've brought here). I also participate in a work related sub. I've been spending more and more time on Lemmy lately though.

But yeah, I don't really like Reddit I'm just there because not all of my stuff has made it here yet.

There's really not much left to go back to. All the mods with integrity left when they effectively banned third party apps, top posts are almost entirely image or video posts recycled with time stamps/dates removed, and corporate owners are choking it by preventing organic changes via subreddits dying and being replaced over time because it doesn't get them more ad revenue in the short term like boosting controversial and rage bait topics.