Ask Lemmy

I left Reddit because the algorithm really wanted me to be angry and afraid.

The world is a shitty enough place. I don’t need the advertisers stressing me out even more.

Lemmy more. The default comment sorting means there's a chance that my comment will be at the top and therefore discussion can happen. On reddit, past a certain amount of comments, I don't bother. No one will see it.

Like many here, I left reddit during the whole API debacle, and I was doing really good about avoiding reddit for a while, but there's way less people here, way less communities, and while yes, I could start the communities I'd like to see on Lemmy, I just don't think there are enough users to have engaging conversations yet. For that reason, I maintain my reddit account, so that I can have those conversations and connections that I can't get here. I hope it changes some day and we can grow our numbers here.

Haven't had a reddit account since ~2015. Saw no value for a long time. Here is different.

I got perma banned so Im here now! And now I like it better

I like lemmy more because it feels like I get more interaction when I post here. Smaller communities are just better for meaningful discussion.

I went scorched earth on reddit

I just like Lemmy more

I still have my reddit account, but I nearly exclusively use it for a closed, non-public group I am in for nearly a decade.

But I have moved my focus to Lemmy.

unfortunately not banned

Never been banned on reddit but I prefer how there is less of a moderation here for my searing hot takes when I feel like shitposting

Why not use the cross-post function? Original post is at [email protected] btw

Not yet. I did get a comment removed but successfully appealed for saying what citizens do to kings. The appeal was me saying it was in a historical context, of course ;)

Left due to the crowd amassed for my country's sub. I became friend with a few regulars there when the sub is small, but these day they're significantly more and more people with a lack of common sense and logical thinking gathered there it's hard to find new friend, to the point the friends i met just decided to lurk or quit. No more fun.

Then API fiasco happened and since i hate the official app so much as it's significantly slower with horrible UI, it's a final push for me to make the jump.

I wouldn't say i like lemmy more, but it's the one i tolerate now. If the main dev became unbearable then i jump again.

I halted all of my posting to reddit during the API fiasco. Lurked on Lemmy until I needed to start blocking communities and then created an account to do so.

Most of the niche and local communities (most notably r/IWantOut) are still on that sinking ship though, and not here :(. I only visit to see what those niche communities are up to from time to time, but do not post or get any news from there.

Of the communities that are highly active on Lemmy, I do think the content is pretty good and is enough to replace reddit. I feel like I get to hear what's going on without the censorship on that sinking ship. There's just enough activity such that the more general communities have enough new content to look at by browsing the "all" tab on the homepage and in the communities, but there's still not enough activity or users for me to browse through "local" or "subscribed" yet.

Wanted to quit Reddit and the censoring of anything critical of Elon game me the impetus.

I Was banned a while ago for hate speech against cops. I lurk sometimes with libreddit

I like Lemmy better. There's a lot more effort to have value when you post and have conversations rather than arguments.

But the porn collection over here isn't great yet.

I still have my reddit account for niche stuff, but I overwrote all my comments with gibberish so they couldn't use my words to train anything. I could definitely give up my reddit if push came to shove.

I left and blocked reddit on my network after the landed gantry debacle. I'm not banned but I might as well be.

I like lemmy's culture more, but I still browse reddit

I use both. I like some aspects of each better. Reddit mostly has some specific large communities I can't find on lemmy due to size, or lemmys demographics just not enjoying that topic.

I'm on both, I like both. Been liking Reddit less and less over the years, I expect at some point I'll stop going, but for now it's still okay.

With the recent US autocratization, its a good idea to keep a maintream profile (such as reddit) without any politics on the account (a decoy). Just in case the authorities start asking for social medias. No social media would make you look "suspicious". And since Lemmy is only used by leftists, you're gonna look guilty by association.

I'm honestly not surprised if EU countries start to ask for social medias in the future, authoritarian surveillance behaviors is not limited to fascism, even "liberal" countries use mass surveillance. I have a bad feeling "Chat Control" is gonna pass, it only goes downhill from there.

I was never on reddit

I tried to get banned with my last couple posts but they ignored them I guess. Account is still there.

I was here when Lemmur was still maintained, under a different username off course.. same thing with Friendica, I'm waiting for Facebook to fuck up..

Still on reddit but deleted all but 7 comments on my reddit account and i spend way more time on Lemmy.