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.
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
Same. Deleted accounts, uninstalled app, installed Jerboa, and replaced the bookmark with my instance.
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
i have not been back since the blackout started.
This is the way
Some things should stay on reddit…
Same here, deleted my profiles, one of which was about 10 years old.
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.
Well, you’re probably not too far from the truth lmao
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.
I have mainly just been visiting r/ModCoord to see what the moderators are planning. All my regular subreddits have gone dark since the blackout.
Second this. Though if Lemmy gets really popular, same thing will happen.
Eternal September comes for all sites eventually. Arguably, we’re the first waves of Lemmy’s Eternal September for some folks here.
Last week I switched from 100% reddit / 0% Lemmy to 0% reddit / 100% Lemmy overnight.
Fuck /u/spez
He Uno reverse carded that shit
I am spending no time on Reddit and a little time on Lemmy, so yes.
Pretty much exactly that. I needed to cut back on news browsing anyway so this helped a lot.
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
I am mainly a mobile user. Unfortunately the Lemmy apps are still pretty limited. Despite that I refuse to use Reddit from now on even though I find myself often opening Apollo (muscle memory I guess), I always close it immediately. Really hoping the lemmy apps improve as I see a lot of potential.
Jerboa reminds me a lot of Rif. There are some bugs like the list reseting but it’s mostly a good experience.
My only complaint is that subbing to new communities seems to be a huge chore in jerboa
The apps currently in beta seem to be getting updated every day or so with improvements. I’m posting this using Memmy and it’s working fairly well. Both Memmy and Mlem need a bit more work before they’re ready to go to general release imho but the devs are doing great work.
I don’t think it will be long before we have fully- functional apps in the App Store.
Not sure if you’ve tried Memmy yet on iOS, but I’m loving it so far and even though it’s in beta I’m able to do everything I need to do through the app!
I removed RiF from my homescreen to break the muscle memory habit
The mobile web app is far better than Jerboa right now, just FYI. I’ve been using the kbin and the PWA for their mobile website is pretty good for browsing lemmy communities too.
Thanks, I’ll try using the web app for a while to see if that’s better. I guess I immediately tried mobile apps out of habit.
I can’t test Jerboa on iPhone but it makes me realise that maybe I spend too much inefficient time on the phone. It might be different for you.
I definitely spend too much inefficient time on Reddit, so a reduction in that is definitely a good thing for me.
I’ve not touched Reddit since the blackout started, and I won’t be going back.
Fuck u/spez
I made an account on both kbin.social and Lemmy and use jerboa to browse Lemmy on mobile.
I haven’t been on reddit in a week, and have deleted my account so on the occasions that I do end up there I won’t be adding to their content or participating.
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.
I moved here with the intention to stay. I just use reddit to promote Lemmy now.
“Hello, sir. Have you ever heard of our lord and savior Lemmy?”
now lemmy tell you
I won’t be surprised if reddit starts blocking any mention of Lemmy or Kbin.
Pretty tough when there are thousands of different instances you can link to/mention.
I deleted everything Reddit related and haven’t been there since. I even avoid Reddit related search results.
I vehemently refuse to support Reddit in any way. I delted all my accounts and apps. When google answers my question with a reddit link I access it throigh the way back machine.
Reddit has proven time and again that it is anti community and that it will stop at nothing to satisfy their greed. Anyone who understands the dynamics at play and still drives traffic to them is proving that the masses can be manipulated to go along with anything
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.
I’m enjoying doomscrolling through the drama on Reddit but I’m enjoying the community over here more. I know the inevitable it’s coming (RIF user) but now it’s a much less bitter pill to swallow.
PSA Stealth for Android still works
Stealth provides features from Reddit, without the need for an account. In fact, the app doesn’t even let you log in with a Reddit account.
You can ‘subscribe’ to subs, but without an account, it’s basically a Read Only version of Reddit. So you can follow the drama without giving spez another logged in user to bump the numbers.
