I still use reddit for some niche topics that have like zero activity on Lemmy. But still, I feel kinda bad over it… What about you people?
No, cutting out the few minutes a day I still bother with it isn’t exactly going to have spez standing outside my bedroom window with a boombox trying to get me back. I use Lemmy, but I’ve mostly gone back to message boards, so I’m content with where I am.
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
rdxon mobile and a container on FF desktop with content blockers.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)
Yeah I never post on reddit but Severance is 90% of the reason I ever want to. Not sure if there is a community here and I would feel weird posting hyper specific theories/discussions on a more general community for TV shows or whatever
There’s a Lemmy community at !severance@lemmy.world (although I’ve found that chatting about TV is harder than it looks).
@Yingwu I went full on ActivityPub, but I get a little cold turkey-ish. The only thing I am missing is some of the communities I started to really like. I wonder if there are as active trans communities.
I lurk with an adblocker guilt free. Haven’t logged in since I joined here.
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.
Trust me, I’m trying! But still, it doesn’t cover everything.
No. If the info is there then that’s where I’m going
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 use reddit exclusively for pron and feel no shame about that
Only for niche topics, and using a self-hosted private front end (redlib) I deleted my account at the API death, so it’s only for researching things usually.
Is redlib working for you? for me, if I host for me, I get rate limited after 1st post, and have to use the public instances (slower, but they work).
Haven’t had any rate limiting issues on my private instance. I really thought it’d stop working honestly.
Not sure why you’d be quickly rate limited as a single user, from the GH issues I read they expected we’d have no issues keeping under API limits
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…
To be fair that was a stupid ass comment.
Same as OP. Yarvinists must rot, but there I go using their stuff again anyway.
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.
No I don’t feel bad about using it for the stuff I can’t find here. Namely the Magic The Gathering community is pretty much nonexistant on here and very active on Reddit. Path of Exile as well and all the *mods communities for Bethesda games which I follow occasionally.
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.
