Is anyone here so hardcore that they don’t even bother with mainstream social media? If its not on Lemmy or Mastodon it must not be important? Anyone that hardcore?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    355·
    22 days ago

    I haven’t browsed Reddit since the creation of my Lemmy account (~2years ago); though I’ve wound up viewing a Reddit thread or two via a google search on rare occasion. Beyond those two, the only other ‘social media’ I’ve used in at least a decade is Youtube.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    172·
    22 days ago

    I didn’t leave Reddit, Reddit disabled the app I used to access it for over 10 years when they disabled API access. Figured they didn’t want or need my contributions anymore.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    108·
    22 days ago

    I wouldn’t consider myself hardcore for it, but yeah I only use Lemmy. Nothing else lol

    Used to use reddit until they pulled their bullshit with 3rd party apps.

    Edit: another answer made me reconsider what it means to “use” reddit, so yeah if I’m searching for information on Google or something and there’s an answer on Reddit I’ll read it, but I don’t log in or communicate on there at all.

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
    79·
    21 days ago

    I only use Lemmy since the reddit API Fuck up.

    Sometimes, if I am looking for information, I visit reddit, but I treat it like any other random forum I look up something, take the info and fuck off again.

    I use YouTube, if you wanna count that. I don’t comment there and use Newpipe or PipePipe, so only consuming and no participation there too.

    I haven’t used any other social media, like Facebook or Instagram, so nothing hardcore for me in just continuing not to do so.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
    571·
    22 days ago

    For daily browsing, pure Lemmy.

    Researching a problem or future purchase, I’m still putting site:reddit.com in the search bar. I love you Lemmy, but you’re just not there yet.

  • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
    48·
    21 days ago

    Lemmy is the only one I check daily. I don’t bother with reddit unless I’m using a search engine and can’t find the answer I’m looking for. Even then, reddit’s not all that great anymore since a huge chunk of the user base deleted all their shit and left.

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
    352·
    21 days ago

    I had seven billion updoots or whatever on reddit. I haven’t used it for 2 years.

    Also, why is that “hardcore”? You might want to reevaluate your relationshio with social media and computing. If you can’t disconnect from it that sounds unhealthy.

  • Waffle@infosec.pub
    32·
    21 days ago

    Is this considered “hardcore”? After the mobile apps bit the dust I left and never looked back. I don’t like meta stuff because of privacy concerns. Fediverse only for me

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
    26·
    21 days ago

    Add me to the “hardcore” list. There’s just no need for that evil crap. I’m fine just on Lemmy, it keeps the consumption under control.

  • brandocorp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    25·
    21 days ago

    When I’m researching something and a reddit link pops up in search results, I’ll check it. But I have abandoned my account and won’t be logging back in. Aside from that, I try to be as hardcore as possible.