Be honest, do you still use reddit?

I used to check the front page at least once every day, and occassionally check specific subreddits. Now I don’t look at reddit unless theres some drama, like mods getting purged, then I’d go there and enjoy the drama. Occasionally there will be questions that only reddit has the answer to so I have to reluctantly use it. I got my uBlock Origin ready to kill all the ads. That shitty website will not get a cent out of me.

What about you? Do you still use reddit?

Sombyr,
@Sombyr@lemmy.one avatar

Only to view NSFW images when I really don’t have any other option. I don’t have an account anymore though so usually it’s not worth the trouble. Lemmy really just doesn’t have the diversity reddit did with that yet.

Hexophile,

I’m using it when looking for specific information about specific topics (tutorials, product reviews) but I haven’t looked at the front page since the announcement

kthxbye_reddit,
@kthxbye_reddit@feddit.de avatar

I still check some subs, like recent infos on the war in ukraine. And some others that have not catches up in terms of activity…

But it’s getting less and less. I also open Apollo less frequently, realising that it doesn’t work anymore

dvdnet90,
@dvdnet90@lemmy.world avatar

Apollo can be used after 1 July. But, with patch

kthxbye_reddit,
@kthxbye_reddit@feddit.de avatar

Tell me more…

LebruhJame,

I just got here

s0phia,
@s0phia@lemmy.world avatar

Haven’t logged in to Reddit since one day after I created this lemmy account on June 13th.

krzysd,

Just check nsfw but images hosted by Reddit that are NSFW are slow to load and seem to have been slow for quite a while, so my rate at which I check it tapered from few times a day to now once or twice a month

Deelala0516,

Nope, not at all.

kakes,

Yeah, I left on June 15th when the protests started and jumped into Lemmy. Spent 11 years addicted to Reddit, but once I found Lemmy it was honestly pretty easy to ditch it.

squarewagon,

I have always lurked Reddit, I have never made an account. With Lemmy, I contribute instead of lurk as I feel I have a part to play in it’s early growth for it to succeed. But that being said, I occasionally check the front page and a few specific subreddits but not quite as frequently since I joined Lemmy.

Oh, and when I do, I use LibReddit to view reddit, so nothing even official.

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I have not used it since some time in early June.

I have technically logged into my account – but only because I’ve opened Relay Pro. In spite of everything, it appears to still update everything, and the last app patch update message I saw said that they had implemented changes to reduce API usage (this after July 1).

But I haven’t interacted with reddit beyond that, and I don’t plan to. It’s not about anger at reddit anymore either – I actively like Lemmy better. It reminds me of old reddit.

Scarecrow59,

Occasionally I use reddit to find answers to questions about topics that aren’t really available on lemmy

CaptPretentious,

I purged every post I had made over the years before walking away. Haven’t looked back. Fuck’em.

WolfRun24,

Nope! While lemmy is still missing a lot of things, such as large amounts of text posts and comments, and smaller communities, I’ve found other ways to fill the gaps. I browsed nosleep a lot and have found some nice series’, but that won’t make me go back. Also Tumblr exists to fill the smaller community gaps

phoukas,

Let me know if you ever find a good nosleep alternative!

Pmmeyourtoaster,

The Lemmy apps are fine, but I’ve been disappointed in the quality of Lemmy posts and discussion. It’s too many memes, not enough good quality thoughts, discussion, content, community. It’s unfortunate. Wanted this to be the place I die.

sjatar,
@sjatar@sjatar.net avatar

Had the same issue so I removed most meme communities ^^ It’s just to easy to post them, they rank high on the filters as well

zdrvr,

Make two accounts on different instances. One for Memes one for discussion and just switch back and forth depending on what you are in the mood for.

Mereo, (edited )

Block the communities you don’t want to see in your profile settings. That way, you’ll see more meaningful posts. That’s what I did, I blocked all memes communities.

eric5949,

I don’t care so much about the memes, but the moderation on the meme subs is severely lacking. I’ve seen enough shit and dicks in the last 3 days I just temporarily blocked the instance the accounts were coming from until they figure out their shit.

Thorny_Thicket,

Agreed. And not just memes but quite shitty ones especially recently. Filling the front page with beans is worse than not posting at all

ShoePaste,
@ShoePaste@lemmy.ml avatar

I totally agree, it is getting better though. I’m trying to keep in mind that it’s only been a couple weeks. new communities take time to grow. i think a big issue with lemmy is there’s so many options so there’s competition between communities for content but there just aren’t enough users to go around. it’ll get there though. one thing i do like though is that i’ve been getting more quality engagement on posts and comments i make. i’m not feeling attacked by replies or seeing pointless comments like “this!”, ya know?

echoplex21,

What I did was unsubscribe from the meme communities. When I want a laugh I’ll go on “Global” and see them. Switch to subscribed to see better discussion.

phoukas,

I had a similar experience and just started blocking all the meme instances. Much better so far!

Venutianxspring,

Just block the meme communities and it makes this place a much more engaging site. There’s obviously not the same level as reddit yet, but with time it will get there.

babyphatman,

You can do the opposite too… Subscribe to the communities you like, and have that be your front-page. Then browse all when you’re feeling freaky!

Venutianxspring,

That’s what I do, but they were mentioning that they wanted to browse all, but the memes were ruining it for them. I’m usually on all so I can keep an eye out for new communities to join

dingus,

The problem is I like memes…I just don’t want to ONLY see memes. It’s just that Lemmy’s sorting algorithm is not as robust as Reddit. With Reddit my subscription feed would show me all of my communities, even if there was a large difference in size of them. My small communities still showed up in my subscriptions feed because Reddit had a more balanced algorithm. With Lemmy, the most popular communities flood out all the others. If the devs made the sorting work better we could have a more balanced experience.

xapr,

Good point. I think the sorting algorithms should be the number one priority for Lemmy devs at the moment.

RogueTyre,

Seems quite the opposite for me. Every 1 in 3 posts are either discussion or news reports.

Edit: actually it looks more like every other post with sometime 6 or 7 continuous ones without a meme

TeaHands,
@TeaHands@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve found that the trick is not to actually sub to meme communities, even if you want to see them. That way you can browse your subscribed feed for all the discussion on the topics you want, but then you can switch over to All > Top Day or whatever and still end up seeing most of the memes in there because they’re so popular.

tj111,

Yeah this is what I do. My subscribed feed is all news and discussion (and good discussion at that!), and then I go to All to see the memes. I first I subscribed to a meme community or two and it dominated my feed.

somedaysoon,
@somedaysoon@lemmy.world avatar

I figured that out too, I usually start off with my subscribed feed for interesting discussion and news articles (but you have to sub to the right sublems), then I might hop over to the all feed for memes and random pr0n and anything that maybe I missed or new popular communities. Then I jump over to another account on a smaller regional instance and hit the local feed there. I get plenty of interesting discussion and articles… and I think it is way better than reddit has been in the last 10 years. It reminds me of reddit when I joined 15+ years ago. So I’ve had the direct opposite experience as @Pmmeyourtoaster , the discussions here have been exponentially better than reddit has been for a long, long time now.

I will say that for like the first day or two I spent a good amount of time searching out and subbing to different sublems. I also used multiple different tools to find them. Two of the main ones being the built in Reddit Migration tool in Voyager, another being sub.rehab

dingus,

Yeah I think this is ultimately what I’m going to have to do. A bit annoying but oh well!

mavedustaine,

It’s kinda hitting the early 2010s 9gag nostalgia for me right now with all the shitty memes.

phoukas,

I still do, but only read a few nosleep stories on my mobile browser before bed. If I had another option for spooky stories from indie authors I would quit completely.

Glide,

I was following it for the drama involving the blackouts. I logged in today and started browsing around, and can’t help but wonder if it’s recently become even more polarized and radicalized with regards to absurd, hateful opinions, or if my bias’ against it are making it look that way.

Either way, the experience made me feel gross, and it occurred to me that I just don’t want to be there anymore.

Riccosuave,
@Riccosuave@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly, same. I didn’t fully comprehend exactly how bad it had gotten since it was kind of the boiling frog scenario. When you’ve been on Reddit over a decade you know the userbase is considerably worse than it used to be, way more polarized, and unfortunately way more representative of the general population.

Getting to Lemmy immediately reminded me of how the internet used to be to some degree, and when I read the engagement I don’t feel like I immediately need a shower or a lobotomy afterwards. Let’s hope it stays that way as long as possible.

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