Hello everyone!
My name is Thatiany Nunes. I hold a master's degree from the Department of Visual Contents at Dongseo University, South Korea. I am conducting a research study to understand the impact of the Reddit migration on Lemmy and its community dynamics.
Some of you might have already received a private message containing open-ended questions. However, I am now reaching out to extend a warm invitation to the entire community to participate in a short, multiple choice survey. This survey aims to gather your experiences and perceptions of the Reddit migration on Lemmy. It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete, and participation is entirely voluntary. Rest assured, all responses will be kept strictly confidential and will be used solely for academic purposes.
Link to the survey:
https://forms.gle/mZ2DgnxdR5KLJxfA9
Mods, if this post violates any community rules, please feel free to remove it or contact me, and I will promptly delete it.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Your participation is greatly valued!
I have also completed the survey. I think it would also be interesting to see how permanently people left reddit.
For example, I was Lemmy exclusive for a while, but started missing discussions on more niche subjects (aquarium and shrimp keeping, audiophile equipment), and have since gone back to reddit sometimes. But I also think many people that were part of the migration completely deleted their accounts.
I split my time like so:
Kbin.social: 35%
Lemmy: 55%
Reddit: 10%
I prefer Kbin the most, but Ernest has been slow to update the main site and the mobile API is missing (meaning it's quite bad on mobile, even with the PWA).
Sync works great with Lemmy, so on mobile I use Sync (hello from my phone).
Historically, I've used Relay for Reddit for many years at this point. Relay is the one third-party app that didn't leave. So far, I haven't had to pay anything either, and nothing has broken.
While my Reddit usage is down, I still occasionally go on Reddit both in my browser and via Relay (while it still works). I usually go to Reddit for the WorldNews live threads and to check the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit.
I do find myself missing out on news I would otherwise have known about. I don't see dev diaries for Paradox Interactive games here on Lemmy/Kbin, for example. This makes me surprised when a patch comes out (since I don't see the dev diaries in my feed). Likewise, there are other niche things that I only find out about way later than I used to, and that kind of makes me miss Reddit.
I also find myself engaging more with other social media. I watch a lot more YouTube and TikTok. My Google Pixel has a "for you" article feed as part of the launcher itself; I used to ignore that but find myself browsing it now. I play more games on my phone than I used to.
It's sort of plugged the hole, but not really. Even when I'm on Reddit nowadays it's simply not the same.