Basically! I still haven't found equivalents for everything I was following on Reddit since my account there is 13 years old, but I have found more than I expected. Just since late June when I started lurking here it seems to have grown significantly. I suspect there's a higher proportion of longtime Redditors who have left recently since we've seen it abandon the principles it was founded on.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Yes. My username says it all. Late to the party because the fortress of Lemmy has been extremely difficult & discouraging to scale but today I finally did it.
I use lemmy occasionally. I do feel the impact of a significantly smaller community though. A lot of the subreddits I would regularly check are not even here. So unfortunately for now, Iβm forced to use the official app. Tried the RSS route too, but it seems it would be too expensive for me.
Iβm sure the lemmy community will continue to grow, so Iβll stick around.
I didn't get why RSS would be expensive. Are you talking about time expensive?
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I'm bouncing around Reddit and Lemmy. Won't be contributing much to Reddit anymore and will be posting and commenting on Lemmy.
Yesterday I have as first step deleted all my reddit posts and comments. Still keep my account for possible GDPR request later.
There are niche reddit communities I might still interact with.
But I have a combo of NoScript/adblock/ublock origin hard mode and a cancelled premium making sure they donβt get a penny from me, and Iβll prefer to post any useful info on Lemmy instead.
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So far am trying too. I usully get most of my news from reddit during normal use. Would normally browse by Hot on R/all and first few posts were typically "important" news articles. Don't really see the same amount of posts here. Maybe will pick up during election season or will have to break down and find a more dedicated news server.
I am, and I've noticed one welcomed effect it has had in me.
I'll admit I had an unhealthy phone habit of mindlessly scrolling and Reddit nurtured this.
As much as I'm excited about Lemmy - the barriers I'm finding of finding content that appeases my desire to scroll has greatly reduced my phone usage. Smaller user base, inability (for me anyway) to find communities and content through the search etc.
Lemmy is just good enough for me not to go back to Reddit, but not matured enough to replace the addition.
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I already did, during the blackout. I honestly didn't have much hope for things to improve or roll back. Also, in the last month I've seen the communities grow a lot, so I don't miss reddit that much.
Gock.
Iβm pretty close. I still check a few smaller Reddit communities but only when Iβm on my pc in the browser. Almost all interacting (posting and comments) is on Lemmy now.
I refuse to go on Reddit, it sucks because it takes way longer to find the answers I search for.
Absolutely.
I am, here's the proof:
me with lenny
Lemmy at home, reddit at work. Lemmy has WAY too much porn on the main page for work...
I already did π
I would've done that a while ago if not for the left wingers populating all those communities. But, at least i tolerate left wingers better than right wingers.