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Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious
I'm moving here permanently and never looking back, but I'm leaving my accounts because that's 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That's the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other's knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don't think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a 'gate-keeping' sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance -- they have all devolved into "I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!", "Look at my shiny new themed desktop", "Update broke my installation. Help!" etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a "niche website" and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can't be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven't heard of, Linux Mint. I can't and won't ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn't even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn't want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that's fine by me.
Cheers :)
I'll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain't going back to reddit
I'm leaving my account intact for two reasons. First to keep a log of past comments. Second to make comments encouraging mod teams to move to lemmy.
I had a 13 yo account. Used Redact to delete my entire history, and then deleted the entire account. So I can't go back! Lemmy/kbin/mastodon is where I'll stay.
I'm definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.
I'm not ok with anything Reddit's done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.
I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn't eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn't really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q's I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won't miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man's ego so much.
No app on my phone. Might google something specific or go there for very specific reasons for time to time. Not browsing Reddit anymore.
Deleted my accounts.
Lemmy will have to earn my attention on its own merit, but I'm not going back to Reddit regardless.
I deleted all my comments along with my account. I'm not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I'll happily contribute to it.
I like to think I won't go back to reddit but force of habit is hard to break even with an excellent alternative!
I've deleted my 10 year-old account and I'm considering deleting the others I don't use just to drive a point. I only have a particularly naughty account on the Snoosite and the Birdsite each where I get source material for the Fediverse, though. Tee-hee.
I don't see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It's like being in an exclusive club. You don't want to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I deleted my reddit account. If I need to find something specific it's okay to wonder there from time to time. My main interests at reddit were technology based so I'm sure these topics move partly to here. I also created Solidworks community here that was my main interest. Lets see if it starts growing.
Lemmy needs a useable search - either integrated or indexed via search engines. Major use of reddit for me is treating it as a giant forum, seeking answers to questions.
Doom scrolling comes second. I need a way to swipe away posts I have no interest in to hide them forever.
I will probably never be entirely done with reddit unless the knowledgebase portion dries up.
Im guessing thatβll be a long time coming. For most of the 14+ years I was on there the running joke was how horrible the search was. Idk if they ever really solved search internally, the difference was when results started showing up prominently in google search.
I sincerely hope the Fediverse catches on. It has a few hiccups and limitations, but I love the concept and it so clean and devoid of clutter vs Reddit.
Moving here for the foreseeable future, but donβt think Iβll be deleting my reddit account. Just like the gaslit partner in a toxic relationship. I am hoping reddit becomes better. Until then, I am moving here to reevaluate.
Also I cannot live without my patient gamers subreddit and my nosleep subreddit
Well, I've been here since before the blackout. I've been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.
The only reason I wasn't really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!
I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.
I will definitely be sticking around. I do wish lemmy.ml hadn't taken quite such a huge bite of the FOSS sandwich. Most my interests lay in answering and asking questions about the software projects I use daily. And the lemmy.ml server is crushed. Wish there was a Libera(IRC server where many FOSS projects live) lemmy. That would have made sense to me.
EDIT. Corrected Limmy to Lemmy. I keep doing that...
I'm staying here regardless of what happens to Reddit. Because, even if the users "win" this battle for 3rd party apps, there would be a more subtle loss of control later on. They just can't win in a fight with this new, more corporate Reddit that is just trying to beat Twitter to an IPO. This is my new home. I just hope to contribute more this time.
My reddit account is still there as a sort of archive for the few things that I did post. But honestly, I intend on saving some, migrating the rest (to relevant communities here) and just deleting the remainder.
I didn't make a lot of posts or comments on Reddit, but I did spend a lot of time on that site. If I still use the site once the dust settles, it will only be for a few niche subreddits that I was a part of.
Reddit is damaged goods as far as I'm concerned and It's clear that the people in charge don't give a shit about the community. I will miss certain content and interactions, but I've walked away from other communities in the past and have adjusted quickly.
I like the idea of Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon and the fediverse. It's clear that they aren't ready for the current influx of users and there has already been some drama between different instances, but I'm willing to work through the growing pains. The whole vibe around Lemmy is generally positive, and that is what's keeping me around for now.
I'm going to stick around here. I'm not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
I had created an account almost 3 years ago. This reddit API apocalypse reminded me of lemmy. Considering, the subpar experience. It would be stupid to not be on lemmy. I still have my reddit account and posts but, after the blackout and the subpar experience my activity has been super reduced.
I don't know. So far all I've seen is people talking about Reddit. How do I find interesting communities?
I deleted my account and all my posts because of this whole debacle. I will not be returning to reddit, EVER... They burned their bridge with me.
I am now permanently on Lemmy.
I intend to delete my account (or sell to shills) but not ready yet. It's tough to do
I do intend to stay with Lemmy. I'm hoping more of my interests get represented over here. Specifically bluegrass and oldtime music
I'm not planning on going back...
Deleted my one and only account I had left and have no intention of returning. LME feels nicer to use and i like the idea of separate instances and more decentralisation. Gives more agency to more people.
Yeah, Iβm done
I'm having fun here, will likely stay for long.
My main issue right now is that, I use Reddit mostly for participating in tech communities and they don't seem to exist here... yet.
I hope that changes in the soon future.
I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).
Isn't the main obstacle for people migrating to Lemmy is the "signup"? Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
I think that it would, specially if hosted in some third site (preferably a popular platform) and/or spread across Reddit.
Something important however: we should invite people to the Lemmyverse as a whole, not just this instance. This instance is already overburdened, and even if I'm myself staying here (I like it), everyone sticking to the same instance defeats the purpose of decentralisation.
I wanted to switch anyway as soon as lemmy is half-decently ready and has some users. This ist just a very good opportunity at the moment to ditch reddit for good. Not because I hated reddit all along or something like that but because I love federated, free (as in freedom) alternatives, especially when they're written in rust :)
I left my account, but deleted my posts. Not going back, only miss a few things like the BestOf board. That sub declined for sure but reliably had good content.
I left Reddit but didn't delete my account
My only issue with Lemmy is the lack of a "multi-reddit" where I separate the communities I've joined into themed feeds. Other than that, It's pretty cozy here.
This is how I have my reddit setup, with custom feeds for all my many different interests.
I plan on making Lemmy my main go to and MAYBE occasionally jump on Reddit for some of the niche subs I'm part of. When I do go on reddit I'll be blanket blocking ads.