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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Already done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have replaced it as my active site,

So there is still stuff that's more active on reddit, like football news, but I am now just a lurker there I don't contribute I just read if there is an update then if it's relevant I post it from there to Lemmy, so we can start building a community here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think nobody would start a new community on Reddit, just makes sense to build something new on a Lemmy instance πŸ”°

These things do cost time and money and the security code still needs to be written in blood, but it'll be fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Not by itself, no.

My current replacements for reddit are:

  1. A kbin account for serious-posting
  2. This Lemmy account for the shitposting (and for communities on lemmy.ml which blanket bans all kbin instances)
  3. Tildes.net for the extra-serious-posting
  4. (Eventually) an RSS reader
  5. Libreddit and a redirector extension for search results

I personally prefer to keep my shitposting from my serious-posting and I also wanted to see what kbin was like, so it kinda worked out well enough (aside from .ml)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Preaching to the choir to ask this here, tbh

but, yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yup.

What people should be aware of and spread awareness of the fact that Reddit did not become popular in a day, week or month. Secondly the content that makes reddit valued comes from the users, the community and that can be reproduced and continued at Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Nope I'm replacing with Lemmy. 😝

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, but I also use Squiggy too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes. I got off reddit a while ago due to privacy and censorship issues on top of pushing/promoting content that annoyed me or I didn't have any interest in. Been on the fediverse for a while and enjoyed that and was happy to hear there's a federated reddit alternative.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Be the Community You Want to See On Lenny. Whereever 2 or more are gathered in his name, Lemmy Bruce will be there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For browsing I have converted to Lemmy. For getting answers from a Google search I still click on the Reddit option. Lemmy doesn't show on a Google search and other forums are useless for information. Minus stack overflow.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I pretty much replaced Reddit with Lemmy, and might even delete my Reddit account at some point. I think I'm not visiting this website often enough, but that's because it's not as tantalizing as Reddit, especially on web. But I do want to visit this place more often. I don't want to miss out on what's happening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pretty much. I'll def never log in again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Slowly but surely. I can no longer check porn subs on Joey for Reddit so I might try to accelerate the migration.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yup, I've done the full switcheroo. Not going to be using Reddit's app and 90% of my Reddit use is on my phone...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Now that Boost no longer works, I have no reason to go to Reddit. Lemmy all the way at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I registered to try it out. Looks nice so far. Hopefully more users switch and start filling this place with content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, there's just a couple communities stuck on Reddit that I still look at, but overall I'm around 80% Lemmy 20% Reddit now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've already managed to replace Reddit on mobile. On the desktop, however, I'm partially there. There are still a couple of communities I follow that only exist on reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, for sure. Felt like Reddit where going downhill for a long time. This frog is finally jumping out of the pot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I haven’t been on Reddit since Apollo went dark. I’m done with it except for a couple specific communities until similar ones are available here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
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