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I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

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[–] OptimusPhillip@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

There's definitely some Reddit communities I miss. In fact, I recently redownloaded Reddit on my phone to get my fix. Granted, a lot of the communities I miss are NSFW anyway, so Reddit doesn't get any money from me using them.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'm technically on Kbin.

I mod a sub, so I will still check in and do a scroll down my page every other day or so, but I was actually banned for horse shit reasons when the implosion happened, and my ban was reversed after the exodus.

During that time I got my "content cravings" in check.

Kbin is mostly feeding me enough memes to be satiated.

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think it's interesting that people say all third party apps for Reddit are dead because not all of them are dead.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But they are all in a hard position right now. RedReader, for example, still works in Reddit but the developer is trying to make it work for Lemmy or make a version for Lemmy, I don't know the specifics. The thing is, they do not feel safe/commited to develop the app for Reddit.

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[–] Resistentialism@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

The only reason I honestly go back is purely for the destiny 2 related subs.

[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I observed the blackout but Relay kept going for a few weeks. When Relay said they were going to a tier based subscription model, I gave it all up. Uninstalled that moment and haven't been back.

I miss the number of active communities but it's just going to take time.

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

No, I haven't logged into my main Reddit account that I had subscribed to all the subs that I was interested in pretty much since after the API debacle. I have kept logging into a secondary account only to help other people make the move to Lemmy, Mastodon, and the Fediverse in general. That account is only subscribed to r/redditalternatives, r/fediverse, r/lemmy, and r/mastodon, and I make it a point to not look at anything else. While I miss the niche communities that I had enjoyed there, I figure that they will eventually build here too. I can wait and avoid supporting Reddit and getting sucked back into it. For the time being I can spend my time enjoying what is already here, which is quite a bit.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I have gotten back to Reddit eventually, mostly because it is hard to say no when my patched Sync for Reddit app still works lol.

Anyway I think my frontpage/best sort is fucked up because the algorithm just throws me stuff that isn't too interesting to me, maybe because I am so little time there it doesn't feed me with "the best of the best".

On the other hand, my personal multireddits are still relevant to me and always find cool stuff, I usually go back to it when I get bored of Lemmy (yeah, I go from Sync for Lemmy to Sync for Reddit lol).

[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nope but I aint lying that there are communities that are not here that I do miss (since they never left Reddit).

[–] devious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No, but I still very occasionally check it but only every couple of days for the niche communities, but only because my reddit app of choice still works - but as soon as it stops I will not miss it.

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I logged into reddit the other day, and it was worse than lemmy for content.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

No but my account is banned so it's pretty easy. I just spend way less time on the internet overall now.

[–] JeeperDon@compuverse.uk 2 points 2 years ago

I only use Reddit on the PC, where the ads are well blocked in Firefox. Lemmy just doesn't have specific content I like, like my city.

[–] GenBlob@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I browse on lemmy now but I still use my reddit account for a few subs like r/crtgaming and r/toonami

[–] KijanaBarubaru@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I am in the same boat. The sports subreddits I follow have very few users on lemmy, so it's pointless to follow match threads here. It makes sense to get to do that on reddit where you have thousands of people commenting on the game.

[–] InvisibleShade@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Initially I too felt like I was missing out on content, but the more time I spent away from Reddit the easier it feels to stay away.

I have accepted that I will not get certain kinds of content and communities, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for Kbin / Lemmy. And I believe that slowly, eventually we'll have the quality of the communities we had on Reddit. It just takes time.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When Reddit decided to backstab its app developers / community, I just full-on deleted my account. Makes it a lot easier to not go back when you actually remove the thing you'd go back to.

Think of it like recovering from alcoholism: are you more prone to relapse if you keep a bottle of some familiar brand of booze in your fridge? Or if you actually get it out of your house?

Sure you could go back to the store and buy another bottle (make a new account), but that hassle will help reinforce your decision not to. Keeping it in arm's reach - different story.

Delete your account. Delete your reddit browser extentions, saved passwords, bookmarks, mobile apps... scrub that shit from your devices. You'll find yourself much less tempted to relapse, and it's liberating as fuck.

I miss a few features from Reddit; but I'm not making a new account and setting RES and such back up again to get them. Fuck that noise.

[–] Unsustainable@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago

There are a couple specific Reddit subs that I use that haven't migrated. They are an app specific and a device specific sub. They are the only reason I still have a Reddit account. There aren't as many posts on Lemmy, but they are increasing. There are also other places like Scored, Raddle, Tildes, Rabbit Hole, Saidit, Kbin, Aether, and Minds. Some of them have seen some growth since Reddit took the plunge off the cliff.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I literally only ever use it if I do a search and a Reddit link pops up in the results. Even then, I try to avoid it if possible. I don't post on Reddit or interact with it in any other way.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still browse reddit occasionally to watch videos like/r/crazyfuckingvideos or to read discussion on thr war /r/credibledefense or certain game subs like /r/chess or /r/slaythespire

I haven't made a comment or voted on anything since the API change though. All of the content I generate going forward will go exclusively to Fediverse.

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[–] kucuva@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think the main search engines redirect a lot of traffic to R. Not sure why, but its apparant.

[–] doc@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I added some small/niche subs to my RSS reader. If something gets posted I'll take a look, but I'm not spending time browsing and getting sucked in anymore.

[–] xaxl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Just visit the specific subreddits with content that your after using bookmarks while you also use Lemmy. There's no sides to this stuff that you have to choose between.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Haven't been back

[–] markr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is technical content on Reddit that is higher quality than stackoverflow and the rest of the internet has been enshittified. So I’ll still take Reddit search hits over most anything else.

[–] saplyng@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

This has always been the hardest part for me; the amount of technical information on Reddit is so valuable and trumps the rest of the Internet in it's esoteric specifics. It makes not looking through it's threads when I'm looking for specific information feel nigh impossible...

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