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It is possible to estimate?

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[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

I did! But as for estimates of people, you could probably compare total daily users in like, March to total daily users today, and that eould get you most of the way there

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

I cut my Reddit usage by about 90%. I never intend to fully quit while it still offers things I can't get anywhere else.

Lemmy gives me the dose of random scrolling I want and Reddit gives me specific info I need

[–] Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

I made the switch after the API.changes. i wasn't about to endure a bullshit interface. Also. It's been 10~ years of using reddit, as an adult looking to grow, it was time to find new and strange pastures. Lemmy may not be where we all end up, but its a journey and so far being an 'Internet forum surfer' from AOL 4.0 days. things have been a wild ride

[–] joe_cool@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I actually use both. Reddit to watch or partake in nonsensical angry at the internet posts and Lemmy for real discussion in a niche that I fancy.
Lemmy feels like Reddit did 10 years ago.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago

I haven't been back. I suspect that may be true for many regular users of Lemmy.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I left when Apollo died. Never went back.

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[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

I did so by Nielson ratings logic about 2400 of us?

[–] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did. RIF stopped working

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[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

I was using Reddit Is Fun on mobile and a heavily curated desktop feed and migrated here fully when RiF died.

When I've looked at Reddit on desktop, it feels like a shadow of it's former self in so far as some of the default subs are missing and others just seem filled with the same content reach time I've looked.

While the place won't die overnight, it will become more overrun with bots and karma farmers posting same content over and over.

[–] simonced@lemmy.one 19 points 2 years ago

I still have my account on Reddit, but have not logged in since the API events.
Very happy to have found Lemmy, with great content and great people.

Same about going from Twitter to Mastodon.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 years ago

No Appolo, no reddit for me. I will still go to searches that link there.

[–] skepticalifornia@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I'm now spending 90% of my shit scrolling time here instead of Reddit (using Sync mainly) and I love it!

[–] pi3r8@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have only been back a handful of times in the browser. Usually when information I need is only on reddit. From someone who used reddit for hours and hours a day I'm shocked how little I miss it. I'm glad it went down the toilet.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 17 points 2 years ago

I had forgotten about reddit until I saw this post.

Not using it at all.

[–] DerpyPlayz18@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I stopped using Reddit the moment sync for Reddit died, I occasionally end up in the website when I'm googling for a tech problem

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[–] eleitl@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You might find your responses here a bit biased.

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

I only use it for sports discussion, as the third party app I use still works with a patched version. If the third party app stops working, I'll stop. It's not like the discussion on Reddit is high quality anyways.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

I mostly did 3 years ago and have kinda nixed most of the rest of my reddit habits once RiF went down. It does move a lot slower, I cannot spend all day browsing askreddit or whatever in a depressive funk. I do still sometimes go on as part of searches for things.

I have no idea how many people though. The number of people on hexbear (daily users) is way lower than r/chapotraphouse at its height, assuming a continuity of community. There would be some people (possibly even a majority) who spend a decent amount of time on both.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I haven't been back since RIF died.

[–] Fear_and_loathing@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I left Reddit after 14 years. Was really sad to see what it had changed into over time.

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[–] PR_freak@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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[–] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Left after RiF went down. Stuck with Lemmy, mostly because my consumption of useless doomscrolling was in need of a reduction. Still here, even if lemmy does have a stark difference in user interaction compared to Reddit. This place is slightly less toxic overall, and I think that's worth something.

[–] SpezBroughtMeHere@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Now that sync works with lemmy, I pretty much forgot about reddit. I wish there were the same communities, but I figure it's just a matter of time.

[–] ZephyrFox@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still visit Reddit, but I stopped participating- I don't post, comment, or vote.

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[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Well, theres only one way to find out. Ill start:

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[–] jwagner7813@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I left out of principle but there are a few communities I'll scan from time to time because they don't quite exist here and I don't have the energy to make it myself.

[–] eddietrax@dmv.social 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Ex Apollo user here. Dropped Reddit as soon as Apollo shut down and haven’t looked back. Occasionally a Reddit post will return in my search but that’s about it for Reddit.

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[–] CycloneWolf@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I made the switch when RiF died. In all honesty I wish it wasn't necessary, because the niche communities here are a shadow of what Reddit had before the blackouts. And while Reddit had trolls just like Lemmy, it was big enough that you didn't have to share general spaces with them.

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[–] Unicode13051@lemmyf.uk 12 points 2 years ago

I spent 99% of my time on Reddit through Sync. When they decided to restrict API use, which killed third-party apps, I decided I was done. If the Sync dev didn't switch over to making a Lemmy app, I probably never would have heard about it. I've only gone to Reddit a handful of times since, and that's only because I was searching for something and a Google search took me to a Reddit thread.

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I never came back after the protests. I don't understand the people who said "why should I care if I don't use 3rd party apps". After seeing reddit's true colors on full display, I didn't want anything more to do with that company.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me. Probably wouldn't have stayed this long if it wasn't for the Sync app. There's just no other good Reddit-like app.

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Ditched reddit the moment 3rd party apps stopped working. I'm rooting for Lemmy to grow. I especially n hope that nieche communities feel less dead in the future.

[–] FanonFan@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

reddit culture sucks and I left it behind as a social media site a while ago.

still have to use site:reddit.com to get half decent search results tho

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