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Hello Lemmy, how do you feel about the Reddit migration? (forms.gle)
submitted 2 years ago by SkyLeaf@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Hello everyone!

My name is Thatiany Nunes. I hold a master's degree from the Department of Visual Contents at Dongseo University, South Korea. I am conducting a research study to understand the impact of the Reddit migration on Lemmy and its community dynamics.

Some of you might have already received a private message containing open-ended questions. However, I am now reaching out to extend a warm invitation to the entire community to participate in a short, multiple choice survey. This survey aims to gather your experiences and perceptions of the Reddit migration on Lemmy. It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete, and participation is entirely voluntary. Rest assured, all responses will be kept strictly confidential and will be used solely for academic purposes.

Link to the survey:

https://forms.gle/mZ2DgnxdR5KLJxfA9

Mods, if this post violates any community rules, please feel free to remove it or contact me, and I will promptly delete it.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Your participation is greatly valued!

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[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like this questionnaire is missing one rather obvious path:

I'm not using Lemmy because I prefer it over Reddit in any way. It has more technical problems, it lacks the niche communities that Reddit is famous for, the community is more toxic and rather extremists, and it is a splintered mess

However,

It's not really a matter of choice. I simply can't browse Reddit on mobile anymore. I'm not blind or anything, but the official app is simply not useable at all. Even the FOSS POS apps of Lemmy are better, and that's saying something

It's not a matter of preference. It's a matter of necessity

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Check out Red Reader for sane mobile Reddit browsing. I've been using it since RIF died.

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the tip

[–] athos77@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Responded!

Have you noticed an increase in Lemmy usage since the Reddit migration?

This probably needs an option for "not applicable". If someone came in with the migration, it's hard for them to compare with the Before Times that they weren't here for. (I had to choose 'not sure'.)

Answering questions you didn't ask:

  1. Did I move from reddit exclusively to Lemmy? No; I'm getting some of my tech needs from ycombinator, meme content from imgur, and I'm also on tildes.

  2. How does your frequency and type of interaction (post, comment, read) on Lemmy compare to your time on reddit? I'm slightly less active on Lemmy than I was on reddit, mostly because some effort is sucked onto yc, imgur and tildes. Anecdotally, I know some people who are less active here because they're finding less content to interact with; as well as people who are much more active here, because the communities aren't overrun with bots, trolls, shills, and other people acting in bad faith.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I hit "not sure" as well. Maybe this could be mitigated with a reminder within the"have you noticed an increase" question that questions are optional. Or, if you have a way to ignore responses to this question based on responses to "were you here before the migration", just do that.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Done

The biggest strength and weakness to Lemmy IMO is the lack of content. I doom scroll less but for most niche communities I can't reliably assume that someone else has already made an answered post with a question I might have.

For example if I wanted the answer to a technical question like "What height scope ring do I need to mount a scope to an AR-10 rifle?" I can't find any posts with that answer here, but there's a bunch of posts on the specific topic on Reddit.

(Before someone answers the example question it's usually the tallest or second tallest ones the manufacturer makes. >1.5in)

[–] rastilin@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I was filling it out, but I have to ask, "What about Kbin". There are several different interfaces that all communicate on this protocol. So I'm on asklemmy, but technically I'm not a Lemmy use, I'm a Kbin user, does that count as "Lemmy" for your study?

[–] immortaly007@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have also completed the survey. I think it would also be interesting to see how permanently people left reddit.

For example, I was Lemmy exclusive for a while, but started missing discussions on more niche subjects (aquarium and shrimp keeping, audiophile equipment), and have since gone back to reddit sometimes. But I also think many people that were part of the migration completely deleted their accounts.

[–] EnglishMobster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I split my time like so:

  • Kbin.social: 35%

  • Lemmy: 55%

  • Reddit: 10%

I prefer Kbin the most, but Ernest has been slow to update the main site and the mobile API is missing (meaning it's quite bad on mobile, even with the PWA).

Sync works great with Lemmy, so on mobile I use Sync (hello from my phone).

Historically, I've used Relay for Reddit for many years at this point. Relay is the one third-party app that didn't leave. So far, I haven't had to pay anything either, and nothing has broken.

While my Reddit usage is down, I still occasionally go on Reddit both in my browser and via Relay (while it still works). I usually go to Reddit for the WorldNews live threads and to check the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit.

I do find myself missing out on news I would otherwise have known about. I don't see dev diaries for Paradox Interactive games here on Lemmy/Kbin, for example. This makes me surprised when a patch comes out (since I don't see the dev diaries in my feed). Likewise, there are other niche things that I only find out about way later than I used to, and that kind of makes me miss Reddit.

I also find myself engaging more with other social media. I watch a lot more YouTube and TikTok. My Google Pixel has a "for you" article feed as part of the launcher itself; I used to ignore that but find myself browsing it now. I play more games on my phone than I used to.

It's sort of plugged the hole, but not really. Even when I'm on Reddit nowadays it's simply not the same.

[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Sent. Good luck with your research!

[–] Skwiggs@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Filled it out, nice initiative 🙌 I was wondering if it would have made sense to include questions about mobile apps, as I barely use the web version of lemmy. I’m on Mlem but have tried a few others (Voyager, Memmy). I mostly just wish we had an Apollo for Lemmy though 🫠

[–] xan1242@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Sent a response, hope it'll help!

[–] Cinner@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Fuck off /r/spez

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Done. Best of luck with your study! Now I’m curious. I hope you consider sharing the results with us!

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Done

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

Done!!

Hey can you do a survey for kbin?

[–] JungleGeorge@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Done 😄 sent from kbin

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Same here. I'm on Kbin so you'll have to replace all instances of Lemmy with Kbin to make sense of some answers