Don't use an account. Use it for searching for answers via site:reddit.com etc.
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On every single Reddit post I accidentally end up on these days, I just get annoyed because there's someone making an incorrect statement about something and I can't make a remark or correction because I deleted my account. So I just try to avoid the site altogether. That's just one of many reasons though. Others include the obvious ideological problems with Reddit, and the way it looks nowadays.
@n7gifmdn I would add Friendica Groups (f/k/a Friendica Forums) to that list. But I digress, I still do for sports. Particularly /r/wildhockey & /r/cricket. The later I actually subscribe to the RSS via old.reddit.com/r/Cricket/.rss on Friendica so the posts show in my regular feed, but If I want to comment or post new I still have to actually open the cesspool that is Reddit in 2025. Like others said if there was more content of these on the 'verse I wouldn't.
I don't have an account anymore and don't plan on setting one back up (I killed my account before shit got really bad over there), but I still browse without an account via Redlib from time to time.
Work stuff, I work in a niche industry and subreddit is decent for questions.
It's just objectively true that a very specific type of person makes up most of Lemmy, which results in the only active communities being either very broad topics, or the handful of interests common to the kind of people who use Lemmy. I don't fit into any of these.
I don't fit into any of these....yet
Can I interest you in Linux Mint, today?
I am joking.
Unless you want to try Linux, in which case let me (or any of us) know....
I actually just tested Linux Mint again recently.
Music production holds me back. Didn't test gaming, but I have faith that it's more or less the same experience as the Steam Deck, and that would tie into a general sentiment I've seen around that gaming is no longer the biggest barrier to Linux adoption.
A. FL Studio runs like shit on WINE for me. Maybe it's usable on a CPU under ten years old (I'm currently on an FX-8320) because I've heard others claim it runs at near-native speeds for them, but on Windows I only have performance issues on a project file that has every reason to be intensive. Even if I switched DAWs to something Linux native I'd still need FL Studio to work so I can open my old project files.
B. Two of my most used VST plugins don't work, and I didn't even test all of them so others might not work. One I can't install because the installer doesn't work, but the other is a free plugin, and that one's GUI just doesn't render (and last time I tested Linux it didn't render under LMMS either, so it has to be a problem with WineVST.)
I need a steady drip feed of bonehurtingjuice that Lemmy has not been able to sufficiently provide
I don't.
I no longer use my reddit accounts. But still do some tech searches with "reddit" at the end.
Some technical topics
98% off Reddit, I browser Reddit without an account on private tab just for 2-3 subs.
I'm very happy with what Lemmy and in general fediverse gives, I wouldn't change it.
Edit: if you really want to see more action here, make a community or overtake a community and promote it! We have communities that can help you with that.
I have a new Reddit account, running on Brave on a VM at work. I use it as a news and pop culture aggregate. I used to post in the big UK sites for well over a decade, but recently got a site wide permanent ban for ban evasion (I hadn't realised that throwaway accounts were no longer allowed).
My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule), but having been on Lemmy for a few months Reddit now seems cold, hostile and impersonal in comparison.
My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule)
This drives me up the wall, especially when they don't even tell you how much you need. I get why they do it, but it just promotes shit-posting in other subreddits for the sole purpose of being able to post in another subreddit.
I stopped ages ago. But my buddies that won't switch say they are married to the large communities around their interests.
Nothing as of a few months after they killed third party apps. It took me a couple more months to stop using it as a source.
I like the "maybemaybemaybe" sub and also just seeing more diverse takes on current topics. Plus the formula1 subreddit has way more discussion.
I don't.
Most of my limited reddit usage is for work. I do IT work,and sometimes solutions can be found there, or at least hints. It's still pretty low, maybe 10% or less of stuff I search for find actionable hit on reddit. Only other thing is stuff like comments on Tom Carey videos, which I do like to see. I know stuff like YouTube, insta,tiktok, etc will have em too, but sometimes I'm in the mood to see from multiple sources, and I don't usually find those type of niche reactions on Lemmy. I do see fans of course, but not as often.
For example discussions about specific games or series because Lemmy just doesn’t have any of that. It seems to be only interested in Linux, politics and general news.
I created a lurker account for Reddit after I deleted my main, so I can visit all subreddits. But I don’t subscribe to anything and don’t really hang out there a lot.
r/fpv r/diydrones
I cleared out my account several times since the api thing. Since the api thing I have not used it except to run the delete thing again.
There is one community JimCornette and I visit one time a week just to check a couple rantings about different ratings for different shows
It's almost the same posts/comments every time, and it's been that way for 5+ years
But I still go because it's not a giant circle jerk for basement sweatys and there is the occasional informative or enriching post