I still use reddit for some niche topics that have like zero activity on Lemmy. But still, I feel kinda bad over it… What about you people?
I’m logged in on my laptop but not my desktop. I’ll doomscroll occasionally and feel a bit bad about it.
Anytime I try to upvote or comment there’s a 25-50% chance it’ll error out so I’m not in much of a hurry to go back.I’ve stopped participating after the API shutdown but I still occasionally browse /r/cars and /r/justrolledintotheshop using old.reddit.com and no account. If old.reddit gets removed I’d probably stop. But until then there’s no real automotive related communities on Lemmy and I learn a ton from browsing the two.
I stopped using it when they banned third party apps and I couldn’t use Boost anymore. It didn’t seem like a huge loss considering how noticeable of a difference and loss of quality the front page had once all that went down. I still used it from time to time for insight on hobby related subjects, but I’m hoping that Lemmy grows enough for me to stop referring to reddit outright. I’m just happy I can support Boost again on here.
I sometimes have to use Reddit via web browser for search results on niche subjects. Feeling quite neutral about it.
I wish Lemmy could also be shown on search results too
For nice subjects, if you engage in any political and news , it will be problematic
I use it with throwaway e-mail, without any personal information on my account and only for some niche subjects that I can ony find there.
I just use it for the memes, so not really🤷♂️
Nah cuz the only thing I’ve been using it for since coming here, is advertising Lemmy.
I don’t browse or even log in to reddit anymore. I don’t feel bad for searching out specific things. Since the audience is so much larger, there’s niches that just haven’t been replaced by Lemmy or other services. Sports, media discussion, and old tech advice threads are the ones I’ll still go over for.
Even if you do login it your activity is tenous at best and reddit bans you for very little reason
i still use it but the app is a toilet and it’s annoying but no I don’t think im being unethical by using it because im not a goddamn moron
Yes. But, I’ve come to expect it. Though, if there is one thing I’m going to not do is provide content for Reddit.
I need it for gacha (or other mobile) games, some music bands, some leftover communities (linux related that haven’t moved for some reason) and other niche communities.
You might ask why I don’t make it myself… Eh, as long as I have no content to provide, I have no need for it, and I also don’t have time and freedom to do so.
I was permanently banned in June of last year for saying that I hope the Libs of TikTok woman would get hit by a bus. I still have my account, but I am unable to vote create or comment on anything so now I just use it to save NSFW material…
To be fair that was a stupid ass comment.
Nope. I’m using a hacked third party app which doesn’t load ads, and I shitpost as much as I can to poison their database for LLM use. They can ban me - I have a VPN and plenty of email addresses.
I’ll use them till they don’t serve my needs and then move on.
It’s a website, not a family.
I’ll use them till they don’t serve my needs and then move on.
This. Certain regional and hobby communities need a critical mass that doesn’t exist on Lemmy, and frankly it’s mostly the popular subreddits that are really bad over there anyway. I have reduced my engagement to posting about Mechanical Keyboards and otherwise lurking, I use an app that survived the APIpocalypse because the blind community (of which I am not a member) uses it, and I keep my adblocker and RES on. They’re probably still extracting some value from me, but so are several other companies that are probably even worse.
Lemmy is the community I choose to engage with most directly, and I will shed no tears over the end of Reddit when it comes, but for now I’ve found the middle ground that works for me.
How do you get back on? They banned me but I’d like to do some trolling.
Just register another account. They’ll probably bitch about rules or something but whatever. It’s just a website.
I’m not allowed to use reddit anymore after I stated that I would defend myself with a knife if attacked. Apparently that’s considered threatening violence…
Nah, tried to delete my account and they wouldn’t let me, so I just uninstalled the app. I was on 250 of 300 streak. Fuck Reddit.
