Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny? - eviltoast

This seems like a good place so far tbh

  • Calvin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I completely left Reddit. A week before Apollo shut down I slowly started to leave subreddits and cleaned my post and comments. The moment Apollo stopped working, Reddit was dead to me either. Lemmy is now my new home.

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      1 year ago

      Same, but after RiF. Reddit became a posterchild for the corporate greed so fuck them.

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        1 year ago

        I am sad about RIF. It blocked all the ads, didn’t show all the shitty awards, was super clean, the video player worked well and the mod tools were awesome.

        On a side note, its sad demise led me to Lemmy, so all is well.

        • quinnly@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Reddit is Fun was among the first apps I installed on my first smart phone, way back in 2011. I thought, “oh reddit will come out with their own app eventually, I’ll just use this until that happens.” Turned out that 99% of my time spent on reddit over the last 12 years would be through RiF. I’m sad too, man. Lemmy seems pretty cool though

    • mercury@possumpat.io
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      1 year ago

      Same. I’ve completely adapted to Memmy and have left Reddit behind. So far the only thing I miss is the sports communities. But otherwise I feel no compulsion to browse Reddit.

    • AvgCakeSlice@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same for me. The day Apollo died was the day I quit. I’m starting to warm up to Lemmy more and more over time as it scratches that same itch.

    • FlyLikeAMouse@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Exactly what I did. I added a handful of niche subs as RSS feeds to a reader just so I can keep up on stuff that I have no other way of seeing, but otherwise Reddit is died for me on 30th June

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      1 year ago

      I think a lot of us are still getting accustomed to Lemmy and finding our flow. For me, personally, the move exposed a bunch of new communities and topics I didn’t know / or forgot I was interested in and am now excited to be a part of!

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        1 year ago

        Likewise, I’m finding my feed is once again filling with things I am actually interested in. Reddit had drifted slowly towards mindless content but here on Lemmy I feel back in control.

      • aarocks94@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        How do you find communities here that are analogs of the ones you enjoyed on Reddit? I see big communities here like 196 that is basically the same as the Reddit community, and lemmyshitpost is a new type of meme community - but let’s say I’m interested in math and history. How do I find communities with in depth discussion of those topics?

        Thank you! Just starting here myself too.

  • leosin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m not on “Lenny” terms yet, I still refer to him as “Leonard”.

    As for Lemmy, it’s almost completely replaced Reddit for me. Except for the times I search for something and the best result is a Reddit thread from 3 years ago

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    1 year ago

    Not used Reddit for a while now ^^ Just a couple subs I miss but most things are here on Lemmy now

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    1 year ago

    I still dip in to Reddit, but about 75% less than before. As more Lemmy content becomes available, I expect that to further diminish.

    • daniel@notdigg.com
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      1 year ago

      Same. I still report to reddit when I need to check something technical. For example, was looking at doing some work on my HVAC and wondering if some new pipe fittings were any good. Googled the product name plus Reddit to get the professional discussions from the HVAC experts.

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        1 year ago

        Ya, I use Reddit for stuff I’m working on like learning a language that isn’t on Lemmy right now, but I only use Reddit ~25% of the time I used to now.

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    1 year ago

    Here’s the thing. Reddit had me hooked on it like no other until the API fuck up. Pretty much dropped it on it the spot.

    After the first week it dawned on me how much time I was spending there.

    So while I setup here, much less time is being spent online overall. But the interaction has jumped up immensely.

    My garden is looking better and I’m hitting the gym much more often.

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    1 year ago

    Some moderator permabanned me over my simming screenshots, saying i broke reddit content rules. This PARTICULAR moderator has banned me from reddit multiple times. Today’s was the last straw. Reddit deserves a fiery death. So, Lemmy is the closest thing. I welcome the replacement.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yup, and not just because of Reddit’s CEO.

    The culture here is better - people read and reply rather than just upvoting. It’s a good place to help folks out, and be helped out.