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I used to check the front page at least once every day, and occassionally check specific subreddits. Now I don't look at reddit unless theres some drama, like mods getting purged, then I'd go there and enjoy the drama. Occasionally there will be questions that only reddit has the answer to so I have to reluctantly use it. I got my uBlock Origin ready to kill all the ads. That shitty website will not get a cent out of me.

What about you? Do you still use reddit?

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[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just did some searching for the best grind size settings for my Aeropress. Some of the search results led to Reddit, I clicked on them and felt a bit dirty lol. Funnily enough a few of results still led to private groups. Reddit will still be a source of information about niche topics. Let's hope Lemmy becomes that source instead...

[–] chk232@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Logged out, sometimes I use rif to check on some subreddits.

Not going to delete my 9 year old account because if I do that they will keep all the comments.

[–] Morphior@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

No, I uninstalled Boost and Infinity about a month ago and haven't looked back.

[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Literally have not been back since I decided to leave before the blackout.

Considering incised to spen hours a day s rolling that place, I haven't missed it and just moved on. 12years or more I was a regular contributor and viewer and quit cold turkey style :)

[–] slyme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't browse it (I have a redirector rule that links me right out of Reddit), but if I need to access it for something, I just tack on old. as a bypass.

[–] Zippity@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I still look at a few specific subreddits when they pop-up in a search result.

[–] wakamo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes when I need an answer I use wayback machine to read reddit. Don't want to give reddit my engagement and have their cookies in my browser.

[–] Madusch@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Until yesterday, Joey for Reddit still worked, but since today it doesn't anymore. I miss r/BestOfRedditorUpdates, so I'll probably use it just for that sub.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I don't scroll through reddit anymore but will use it if a friend shares a link or when looking for something. It was hard the first few days as I found myself opening Sync only to be greeted by the goodbye message. Safe to say I was quite addicted to doom scrolling but happy to have stopped.

Been using Jerboa for 2 weeks now and have not doom scrolled yet, feels good

[–] knocks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I deleted my account 1st July. I won't lie there is still a couple of subreddits I'll check out through old.reddit, but mostly due to a recent crush on John Oliver.

[–] daruksrevenge@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

I’m currently in the process of replacing Reddit with Lemmy. I’m keeping Reddit for the sole purpose of being linked there from Google Results and until I get used to Lemmy, how it works, and find communities that are relevant to me.

I do find Lemmy interesting in how , despite being in an instance, you can still see posts from other instances and such. I am still getting used to it, so will keep Reddit around until I am completely accustomed to it.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I I still use it on desktop since I can still use the old design and I run several layers of adblock.

On mobile I basically never use it now unless a search result forces me to it. Lemmy needs work, but I've gotten it to a usable state in mobile.

I really home Baconreader makes a lemmy version because that was the only way I used reddit mobile.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

After everything went down and Sync stopped, my usage dropped considerably. I was still using Joey and Infinity for light browsing, but I haven't really browsed Reddit in about a week and have been on Lemmy and Kbin exclusively. I feel more engaged here too.

Browsing Reddit just seemed different, like the quality of posts and comments dropped considerably.

[–] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I go there just to read about the state of affairs regarding Reddit itself.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Not really, I try to avoid it even when something i'm looking for is there, though sometimes I just cant be bothered to look elsewhere. I hope someone gathers all the useful information from there into archive somewhere, in case something happens to it.

[–] biscuitsofdeath@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] drbluefall@toast.ooo 3 points 1 year ago

I deleted my account around the start of the original blackout, and from then only really checked r/ModCoord & r/Save3rdPartyApps. These days I only really briefly pop into r/ModCoord to check for any updates on the situation.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

No. I've checked my inbox and profile page several times, but that's it. Reddit is dead to me.

[–] rjh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I went from several hours a day to zero after the blackout, morally I just don't want to support them anymore. I still add 'reddit' to google searches sometimes and look at those, but no more mindless scrolling of the front page.

[–] AnaGram@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I've popped over a couple times too see what floats to the top of all (or whatever it is that's displayed when you don't log in), and a couple more times when I did a search and Reddit's answers were part of the results set. But I honestly can't be missing that much since every other soc media site I look at has at least half of their threads linking back to something that originated on Reddit.

[–] SuspiciousUser@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I only troll and break the terms of service on Reddit now

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[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I clicked by accident on a few links on Feddit that lead to Reddit (people should post archive links instead) and closed the site without reading immediately, otherwise I am clean since I made this account on June 12. I do still miss Reddit a bit, but I will not go back, no matter what the site does. I also reduced my online time drastically which is doing wonders for my mental health and how much I get done in my household.

[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

2 subs, one of them i go in every few days and go through almost every new posts and some older ones for quite some time now, and haven't found a similar one here. and /whatisthisthing because seriously there are a lot of new interesting things there. and i guess i'll answer if i ever were there. if old reddit is gone, i'm gone.

[–] chahk@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

No.

Purged all my posts and comments, deleted my 12-year-old account (65k+ karma) and uninstalled Boost. Now I only go there occasionally from search results.

[–] hellishharlot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Apollo shut down so I stopped scrolling reddit. I had a mastodon for a bit and realized I missed how good reddit style social media is in contrast so yay lemmy time

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Since deleting my account the only times I've been on it were when a search for a solution led me to it. So like 5 times.

[–] whatuptrey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. It’s the principle, for me. I will not use a site that’s run by a militant idiot. Same reason I deleted my Twitter account (although that was much easier since I never used Twitter to begin with).

[–] Sir_Kevin@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

Only if a google search takes me there. I have no way or desire to view reddit otherwise.

[–] Throwaway@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is my new reddit! Haven't touched it since apollo went down

[–] Turbofish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I still use it for a couple of hobby related things although I could probably use discord for some of it.

Whilst I am using lemmy it's not quite hitting the spot so I use it less. I'm getting an awful lot more reading done.

I've checked the frontpage from time to time just to monitor what's changing, but I have yet to log in.

Yes. I like reddit’s posts more, but the Memmy app is more stable on my phone than the official reddit app, plus no ads. So I’m currently using both, but as Lemmy’s community grows and matures I’ll probably start using reddit less.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I do because there are a lot of valuable infos, but I 'm deliberately not voting and commenting.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup for those little weird subs I'm still on.

Yeah, there are a few subs that haven't made the transition.

[–] astrodad@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

No. I bounce between here and my main Lemmy instance. I prefer KBin in general, but there are already usable apps for Lemmy.

[–] zzmthesurand@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I literally only use it to check if there's a new Chainsaw Man chapter out so I open r/ChainsawMan once every two weeks, that's about it

[–] sapetoku@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really go to reddit since the apps got killed and I refuse to use the pile of garbage the official app is. Aside from a few niche subs there really isn't much to see there anymore, especially in summer. It's all edgy kids and bots now for the most part.Whatever sense of community there once was is long gone.

[–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Only for superstonk and wallstreetbets. I find the fediverse including Mastodon enough for me. I was never a Twitter guy, but I created a Mastodon account on Infosec and it's amazing the knowledge and people you can find out there.

[–] Schnitzeltier@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Only if a Google search points me to an answer to a specific problem.

[–] JohnEdwa@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I purged my feed from over 150 subs I would spend the first and last few hours each day browsing and commenting from my bed to less than 20 I lurk every few days from my pc, almost all of which are gaming communities with no fediverse replacements.

[–] privacyn@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t have Apollo anymore so I don’t go to Reddit anymore from mobile, but i use it from time to time on desktop

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