Have you left reddit forever? Have you deleted your account and posts? Just curious
I’m moving here permanently and never looking back, but I’m leaving my accounts because that’s 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That’s the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other’s knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don’t think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a ‘gate-keeping’ sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance – they have all devolved into “I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!”, “Look at my shiny new themed desktop”, “Update broke my installation. Help!” etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a “niche website” and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can’t be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven’t heard of, Linux Mint. I can’t and won’t ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn’t even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn’t want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that’s fine by me.
Cheers :)
I’m going to stick around here. I’m not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
I’m not planning on going back…
I only use my phone so I’ll bounce between both until Relay stops working and then stop using Reddit. If Relay keeps working then I’ll keep using Reddit. Simple.
Difficult to make that call. I will say that having the hand forced to find alternatives was eye opening. I feel like engaging in this space is more pleasant, but there is a definite learning curve. I find it refreshing that there is a consistency of content after leaving and coming back after a few hours. On the flip side, the one thing I enjoy about the Reddit experience is the evolution of the comments over time. There just isn’t quite the same throughput here and threads just aren’t real dynamic. I feel like going forward there is likely to be a mix of both, with the hope that this takes hold.
Yup. If not for mentions of reddit on lemmy I’d have forgotten about it. Seriosuly.
I like to think I won’t go back to reddit but force of habit is hard to break even with an excellent alternative!
Yeah I’m in the same boat. I keep finding myself opening reddit just out of habit. I don’t think I’m going to delete my account but I am trying to do a better job of checking out the alternatives (and actually posting instead of just lurking…)
Yup yup, breaking habit is the hard part but ultimately for the better
I deleted all accounts except for one that I‘m still emotionally attached to. I downloaded a copy of my data and then… well I‘ll use Lemmy as my main platform for now and see how it goes. Then when my Apollo is dead, hopefully I‘ll have no reason to look at Reddit much at all.
How long did it take to get your data download? I put mine in like a week ago and haven’t gotten it yet. Waiting for that to nuke my comments and delete.
I’ve deleted my 10 year-old account and I’m considering deleting the others I don’t use just to drive a point. I only have a particularly naughty account on the Snoosite and the Birdsite each where I get source material for the Fediverse, though. Tee-hee.
Pretty much between here and Tildes. I’m new here, I’ve been off and on Tildes since 2018. Both are chill.
Tildes looks nice, but the invite-only aspect of it is frustrating.
How do you get invited? And what is entailed in inviting someone? Do you have to vouch for their good behavior or something? What’s the point of it?
i think i jave a 13yo account? maybe 2 comments (I had a few but purged most a few years ago). I have onlu browsed on Baconit and once i found lemmy i started to use it less. . .once its gone I’m gone.
TBH I am more active here because i want it to become my main content source while i drink coffee, and then go back to the comfort of lurking.
im a simple person…doesn’t take much to entertain me.
I don’t see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It’s like being in an exclusive club. You don’t want go to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).
Isn’t the main obstacle for people migrating to Lemmy is the “signup”? Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
I think that it would, specially if hosted in some third site (preferably a popular platform) and/or spread across Reddit.
Something important however: we should invite people to the Lemmyverse as a whole, not just this instance. This instance is already overburdened, and even if I’m myself staying here (I like it), everyone sticking to the same instance defeats the purpose of decentralisation.
No app on my phone. Might google something specific or go there for very specific reasons for time to time. Not browsing Reddit anymore.
I sincerely hope the Fediverse catches on. It has a few hiccups and limitations, but I love the concept and it so clean and devoid of clutter vs Reddit.
