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It is possible to estimate?

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I did. I deleted my Reddit account on July 2. I was using Lemmy.world as my main since the middle of June, but lately I've been using this instance because of lemmy.world's constant issues.

I refuse to use the official Reddit app, and while Narwhal is fine and all, it seems like any third-party app's days are numbered, whether they pay up or not. And while spez said Old Reddit isn't going anywhere, he also said he wasn't going to copy Elon.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago
[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't loved back in since Sync for reddit stored working.

[–] vamp07@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I maintain my account for reference, but rarely visit unless I'm searching for something unavailable here. All my interactions take place here.

[–] Nottalottapies@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Yep. Deleted my account and all previous comment and post history. Haven't gone back.

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[–] coffee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Deleted my two main accounts and I think 3 alts that I could still remember, and haven't been back since. I can't use social media without Sync.

[–] turbonewbe@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing I go on Reddit for now at the moment is to browse their comic sub once every now and then.

But that's not completely dropping Reddit. Because Lemmy/Kbin is still in its early stages there'll be a lot of people who spend most of their time here but occasionally go to Reddit for that one sub or for some particular thing that's not quite made it here yet.

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

Used a script to delete all my comments. Nuked two ten year old accounts.

Commenting for sake of a headcount lol

I'm no expert but best guess would be to get an estimate of all the new Lemmy users - there seem to be a few floating around - then run a poll in a few instances and estimate based on those results.

I dropped reddit years ago. I'm currently on lemmy. So I didn't drop reddit for lemmy, but I did used to use reddit and am now a user here.

I've tried many of the alternatives but most of them were ended up pretty bad. Lemmy shows promise but is pretty reddit-y and I think over time it's basically going to become a big circle-jerk just like reddit. It's decent-ish for now though.

[–] pudcollar@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I've been slowly migrating over. I'm using relay so once that dies or goes paid I'll be here exclusively.

[–] Sleyk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm one, but Lemmy doesn't have it. Idk if it is the hot or top algorithm, the development of mature communities, or moderation of the communities, but Lemmy doesn't engage me like Reddit does. I moved on from reddit, but Lemmy is much less engaging.

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[–] iminahurry@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Krachsterben@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I use both for different types of contents. Reddit has so many small niche communities that are currently still irreplaceable for me.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know how you could track uninstalls outside of informal polls. I'd consider myself as having fully dropped Reddit for Lemmy, but on occasion I'll follow a link on Lemmy to the Reddit site.

Monthly active users gives a rough estimate but doesn't account for people registering on multiple servers and alt accounts (and of course we can't forget the occasional toxic spammer). But subtracting that from Reddit traffic barely puts a dent in it.

I think Reddit will stay a similar size or continue to grow a bit, but overall quality of it has been circling the drain for a while now. I don't think the IPO is going to help at all with that, only make it worse.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm about 1% as active on Reddit as I used to be. I unsubbed from most of the subreddits I used to follow. I only stick around for a few communities that haven't moved to other platforms, but I make an effort to not comment or post nearly as often as before.

Crazy what happens when you kill the tool that 99% of my use of your platform was done through, huh, Spez?

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

My Reddit account is there laying dormant, I've signed out and don't even look at the moderation queue.

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

Right here, yo.

I miss old reddit, and left for here and kbin when the API mess started. Haven't left and haven't really gone back much, either. I find myself a more satisfied with lemmy if that's a thing. Users, content, comments... it all seems like it is more my speed than reddit was.

[–] papabobolious@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago

I left as soon as the news dropped, didn't wait for it to happen.

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

It's a bit harder to estimate because it's global and no matter where you are goong to ask, you will ask a specific bubble but with enough time, money and people you can do that. In my case I would ask to make a University project out of it.

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