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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DolphLundgren@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

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[-] ensignrick@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No content issues for me here. Lemmy has completely replaced reddit for me. Been here since early June. The content is getting better and better. The one thing I do want is a multi-community interface where I can have say all my "news" communities all show up on the same page. I'm a novice programmer but the API documentation doesn't hold my hand enough for me to grasp it or I'd do it myself. Tbf I haven't looked for a month or two.

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I only open reddit when something there comes up in a search result, and even then only through Libreddit.

Honestly I'm still suprised that Lemmy communities are this active, but I'm very happy.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

No, but I would have trouble giving up Lemmy because I am quite content here.

[-] schwim@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, simply because I don't "have to" have content. If Lemmy lacks interesting content, I go outside for a while.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wah?! Hah?! Outside? Where grass is???

How dare you try and make me use my time more productively to improve my life.

[-] mindbleach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It is a right bitch that the reason to leave is 100% the bastards in charge. The community was fine. (Okay, giant asterisks all over that, but you know what I mean. The community was not the cause for masses walking away with a sea of middle fingers lit by burning bridges.)

I'm not here because it's better. I'm here because fuck Spez. And fuck enshittification. Fifteen years and these greedy incompetents made it impossible to come back without feeling like betrayal. The only reason I'm not deleting anything is that I don't do that shit. Nothing any human being put effort into deserves to be lost forever.

Elmo did us the favor of turning his stolen harassment engine into an all-stick-no-carrot experience in a fucking hurry.

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[-] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don't use reddit for doomscrolling anymore and only ever go on that site when I'm struggling to find an answer to a problem (usually coding or tech related) that was answered years ago.

It's a good source for info because the links to it are listed high in search by google, and are way better than stupid articles that repeat the question 10 times and then ask you to sign up.

[-] nfsu2@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago

I feel the same, but I'm very happy moving away from abusive corps even if I end up looking at the ceiling. At the end of the day in that instance (no pun intended) is were creativity thrives.

[-] TheCee@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I need it to steal content from programminglanguages.

[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

As lemmy grows I go on reddit less and less, these past few weeks have been much better for content actually

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I don't want to give up reddit. I use reddit and lemmy, for different purposes.

[-] ebenixo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Not in the slightest reddit is for plebs and soon it will get purchased by some media conglomerate and continue to die a slow death

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[-] Nijuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Your reasons are why i generally still use Reddit (i didnt feel butthurt losing access to most 3rd party apps as im mainly desktop user - however i do frequent Tildes more than Lemmy) - most of the communities i use never left reddit (dont see intention to either) and there isnt comparable equivalents on Lemmy (not on Tildes either but i prefer the more indepth discussions there)

[-] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'm with you especially since what I use Reddit/Twitter for the most is sports highlight clips/discussion during games. Those communities just aren't here. I love chatting with other Orioles/Panthers/Penguins fans in the game threads on Reddit during the game since none of my friends are fans of those teams other than my brother being a Penguins fan too.

Luckily a lot of the Twitter follows I had which were mainly for College Football are on Bluesky so I can use that more but missing out on the rest here. Once Boost for Reddit stops working (still works if you mod a sub) I won't be using Reddit anymore though. The official app is that bad.

[-] DNOS@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

I Will host a petition to force people to put TLDRs on top of the comment ....

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[-] normalmighty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm of the stance that it doesn't actually matter at all if you give a platform up, it's just the overall amount of time that does. So imo there's no reason to not keep going to reddit for the stuff you can only find there.

Hell, if everyone on Lemmy never went anywhere else, all we've done is doomed the site to die off as no new people ever hear about it.

[-] Salix@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I still have to use Reddit for some super niche communities to get answers to questions. Some of those communities don't exist on Lemmy or have far too little people on Lemmy to get any answers when I am looking for an answer within the week.

There are some subreddits for older games that I also use to ask some questions. I am not going to make a community on Lemmy for a game from like 2011 or 2015 to just ask a question about the game mechanics or something.

Also, Reddit still has a lot of good info from a lot of communities to still go back and reference. I still use site:reddit.com in a search engine a lot.

I don't go on Reddit to comment on other people's posts anymore though.

[-] Zeozulu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The only thing I have been going back to Reddit for is the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit. Once I'm done playing through the game I probably won't touch it at all. I haven't logged in for weeks.

At this point Lemmy is giving me what reddit did in smaller, healthier doses. I'm not constantly scrolling like I used to.

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't leave Reddit because of the API changes. I left it because the content was repetitive and community I followed turned into groupthink circle jerk.

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I miss reddit sometimes. I actually went back to my favorite sub for the first time just yesterday. It didn't hit the same. I honestly don't know if the sub changed or i have, but the magic's gone. Luckily i thrive on bitterness (it's become a vice at this point but it's a cheap drug) and that means i get a minor thrill in actively not participating in something some piece of shit CEO thinks i can't live without. I am able to get my fill of bittersweet satisfaction from active inaction in this case.

Then i come here and cleanse my palate with the mellow tannins of the metaverse.

This place, I'm excited for this place. Let's make it fucking great. When the "mall" closes it'll be all the sweeter for our participation in its demise.

[-] ThatBaldFella@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I feel the same way. I've been on Lemmy since the Reddit blackout, but went back to Reddit when it ended and barely used Lemmy since. I mean, I dislike spez as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean I suddenly hate the entire Reddit community. I don't know what I'll do once I'm finally forced to use the official app, but for now I'm still happily using Boost as a mod.

[-] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Nah. Reddit content is noticeably worse after the API changes. I don’t find myself going back unless I’m searching for something technical for my job. I’m not actively trying to avoid it, but that’s just how it’s working out.

[-] tiny_tina_@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] mindbleach@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Apropos of little - how long ago did Sean Hannity say he'd get waterboarded?

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[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

The use for reddit's general subreddits is completely gone for me, but I do still have some very topic specific (gaming) subs I still visit. I'm not sure if lemmy will ever reach that level of membership with specific topics.

That's not to say it can't, but I think it'll be difficult and maybe even take some concerted effort that wasn't necessary for reddit. I don't think Digg has anything like that.

But I do think reddit probably can't get more profitable if all it has is niche communities. Now if they could be content with whatever profit they get being a collection of niche communities, they'll probably be fine. But if they have demands to increase profit, which I think they do, then inevitably start doing dumb shit that damages the small successful communities, that would probably be the death knell.

[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Just cut out reddit unless it's information you legitimately need to know. Every time you're mindlessly scrolling on lemmy and not seeing content and thinking to yourself, "I bet reddit would be better right now," just turn off your phone and read a book. I've cut wayyy down on my phone time since I swapped and that can only be a good thing.

[-] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I get the same thing as you. What I've done so far is I made a few communities here and am trying to fairly reliability populate them with content. Some of those communities are niche and I feel like I'm posting into the void sometimes, but occasionally I've gotten someone else actually posting some content in them. It does definitely take some commitment to bootstrap a new community, as people just won't start posting on their own there until there's a critical mass. So you just gotta take the hit, post into the void a while, slowly increase that subscribe count, until finally others start to join in.

It's easiest with communities focused around memes or links, but I think it'll take more effort with more niche hobby or technical communities, e.g., for programming languages or niche hobbies.

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[-] bruzie@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I still go back to Reddit - I don't spend as much time on there as I used to (especially as I don't use the app), but I'm also on lemmy, kbin, discuit (but no longer squabbles).

[-] Hypx@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Reddit is still a year behind Twitter/X on its path of enshittification. So just wait another year or so and you'll probably stop going there.

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