cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53548211

Are you 100% lemmy/mbin/piefed for your forum/thread life or are you still using reddit for something?

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[โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago

Close to nothing, at this point. Sometimes I search for answers to technical questions and find them on Reddit, but that's about it.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 year ago

    I'm afraid I'm still on reddit quite a bit. Most communities have a lot more activity there. Rust, nixos, luthiery, local and state level subreddits. r/fiddle, and other instrument subreddits have more activity.

    That said theres a lot of chaff that I wouldn't miss. r/sysadmins is all removed about corporate work, r/machinists the same but blue collar. r/hiking is all shoe posts and gear. Political subreddits have lots of activity but its 90% rage farming.

    Technical communities are strong on lemmy, despite their smaller size. And its refreshing to read the super far left diatribes, I don't get that stuff elsewhere.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago

    I don't use it at all directly, but occasionally an answer generated on Reddit will pop up on a search I'm doing on a different site

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago
    [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    Watching MMA is one of my only hobbies, so I frequent the subreddit and minimize my involvement. To my knowledge there's no lemmy community for MMA, and right now I'm not interested in modding one.

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  • Mostly for reminding myself why I no longer use reddit.

    Also occasional tech support issues via DuckDuckGo searches

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    I read the local sub but no posting. There's also one or two nsfw subs i still check for updates but also no posting

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    I actually managed to come off it completely. Even though Lemmy is 10000x smaller, it still scratches the same itch for me.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Reddit is just completely impossible to use these days. Even just trying to find answers to stuff in there you just get "you've been blocked by network security" 90% of the time. Shit's dead to me.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    There is occasionally a comment that turns up in the search engines that is absolutely project-saving. Lemmy is not at that point yet.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Iโ€™m trying to quit, again

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago

    Same. I got out for a while and was doing pretty good. Never installed the app once Apollo got shuttered and that helped. But then I got into some niche hobbies and the Reddit communities are the best source of info for that anywhere online unfortunately. So Iโ€™ve gotten complacent and started relying too much on it again. Gotta try to ween myself off.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Deleted my account, so nothing.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    Not much. There are some tech communities that I still monitor there to keep up with the general public. and then i check my local city subreddit sometimes.

    But mostly use rss, and then lurk lemmy.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If a search links to it, it will be years old and might have some information but I immediately see the reason I don't use it anymore with ads/suggested subs. And sometimes porn.

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  • Making fun of it, mostly.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago

    Iโ€™m all in.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    Korn, Lemmy still not diverse enough for that

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    Only thing I use it for is when it comes up as an answer to a question I search for on duckduckgo and I also just occasionally scroll through subs I used to frequent just wondering what's going on there now

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Using redlib to lurk on a handful of niche subs. Mostly as inspiration for my hobbies. Chief among them was r/thinkpad, but I've since weaned off them as they seem to be developing a phobia or even contempt for my favorite old ThinkPads. Yes, they're over a decade old and not for everyone, but that doesn't mean they belong in the e-waste pile. Or maybe they do so I can come pick them up.

    It's also still home to many helpful support threads and tutorials, unfortunately.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago

    I read it a bit from time to time.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    I have been permanently suspended from Reddit, so nothing.

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