With the reddit API debacle far in the review, I’m wondering if any of you went back to the platform.
Edit: Looks like Spez was right :(
When searching for info, yes. But just daily use and scrolling no
Exactly.
I didn’t delete my account, but I’ve never logged back in after they killed 3rd party apps last year and don’t visit unless it’s a direct result from a search.
Same, but I did delete my account.
Still will read results anonymously via a search tho.
I just deleted all my content but didn’t delete my account. Agreed though there is some useful information on there
No. They ban VPNs, so if I happen to follow a link that leads there, I get the “login to see this” page, shrug, and go somewhere else.
It’s easy to circumvent, but rarely worth the effort. The content was getting mostly shit-worthless even before I left. It’s only gotten worse.
There’s not useful, factual information on 4chan, these days.
Same. Same reason. Same thing.
I will admit that I’ve gone to reddit on a VPN with no sign in to look at 🎶porn-o-graphy🎶!
That’s probably the only content of value there, anymore.
Is it easy to circumvent? I use Tailscale to route everything through a VPN but use an App Connector to route Reddit through my home network, but I really hate that.
If you have an account you can use a VPN. Never had trouble
I don’t have an account and don’t participate, I use Reddit for informational purposes only.
I think if you have an account you can still use a VPN.
Yes, if you log in, you can get in. I deleted my account, and every post and comment I’d ever made, when I left, and I’ll be damned before I create another account there.
Not really. I’ve stopped by a few times because I was looking for specific information and that’s where it was to be found, but other than that, I went from checking in dozens of times a day to quitting could turkey.
I don’t. Fuck Reddit and fuck spez
Like many others on here, only to search for some specific information. And never logged in to an account anymore.
I miss sports game threads. The Lemmy communities are just not taking off enough for me. I am tempted to open up a reddit account for talking shit in game threads only.
Do it, enjoy your life, don’t feel bad.
Only time there is because Google links to an answer there. Other than that, nope.
Same
There are a few communities on there which I still check, but I spend a significantly less amount of time on Reddit than I used to. I also refuse to post anything or interact on that site anymore.
Unfortunately yes. Unfortunately Lemmy is too small for many of the things I did on Reddit. I mainly enjoyed lurking around in discussions on Reddit, only posting comments when I really cared (just like I do now here on Lemmy). Whenever I played a game, watched a show, etc I’d go to Reddit to read about other people’s opinions and discussions. But Lemmy is too small to have any meaningful discussion about a specific game or some other content.
Often I see here the “if you miss it why not create it” sentiment, but that’s just not how I used Reddit. I often don’t want to have a meaningful discussion with s small group of people but rather read the opinions and memes of a large group of people.
So far, I’ve been able to limit it to browser usage though. The web experience of Reddit is abysmal, but at least I can block the ads etc. And I’m still here for all the content that is on Lemmy.
I deleted my account, but still use it for information on occasion. I use a front end for it when I do.
Same here. Reddit is purely an addition I put in Google now. I come to Lemmy for all my socializing. I have come to enjoy you weirdos, and thanks for accepting another weirdo :)
Nope, Spez or one of his admin goonies fixed that for me.
Perma-banned, for stating facts about Elon Musk and his Boring Company’s ‘Not A Flamethrower’
Obligatory FUCK SPEZ
Spez and his admin goonies*
Inclusive AND 😂
Don’t use my Reddit account anymore, and now I obsessively check and contribute to discussion on Lemmy instead of Reddit.
As a search result, sure I’d click on a Reddit link once in a while, but other than that I’ve stopped interacting with Reddit altogether.
Yes, because niche communities are much smaller here if not non-existant. Communities about Classical Chinese, poetry, various academic humanities subjects and the like isn’t exactly thriving on here. I try to use the fediverse when I’m able to though, and also try to support smaller communities, but yeah…
I don’t log in or post there any more, but there are still a few occasional subreddits that don’t have analogs here that I’ll sporadically browse anonymously.
I still use it if searching for information on a search engine; like, doing a site search on Reddit for answers on certain things.
I don’t expect to be going back unless something blows up here. For most purposes, the Threadiverse has passed the traffic threshold I need to be engaged.
Only when a contact sends me a Reddit link, which I open through Geddit as to not give them any ad revenue, and I do not comment or vote at all.
I don’t actively search for stuff fhere either.
Thanks for the info neighbor, downloaded straight away.
I want Lemmy to be a viable alternative and do use it. But, the lack of niche communities makes it harder. I do go back to Reddit from time to time for that fix and to keep up with a few things.