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 :(

  • bonn2@lemm.ee
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    When searching for info, yes. But just daily use and scrolling no

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
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      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.

      • Rev. Layle@lemm.ee
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        Same, but I did delete my account.

        Still will read results anonymously via a search tho.

      • billbasher@lemmy.world
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        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.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    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.

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    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.

  • fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    Only time there is because Google links to an answer there. Other than that, nope.

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    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.

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    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.

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    I deleted my account, but still use it for information on occasion. I use a front end for it when I do.

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      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 :)

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    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

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    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.

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    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…

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    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.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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    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.

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    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.