People who still use both Reddit and Lemmy and are slowly leaving Reddit. How do you do it?
I have noticed that I’m very often on Reddit through either Apollo or the website out of mere habit (possibly even addiction). However, I have also noticed that the more I use Reddit, the more I feel agitated by all the negativity and toxicity from the users.
This is pretty much in all subreddits I’m active in. Mostly in piracy and piratedgames, people quarrel over the most trivial things and downvote each other for no reason at all.
Unfortunately, Lemmy has less content than Reddit. Though, I can’t call what is on Reddit content anymore.
Late to the party, but I just slowly used Lemmy more. Almost kinda made myself. It slowly kinda became a habit and after a week, I signed out of Reddit. I use browser, and for me when I scroll down for more than 10 seconds it stops me and tells me to get the app, effectively making it impossible to use. I have then naturally gravitated towards Lemmy and haven’t used Reddit in like two weeks besides random threads I actually needed to do something.
I just deleted my Reddit account and deleted the app from my mobile devices.
Uninstall any apps for Reddit and decide that you are not ok with the data harvesting those apps do in you phone. Then set your browser to auto delete Reddit cookies. You will soon find yourself so annoyed using their webpage, that you will stop. Allow yourself to be subjected to their incessant cookie whining and dark patterns and hostile design, intended to push you to install their app.
or skip to account delete and never go there again.
i think most people are lurking on reddit now, most of them said they did it to avoid the bannings. hence why reddits is try to force people to use the app. The HORRID UI on new reddit on the browser on mobile is kinda unusable, i use an extensions, to force it to old reddit and make it properly resize on a mobile phone.
getting a permanent account suspension certainly helps.
Put your Lemmy app in the spot of wherever your Reddit app is. Make the Reddit app take much more effort to get to. I used to have mine on my home screen so it is one click to get to it after unlocking. Now that’s where my Lemmy app is and RedReader is in a folder off to the side. (I suppose I could go one step further and just remove the Reddit app from the home screen folder.) I end up checking Lemmy first now.
The nice part is that Lemmy is getting big enough that I end up seeing a lot of the same news when I run out of content on Lemmy (start getting into more obscure posts) as when I switch to Reddit. So I find myself thinking “I’ve already seen that” so it makes the Reddit app feel more “stale” and easier to leave.
This is what I did too
No content is better than crap content, and I can spend that time doing something else and not just wasting the same amount of time on lemmy.
I still have a throwaway account for one off comments/posts for some really niche stuff where I’m looking for info, otherwise the major subs I used to hang around in were either lobotomized or cracked apart with new mods or spam bots.
same here, i made an acc again recently, after waiting a year+ from last years ban, i rarely go on it for my niche content. Major subs are heavily politicized and monitored by the filters, i avoid those.
I put a Lemmy widget on my phone’s homescreen (using Boost, but probably many apps can do it), my widget is for Subscribed + New Comments sort
The subs I know on reddit are politically operated and the rest are leecher people who just want to get things out of you
alot of the subs are AI posted too.
I just joined “thelemmy.club” today! I am trying out lemmy because at Reddit, for no reason given to me, I am shadow banned (if it is the proper term for it). Whenever I post a new topic, even on issues that may help other users in the future, my post is immediately removed/deleted by the “Reddit filters…”. And, I get “Rate limit exceeded…” when I reply to comments within a few minute after my successful reply. I don’t know! I hope I will find the communities here in thelemmy.club those subs that I joined in on Reddit - that would be nice.
reddit makes me log in so i left
Lemmy/Piefed is for when I want a more slower and easier processed experience.
Reddit is for when I want a more broadened approach because of how much is there.
i just don’t go there if i don’t need it. go a few times a month to see any news on niche subs i’m in.
after subscribing to many comms on lemmy, i don’t feel like there’s less posts than reddit
It is jivwr here somehow. To be fair, the only thing that keeps my account alive on reddit is troubleshooting issues. There is a treasure trove of information on reddit about some technical issues or ideas that I usually seek solutions to.
Here, much less. I did try to make posts and seek for help or hints but it seems quite dead so far. Discourse is little to none.
But as a social media replacement to reddit, lemmy is pretty good. Plenty of posts off different instances make up my feed with random news, ideas, funny posts and discussions.
Reddit has started removing the “hide post” button on certain posts, so I’m switching back to bluesky
same, i recently used reddit for niche content on it, and i definitely stayed off using it, an djust browse it most of the time. only of matter of time before they get rid of old reddit completely, they just are biding thier time in trying to bypass the extensions that allows you to view old reddit, and on mobile. on mobile i use sink it , so old reddit works properly on a phone(no need to zoom, it automatically resizes the texts/pics). reddit started to force automatic refreshing to the top of the pages even in old reddit. i dont participate in the large subs, because of previous of banning activities on those subs. i save lemmy content, however little there is, for later in the day.
