Why or why not and what do you use it for?
I haven’t deleted my Reddit account and I no longer go to Reddit. I’ve moved on. That’s it.
Pretty much. Keeping my account there but I don’t foresee returning. Maybe in a year or so if I still haven’t found communities I want I might give it another shot to see if it’s turned from shit to worse but I’m in no rush. Besides, this light Reddit cleanse with kbin etc. is probably good for me.
I deleted my 12+ year account and haven’t looked back. I kind of like the smaller community here, reminds me of the old Reddit days. Looking forward to watching the community grow.
Same to all this, except I was really feeling FOMO because my first couple of subscriptions to national and world news was moving content so slowly. I finally started following news communities from Lemmy instances, and I’m finally feeling all those great small reddit community feelies.
Just to make sure my comments stay edited.
I deleted all my comments and posts but kept my account in case reddit undeletes anything. Also to keep my saved stuff and messages. I don’t feel like it matters if I keep my account or not since I’m not using the site anymore
Lemmy has fully replaced Reddit for my casual scrolling needs. But for research purposes for things like buying advice, tech support, etc I still find myself at Reddit. Lemmy may get there someday, but it’s not there yet.
I didn’t delete my account because I hate permanently removing information from the internet. I get annoyed when links are dead or information is lost. I understand why others are doing it, but I can’t help but be sad at all the information we’ve lost and I won’t contribute to that.
keeping an eye on my data request and making sure my comments stay deleted
Theres a couple of subs that I still like to visit that haven’t really migrated here (BlackPeopleTwitter, TikTokCringe, etc). But that’s only while old Reddit still works haha
Same thing for me. A few niche subs that didn’t quite go anywhere else, nor does it look like they plan to.
I’m also only visiting via old.reddit but will probably let go if I’m forced to download an app in the future.
I’m waiting for some support subs to make it over.
Some of the communities I frequent still haven’t migrated over to Lemmy.
Oh hey, this is actually my first Lemmy comment. Sup party people
Ive been with Reddit since 2007, fuck em.
I go for 2 things.
A sports team I support. There’s a community here on lemmy which I do post in but it’s like 3 of use here haha. Until it picks up I need to get team news somewhere.
Ukraine war daily thread. This is too important to ignore but I am trying to find other sources. Started using mastodon to follow some war commenters.
I feel dirty doing so though.
I pretty much only visit Reddit now for my local sports team. I did make an equivalent sublemmy, but I haven’t had time to pay attention to it since this place appears to be taking off.
Considering where Lemmy’s developers stand, it’s probably for the best to get your Ukraine news from more than just here.
Could you expand on that a bit when you have chance, what is the issue and does it affect all instances or are you meaning one particularly? Genuinely curious - suspect you may mean bias or censorship but don’t want to make assumptions.
(Surprisingly for the internet, I’m not going to argue with you if I don’t agree - I am just interested to know why you think what you do and other people reading might also find it useful or interesting!)
Apparently many of lemmys developers are hard core tankies, basically Russia and China apologists who deny/justify China’s genocide, and support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
I can’t say much for smaller instances, but in some of the bigger instances like lemmy.ml, some anti Ukraine articles get traction. I haven’t really noticed in as much in kbin and .world, but knowing where the devs stand, I try to follow the Ukraine war on platforms outside of lemmy to avoid possible misinformation.
Good to know. I hate absolutes, but if you support the Russian and or Chinese government, you’re either a moron or a piece of shit.
Thank you, definitely have more to look into there!
@Roundcat Thanks for this, I really wanted to know what people meant by they accept genocide and it does make me feel like maybe i’ll love across to Kbin a bit more as atm questioning if Lemmy or Kbin is the best fit for me. I do thankfully use Lemmy.world but if Kbin is more accepting and useable might just move across to here. Again, Thank you.
Mastadon has good stuff too and a mirror for war translates, but substack has some great deep dives.
Phillips O’Brien, Andrew, and future doctrine all on there
Similar 2 things for me
I couldn’t care less about sports, but for me a similar thing are gaming subreddits. Not the general ones, we have plenty of those on fediverse, but subreddits dedicated to specific games, all with active communities and always up to date with game news. I do not care about Nitendo or current AAA game drama, I care about one or another indie PC game I play and Reddit had communities around those.
And /r/ukraine for up-to-date war news. Fortunately Mastodon seems to provide some of that.
Only thing I still use it for is the NFL sub. Unfortunately it’s still one of the best places for sports news.
The NFL subreddit had been getting steadily worse for years, but it’s still one of the best places for NFL discussion.
I deleted my account after a week when I found out Sync for reddit was done for. I am now waiting for Sync for Lemmy. I only use reddit when it gives me a result in Google search. So far I am loving Lemmy and Mastadon. I thought about looking at Pixelfed. Even if my friends/family don’t use it.
I didn’t migrate in protest, I just came here because this community picked up pace, an my access to Reddit got limited when RIF stopped working.
I still have a Twitter account that I never use. And an Instagram account. And a few more that didn’t work out.
I think a lot of people who don’t really care about the protests and surrounding issues will do exactly what you have, because Lemmy has fast become a genuine alternative and is likely to continue to grow and mature until it is the first stop, in the way Reddit used to be and Digg before it.
I keep my account because I plan to dump some saved posts. But I didn’t have time to do so yet.
