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There's really not much left to go back to. All the mods with integrity left when they effectively banned third party apps, top posts are almost entirely image or video posts recycled with time stamps/dates removed, and corporate owners are choking it by preventing organic changes via subreddits dying and being replaced over time because it doesn't get them more ad revenue in the short term like boosting controversial and rage bait topics.

No. I use a combination of Mastodon, Lemmy, Bluesky, and Piefed. I refuse to even go back to that Trump Nazi run place.

I do highly recommend upvoting everything you can and if you see a missing group on Lemmy you can always create it.

Lurking is ok if you wash your hands afterwards 😉

Only for very specific things. I’m a harpist and there’s no community here on Lemmy for it… hopefully that will change soon!

Never used Reddit, but I felt bad enough about using that one site that's owned by a neo Nazi that I nuked my account.

I stopped using reddit quite a bit after the API exodus. I've more recently just felt the itch to check out reddit due to content. Regardless, I don't post, or vote on reddit to at least minimize the support I give there.

Sometimes you have to go where the people are.

I've found more people in my local area are on ig. Not on reddit, so it's easy in my local area. But it's one company for another.

no? it's just an app

I don't have so high moral stance to feel bad about using reddit.

I'd suggest that, if there's a topic over on reddit that has topics you're interested in, try starting a thread over here on that topic, even if the community here is "dead". Because "dead" communities can be resurrected, they just need activity. Asking a question on a topic is activity; posting an answer to the question (even if it's your own question and you had to go to reddit for the answer) is activity and provides a resource here for other people to use. And if it's something you found out on your own but it's not new, try posting a YSK or TIL in the appropriate local community. You may not get replies, but we're not going to become a fully viable alternative unless people contribute little bits where they can.

People still use shitter. Because “all the people they know are there” and “they have porn”. I swear people will still browse Twitter on their bus to concentration camps.

There's no mexican (or latinoamerican) content on Lemmy other than government propaganda, I am starting to feel bad about being on Lemmy more than being on Reddit.

I mod a few larger subs I don't wish to leave (one I've brought here). I also participate in a work related sub. I've been spending more and more time on Lemmy lately though.

But yeah, I don't really like Reddit I'm just there because not all of my stuff has made it here yet.

Reddit remains one of the only reliable sources of safety advice, reporting, and guides on drugs. Lots of [deleted] nowadays. This is particularly concerning in aspects beyond this as well. Obscure software issues? Buying recommendations? Everyone always flocked to Reddit, and now it's gone.

A reminder to never put all your eggs in one basket.

It's a real pain in the ass for the best source of news about the games I play to either be reddit or Discord, so my options are shit or shit. Sometimes developers post clarifications on game mechanics on the subreddit, and that's the only source of that information. I wish more companies could understand the benefits of instance ownership, especially considering all of the ongoing issues with social media owners. It'd be great if that kinda news would migrate somewhere better so I could finally ditch reddit permanently, but I'm sure I'll just eat a ban eventually.

No. If the info is there then that's where I'm going

I am permabanned so the decision was made for me.

I deleted my Reddit account back when they fucked over the 3rd party apps, but I still do browse their site. Much as I think that Lemmy is the superior platform, Reddit still has a huge numbers advantage, and so the amount of content over there is much greater than here.

Any time I go into the comments section, though, I am reminded that Reddit is a shithole. So I try to stay out of those and just read the linked articles.

Bad, no, bored, yes. I generally just keep up with some web comics on there but as they at least move to BlueSky, that's less an issue. Plus the quality has dropped. I don't expect them to come to Lemmy, even if we do have a couple of good, very-Lemmy oriented comic artists.

I would feel okay i think. I only use it when it ends up in my search engine answers, and i think it's okay, it has both a larger userbase and older history, so for niche subjects and specific questions it makes sense to use it.

But if you feel bad about it, maybe consider creating the communities you would like to see on Lemmy, as others said ! It may be not as hard and time consuming as you think, especially if you find some people to help you or even to entirely transfer the moderation part.

I go there for the post-episode TV discussions (though I don't log in). It can interesting to read people's theories for something like Severance, although the whole experience can end up being depressing (because of mod shenanigans, the over-use of spoiler syntax, and the dissonance / over-reaction created when some show that the hive-mind has already determined is the best thing ever has a duff episode)

Not even remotely feel bad. I stick to old and run an adblocker. I only use it for sysadmin as it helps with my work.

i still browse reddit because pretty much everything i had an account for is not here

I quit posting but still lurk on some topics of interest. Lemmy isn't the answer, sadly.

I feel bad while doing so. They've made it so unpleasant, I just want to read my HFY subscriptions in peace.

It was always kinda grey for me, but once I got my temp ban I said fuck it.

I only browse my city's sub and /r/nba for highlights. That's it. I don't comment anymore ever since my account was suspended for logging in while on a vpn, so I guess the only thing they get from me is site hits. And even then, I use rdx on mobile and a container on FF desktop with content blockers.