I still use reddit for a few niche communities and browsing comments. I post alot and love my time here but the activity isnt enough to replace it for me yet
I don't really post anything, I just lurk and read the discussion, don't really have motivation to post since I'm kinda anti-corporate right now, but I just wanna absorb all the info they have to satisfy my brain's curiosity.
I have it blocked (just the communities, not the users) so I can't really say but isnt ani.social pretty popular? I see tons of users, I figured there'd be posts too
On occasion I’ll check in on some niche hobby boards that don’t really have an active Lemmy variant, or large archive of content yet. Sometimes you want to see a flashlight beamshot comparison of a Nichia 519a 5000k led compared to a 5700k from a particular manufacturer, and it’s just not on Lemmy.
As much as I hate to say it, I’d still much rather go to google and search reddit, than go on any other website google proposes. Everything is just trying to get you to buy nonsense or scroll through a 10 page article for a one sentence solution that is probably outdated.
Pretty much everything remotely niche. Subs devoted to individual video games, for instance. The only game I play that's on lemmy is https://lemmy.world/c/pixeldungeon.
Search results (usually for specific video games, though some politics and history stuff is also from there) and a small amount of pornography.
Haven't added content or even logged in to an account since moving to the Threadiverse, though.
EDIT: I think the most-recent content I looked at was earlier this week, when I got search results regarding discussion on Nazi Germany's war plans for fighting the US in World War II:
From recent experience it feels like Reddit is stricter with bans and access than FB, and applies more tracking and detection tech, lest your previously anonymous internet persona upset a mod.
the day Apollo stopped working I deleted the account and quit cold turkey; now only if I find something there while researching a problem I read a thread anonymously and that’s it
Only for communities which are not available/active enough on fediverse. Haven't scrolled reddit's algorithm since they killed all the good apps though.
To participate in smaller local/regional communities, because they don't exist or are basically dead on Lemmy.
On reddit, almost every city has it's own community, while on Lemmy some countries don't even have communities or just a few people there looking more like a private group chat.
It could be party due to the decentralized nature, every community perhaps has it's own server, but unless I am able to find it...
r/nba and my city’s sub. Both have equivalent communities here but aren’t as active, so I visit from time to time to see what’s going on. But that’s it, I don’t browse anywhere else on the site.
It's just objectively true that a very specific type of person makes up most of Lemmy, which results in the only active communities being either very broad topics, or the handful of interests common to the kind of people who use Lemmy. I don't fit into any of these.
Music production holds me back. Didn't test gaming, but I have faith that it's more or less the same experience as the Steam Deck, and that would tie into a general sentiment I've seen around that gaming is no longer the biggest barrier to Linux adoption.
A. FL Studio runs like shit on WINE for me. Maybe it's usable on a CPU under ten years old (I'm currently on an FX-8320) because I've heard others claim it runs at near-native speeds for them, but on Windows I only have performance issues on a project file that has every reason to be intensive. Even if I switched DAWs to something Linux native I'd still need FL Studio to work so I can open my old project files.
B. Two of my most used VST plugins don't work, and I didn't even test all of them so others might not work. One I can't install because the installer doesn't work, but the other is a free plugin, and that one's GUI just doesn't render (and last time I tested Linux it didn't render under LMMS either, so it has to be a problem with WineVST.)
Any sort of in-depth discussion about games (War Thunder, Dota, CS, and a few others), talk about TV and books (although my tastes are admittedly more niche there), occationally subreddits for niche subjects where I can ask for support, some more general lifestyle communities, and local communities. Basically, everything but news and politics.
I still pop my head in to see what the people who fall for ragebait daily are talking about. Sometimes one will have touched grass recently enough that I get a brief peek into something worth looking at, but the number of subs I'm seeing anything meaningful on is shrinking.
More often though I go to r/conservative to observe the mental gymnastics of bots and klandmas. Feels important to have a finger on their pulse as the situation continues to devolve.
@n7gifmdn I would add Friendica Groups (f/k/a Friendica Forums) to that list. But I digress, I still do for sports. Particularly /r/wildhockey & /r/cricket. The later I actually subscribe to the RSS via old.reddit.com/r/Cricket/.rss on Friendica so the posts show in my regular feed, but If I want to comment or post new I still have to actually open the cesspool that is Reddit in 2025. Like others said if there was more content of these on the 'verse I wouldn't.
this feed feels more like reddit front page used to be, the feed there sucks, I still use my custom feed ocasionally, blender and comic discussion is non existant here, I have been using blenders forum and league of comic geeks more.
I don't have an account anymore and don't plan on setting one back up (I killed my account before shit got really bad over there), but I still browse without an account via Redlib from time to time.
On every single Reddit post I accidentally end up on these days, I just get annoyed because there's someone making an incorrect statement about something and I can't make a remark or correction because I deleted my account. So I just try to avoid the site altogether. That's just one of many reasons though. Others include the obvious ideological problems with Reddit, and the way it looks nowadays.
I have a new Reddit account, running on Brave on a VM at work. I use it as a news and pop culture aggregate. I used to post in the big UK sites for well over a decade, but recently got a site wide permanent ban for ban evasion (I hadn't realised that throwaway accounts were no longer allowed).
My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule), but having been on Lemmy for a few months Reddit now seems cold, hostile and impersonal in comparison.
My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule)
This drives me up the wall, especially when they don't even tell you how much you need. I get why they do it, but it just promotes shit-posting in other subreddits for the sole purpose of being able to post in another subreddit.
Nothing unless it comes up in search. And then I have set rules which will redirect reddit to a different frontend (RDX) so that I can just read the info without visiting that awful place.
98% off Reddit, I browser Reddit without an account on private tab just for 2-3 subs.
I'm very happy with what Lemmy and in general fediverse gives, I wouldn't change it.
Edit: if you really want to see more action here, make a community or overtake a community and promote it! We have communities that can help you with that.
For example discussions about specific games or series because Lemmy just doesn’t have any of that. It seems to be only interested in Linux, politics and general news.
I created a lurker account for Reddit after I deleted my main, so I can visit all subreddits. But I don’t subscribe to anything and don’t really hang out there a lot.
Most of my limited reddit usage is for work. I do IT work,and sometimes solutions can be found there, or at least hints. It's still pretty low, maybe 10% or less of stuff I search for find actionable hit on reddit. Only other thing is stuff like comments on Tom Carey videos, which I do like to see. I know stuff like YouTube, insta,tiktok, etc will have em too, but sometimes I'm in the mood to see from multiple sources, and I don't usually find those type of niche reactions on Lemmy. I do see fans of course, but not as often.
@n7gifmdn@SoftestSapphic sounds like you should just use Friendica than you'd have all these. (as long as your instance has BlueSky and Tumblr plug-ins installed). You'd still need an account that exists on those two sites, but you wouldn't have to actually log into a separate webpage/app anymore.
I liked their fosscad community, but that's gone now too. So now I just create new accounts with temporary emails and get mega hostile to anyone supportive of the current bullshit.
Same. I'm an agnostic Christian. I adhere to the teachings and values of Jesus, but my definition of God doesn't conform to the Bible's and cannot be verified AFAIK.
What would you even talk about on the religion community? Like of course it has no users it's a pointless community. If not even dedicated to a religion but the concept of religion in general? That sounds so pointless.
"Hey Hindus don't you love having religion? We sure do Jews. What about y'all Buddhists? Oh we love it. How's it hanging Christians aren't we glad we're all here together?"
I don’t see a slow drip of Christian right, just allowing themselves to be converted to this freewheeling mass known as the fediverse, one by one. They’d hop their own pirate barge on an instance, lobbing bible verses at us en masse.
I suspect we’re all looking forward to it too because it’s what the fediverse promised us. We get to be whatever we want to be, and god dammit we can float our own barges if we’re weird enough.
Real Christians wouldn't have to change whatsoever to participate in lemmy/reddit. Because real Christians are too preoccupied loving others to be policing people's sins.
All these FAKE Christians are pigs dressed in sheeps clothing, made in china and sold to them by their dear wolf leader.
When someone disagrees with you, you have the opportunity to more clearly define what you think. This might mean changing your mind to a greater or lesser degree; it could mean understanding more completely why you hold the view you already have. If the votes show that a lot of people disagree with you, well, conventional wisdom is often enough not very wise.
In my experience, fediverse people have been more reasonable than reddit people - but you're going to find petulant children on any public forum.
If my large, angry (hypothetical) neighbour decides I'm an a-hole - and, let's say I am - it still doesn't give him the right to come into my house and beat me bloody. Nor does it give him the right to change the fences around the yards or remodel my house for me.
Lemmy feels like groupthink to me, especially about politics — it’s always “Ukraine good, Russia bad” and “Palestine good, Israel bad.” I like hearing both sides, but divergent opinions get smothered here.
Enlightened centrism 101 folks. Reduce both sides until they have zero nuance so that you can ignore the substance of any given consensus.
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FRYD@sh.itjust.works · 58 pts · 310d
100% Lemmy. If I end up on reddit, it’s because I googled something.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 308d
Me too, except I'm 100% off Google too 😆
SystemQ@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 310d
Denjin@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 310d
We have porn here too.
JamesTBagg@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 310d
Mostly weird cartoon porn.
victorz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 310d
OlafOglaf is pretty good though. 😄diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 309d
Can you drop some links 🧾
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
Oops, sorry. That's "Oglaf" with a "g", my mistake.
!oglaf@midwest.social
njm1314@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 310d
Most of which actually comes from Reddit.
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 309d
Nowhere near enough though. Especially if you cut out the straight from reddit imports.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 309d
Remarkably specific porn
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 309d
It’s all reposted stuff from elsewhere.
spykee@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 309d
ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 309d
https://lemmynsfw.com/
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 310d
and AI slop?
simple@piefed.social · 28 pts · 310d
I still use reddit for a few niche communities and browsing comments. I post alot and love my time here but the activity isnt enough to replace it for me yet
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 23 pts · 310d
Google search clicks. Forwarded posts from Reddit.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 310d
TV, Movie, Anime, Video Game, Discussion Threads.
It's non-existent on Lemmy.
I don't really post anything, I just lurk and read the discussion, don't really have motivation to post since I'm kinda anti-corporate right now, but I just wanna absorb all the info they have to satisfy my brain's curiosity.
glimse@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
I have it blocked (just the communities, not the users) so I can't really say but isnt ani.social pretty popular? I see tons of users, I figured there'd be posts too
tal@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 310d
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/ani.social
172 monthly active users
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/lemmy.world
14,934 monthly active users on lemmy.world.
EDIT: For good measure, over here at lemmy.today:
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/lemmy.today
We're at 306 MAU.
EDIT2: I don't know for sure whether lurkers are counted as active users, mind.
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 3 pts · 310d
@glimse @tal I'm pretty sure MAU only includes those who post.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 309d
Nope, voting counts too, so a lot of lurkers are included.
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
Ahh ok, bummer then. When they first opened I was getting flooded with anime so I blocked it and assumed it continued to flourish
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 310d
On occasion I’ll check in on some niche hobby boards that don’t really have an active Lemmy variant, or large archive of content yet. Sometimes you want to see a flashlight beamshot comparison of a Nichia 519a 5000k led compared to a 5700k from a particular manufacturer, and it’s just not on Lemmy.
tal@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 310d
Note that while that's probably true, if you're interested and not aware, we do have !flashlight@lemmy.world here.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 310d
As much as I hate to say it, I’d still much rather go to google and search reddit, than go on any other website google proposes. Everything is just trying to get you to buy nonsense or scroll through a 10 page article for a one sentence solution that is probably outdated.
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 310d
Once in a while a Reddit thread will come up in search, reading that thread is the extent of my Reddit usage.
DarkDiamondK@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 310d
Whenever it comes up in a web search and I absolutely need it for whatever information I'm looking for, mainly troubleshooting stuff
mirisgaiss@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
yeah, sadly there's a lot of niche technical problems that have only ever been answered as reddit posts. about the only time I go there either.
Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 310d
I use reddit as a comparison when explaining lemmy and the fediverse to the uninitiated.
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 3 pts · 310d
@n7gifmdn @Vandals_handle "it's like if reddit worked like email"
embed_me@programming.dev · 1 pts · 309d
Problem is most young people nowadays won't know how email works
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 310d
Sometimes it's in the top few search results. Otherwise I don't .
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 310d
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 310d
If the answer to my question is in a Reddit post, I'm going to look at it but I'm not logging in and posting.
chunes@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d
Pretty much everything remotely niche. Subs devoted to individual video games, for instance. The only game I play that's on lemmy is https://lemmy.world/c/pixeldungeon.
MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 310d
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 310d
I read the comments, since lemmy doesn’t have many
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 309d
Sometimes I will have really obscure tech issues that only 10yr reddit threads can solve. That's about it though
davetortoise@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 309d
Yup. The backlog reddit has is currently kinda unbeatable. Although as reddit is increasingly swamped with AI, that'll become less and less valuable
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
I mean people much rather ask chatgpt same question 5 times instead of checking reddit now.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 310d
Communities that don't exist or are inactive in the threadiverse: Jake and Amir; Northernlion; UFO 50; Eternal (card game)
When I switched to Lemmy I stayed on Reddit but unsubscribed from everything but a few like these.
dontsayaword@piefed.social · 1 pts · 310d
The collegehumor guys? Didnt know they were still around
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 310d
Yeah, they started their own company that mostly does podcasts but they still do some college humor style sketches.
tal@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 310d
Search results (usually for specific video games, though some politics and history stuff is also from there) and a small amount of pornography.
Haven't added content or even logged in to an account since moving to the Threadiverse, though.
EDIT: I think the most-recent content I looked at was earlier this week, when I got search results regarding discussion on Nazi Germany's war plans for fighting the US in World War II:
https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mg3rr6/what_even_was_the_german_plan_to_defeat_america/
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 308d
Like a lot of others here, I still add "reddit" to my searches when doing research on products or troubleshooting.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 310d
Occasionally looking through my country's subreddit. But even then I don't have an account and access it through RedReader.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 310d
nah I stay away from facebook
zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 310d
huh?
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 310d
exactly.. they are all the same to me.
corporate garbage
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 2 pts · 310d
@Fiivemacs @zjti8eit oh, that's what you meant haha
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 310d
yeah, certain wasn't clear to me ;-)
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 309d
sorry I am not always clear when I speak/type
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
From recent experience it feels like Reddit is stricter with bans and access than FB, and applies more tracking and detection tech, lest your previously anonymous internet persona upset a mod.
manmachine@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d
the day Apollo stopped working I deleted the account and quit cold turkey; now only if I find something there while researching a problem I read a thread anonymously and that’s it
dhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.io · 5 pts · 310d
Only for communities which are not available/active enough on fediverse. Haven't scrolled reddit's algorithm since they killed all the good apps though.
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 310d
News about my city. TTRPGs. Home repair.
I've tried to kick up conversation in appropriate communities here, but I don't get comments.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 310d
Same. There just aren't enough users.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 310d
how big of a town do you live in where Reddit is a good source for local news?!?
sbv@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 310d
About a million people.
cm0002@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 310d
Homelabsales, non-existent here
Harvesting of posts to help niche comms here, like !undervalehotel@lemmy.cafe
Occasional Threadiverse advocations
Fedditor385@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
To participate in smaller local/regional communities, because they don't exist or are basically dead on Lemmy. On reddit, almost every city has it's own community, while on Lemmy some countries don't even have communities or just a few people there looking more like a private group chat.
It could be party due to the decentralized nature, every community perhaps has it's own server, but unless I am able to find it...
Libb@piefed.social · 4 pts · 309d
Nothing. I don't use it anymore.
Chezus9247@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 310d
I got shadow banned for no reason, so only Lemmy for me. I appealed for so many times on Reddit, yet no freakin' answer.
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 310d
Psythik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
Niche subs
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d
Porn.
Though they got rid of my favorite category so I've been using it less.
omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 310d
Search results, r/iRacing and r/formula1
cdzero@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 310d
I remember the F1 communities here being pretty good and active around the reddit API change exodus times.
Not sure if they still are as I stay away due to not being able to watch most races live.
scytale@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 310d
r/nba and my city’s sub. Both have equivalent communities here but aren’t as active, so I visit from time to time to see what’s going on. But that’s it, I don’t browse anywhere else on the site.
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 309d
It's just objectively true that a very specific type of person makes up most of Lemmy, which results in the only active communities being either very broad topics, or the handful of interests common to the kind of people who use Lemmy. I don't fit into any of these.
EnsignWashout@startrek.website · 2 pts · 309d
Can I interest you in Linux Mint, today?
I am joking.
Unless you want to try Linux, in which case let me (or any of us) know....
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 309d
I actually just tested Linux Mint again recently.
Music production holds me back. Didn't test gaming, but I have faith that it's more or less the same experience as the Steam Deck, and that would tie into a general sentiment I've seen around that gaming is no longer the biggest barrier to Linux adoption.
A. FL Studio runs like shit on WINE for me. Maybe it's usable on a CPU under ten years old (I'm currently on an FX-8320) because I've heard others claim it runs at near-native speeds for them, but on Windows I only have performance issues on a project file that has every reason to be intensive. Even if I switched DAWs to something Linux native I'd still need FL Studio to work so I can open my old project files.
B. Two of my most used VST plugins don't work, and I didn't even test all of them so others might not work. One I can't install because the installer doesn't work, but the other is a free plugin, and that one's GUI just doesn't render (and last time I tested Linux it didn't render under LMMS either, so it has to be a problem with WineVST.)
mp3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 310d
Some niche stuff that I can't find a sizeable community elsewhere, but that's about it.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 310d
Any sort of in-depth discussion about games (War Thunder, Dota, CS, and a few others), talk about TV and books (although my tastes are admittedly more niche there), occationally subreddits for niche subjects where I can ask for support, some more general lifestyle communities, and local communities. Basically, everything but news and politics.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 310d
I still pop my head in to see what the people who fall for ragebait daily are talking about. Sometimes one will have touched grass recently enough that I get a brief peek into something worth looking at, but the number of subs I'm seeing anything meaningful on is shrinking.
More often though I go to r/conservative to observe the mental gymnastics of bots and klandmas. Feels important to have a finger on their pulse as the situation continues to devolve.
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 3 pts · 310d
@n7gifmdn I would add Friendica Groups (f/k/a Friendica Forums) to that list. But I digress, I still do for sports. Particularly /r/wildhockey & /r/cricket. The later I actually subscribe to the RSS via old.reddit.com/r/Cricket/.rss on Friendica so the posts show in my regular feed, but If I want to comment or post new I still have to actually open the cesspool that is Reddit in 2025. Like others said if there was more content of these on the 'verse I wouldn't.
dil@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 310d
this feed feels more like reddit front page used to be, the feed there sucks, I still use my custom feed ocasionally, blender and comic discussion is non existant here, I have been using blenders forum and league of comic geeks more.
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 2 pts · 310d
@n7gifmdn @dil blender as in the small kitchen appliance?
dil@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 308d
blender as in the foss 3d software
bert_macklin_fbi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
I return for both the LEGO deals and leaks subreddits. I've been using lurkit.vercel.app as my viewer since I closed my reddit account.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org · 3 pts · 310d
I don't have an account anymore and don't plan on setting one back up (I killed my account before shit got really bad over there), but I still browse without an account via Redlib from time to time.
serpineslair@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
Don't use an account. Use it for searching for answers via site:reddit.com etc.
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
On every single Reddit post I accidentally end up on these days, I just get annoyed because there's someone making an incorrect statement about something and I can't make a remark or correction because I deleted my account. So I just try to avoid the site altogether. That's just one of many reasons though. Others include the obvious ideological problems with Reddit, and the way it looks nowadays.
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
I have a new Reddit account, running on Brave on a VM at work. I use it as a news and pop culture aggregate. I used to post in the big UK sites for well over a decade, but recently got a site wide permanent ban for ban evasion (I hadn't realised that throwaway accounts were no longer allowed).
My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule), but having been on Lemmy for a few months Reddit now seems cold, hostile and impersonal in comparison.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 309d
This drives me up the wall, especially when they don't even tell you how much you need. I get why they do it, but it just promotes shit-posting in other subreddits for the sole purpose of being able to post in another subreddit.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
Nothing as of a few months after they killed third party apps. It took me a couple more months to stop using it as a source.
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 2 pts · 310d
I don't.
th3dogcow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
Nothing unless it comes up in search. And then I have set rules which will redirect reddit to a different frontend (RDX) so that I can just read the info without visiting that awful place.
LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
I no longer use my reddit accounts. But still do some tech searches with "reddit" at the end.
VM_Abrantes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
I need a steady drip feed of bonehurtingjuice that Lemmy has not been able to sufficiently provide
Beersux1516@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 310d
Work stuff, I work in a niche industry and subreddit is decent for questions.
roserose56@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 309d
98% off Reddit, I browser Reddit without an account on private tab just for 2-3 subs.
I'm very happy with what Lemmy and in general fediverse gives, I wouldn't change it.
Edit: if you really want to see more action here, make a community or overtake a community and promote it! We have communities that can help you with that.
PillowD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d
Some technical topics
Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 309d
I stopped ages ago. But my buddies that won't switch say they are married to the large communities around their interests.
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 308d
For example discussions about specific games or series because Lemmy just doesn’t have any of that. It seems to be only interested in Linux, politics and general news.
I created a lurker account for Reddit after I deleted my main, so I can visit all subreddits. But I don’t subscribe to anything and don’t really hang out there a lot.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
I don't
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 309d
Most of my limited reddit usage is for work. I do IT work,and sometimes solutions can be found there, or at least hints. It's still pretty low, maybe 10% or less of stuff I search for find actionable hit on reddit. Only other thing is stuff like comments on Tom Carey videos, which I do like to see. I know stuff like YouTube, insta,tiktok, etc will have em too, but sometimes I'm in the mood to see from multiple sources, and I don't usually find those type of niche reactions on Lemmy. I do see fans of course, but not as often.
Krudler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
There is one community JimCornette and I visit one time a week just to check a couple rantings about different ratings for different shows
It's almost the same posts/comments every time, and it's been that way for 5+ years
But I still go because it's not a giant circle jerk for basement sweatys and there is the occasional informative or enriching post
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
I use lemmy, blusky, and tumblr
wrestlingfan@onjase.quebec · 2 pts · 310d
@n7gifmdn @SoftestSapphic sounds like you should just use Friendica than you'd have all these. (as long as your instance has BlueSky and Tumblr plug-ins installed). You'd still need an account that exists on those two sites, but you wouldn't have to actually log into a separate webpage/app anymore.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 310d
per your other comment you can also add /r/ feeds via RSS, I might have to give Friendica a try.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 309d
It's still a solid site in search results for answers to video game puzzles or tech questions.
Tedesche@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
It’s still a great source of information. I don’t mind visiting the site if it pops up in one my Google searches.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 309d
r/politicalcompassmemes
r/IsraelPalestine
r/livestreamfail
r/all
r/popular for select countries.
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
r/fpv r/diydrones
uhmbah@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 309d
Reddit who?
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 310d
I cleared out my account several times since the api thing. Since the api thing I have not used it except to run the delete thing again.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 309d
I don't.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 309d
I'm mostly ok with it for topics that are sufficiently distanced from politics. Subs having an explicit "no politics" rule is a bonus.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 309d
I like the "maybemaybemaybe" sub and also just seeing more diverse takes on current topics. Plus the formula1 subreddit has way more discussion.
Snowclone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
Video game info. Otherwise nothing. Can't post I'm very perma banned. They really hate it when you agitate for the left.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 310d
I liked their fosscad community, but that's gone now too. So now I just create new accounts with temporary emails and get mega hostile to anyone supportive of the current bullshit.
BussyGyatt@feddit.org · 0 pts · 308d
self abuse
dataprolet@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 310d
Davy_Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -6 pts · 310d
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 310d
I've been a Christian for over 30 years, and I've never felt this at all. What are you seeing that I'm not?
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 310d
Same. I'm an agnostic Christian. I adhere to the teachings and values of Jesus, but my definition of God doesn't conform to the Bible's and cannot be verified AFAIK.
Davy_Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -3 pts · 310d
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
What would you even talk about on the religion community? Like of course it has no users it's a pointless community. If not even dedicated to a religion but the concept of religion in general? That sounds so pointless.
"Hey Hindus don't you love having religion? We sure do Jews. What about y'all Buddhists? Oh we love it. How's it hanging Christians aren't we glad we're all here together?"
Lol.
runway608@kopitalk.net · 4 pts · 310d
I don’t see a slow drip of Christian right, just allowing themselves to be converted to this freewheeling mass known as the fediverse, one by one. They’d hop their own pirate barge on an instance, lobbing bible verses at us en masse.
I suspect we’re all looking forward to it too because it’s what the fediverse promised us. We get to be whatever we want to be, and god dammit we can float our own barges if we’re weird enough.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 310d
Real Christians wouldn't have to change whatsoever to participate in lemmy/reddit. Because real Christians are too preoccupied loving others to be policing people's sins.
All these FAKE Christians are pigs dressed in sheeps clothing, made in china and sold to them by their dear wolf leader.
Triumph@fedia.io · 3 pts · 310d
When someone disagrees with you, you have the opportunity to more clearly define what you think. This might mean changing your mind to a greater or lesser degree; it could mean understanding more completely why you hold the view you already have. If the votes show that a lot of people disagree with you, well, conventional wisdom is often enough not very wise.
In my experience, fediverse people have been more reasonable than reddit people - but you're going to find petulant children on any public forum.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 310d
I agree with all of this except the derogatory use of the c-word.
Triumph@fedia.io · 2 pts · 310d
Conventional? God dammit, I fucking did it again.
144mb@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 300d
It's a feature of upvoting system - unpopular opinion is going to be buried by downvotes
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 309d
They downvoted him for telling the truth.
Lemmy is an echo chamber.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 0 pts · 310d
If my large, angry (hypothetical) neighbour decides I'm an a-hole - and, let's say I am - it still doesn't give him the right to come into my house and beat me bloody. Nor does it give him the right to change the fences around the yards or remodel my house for me.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 310d
Enlightened centrism 101 folks. Reduce both sides until they have zero nuance so that you can ignore the substance of any given consensus.