c/asklemmy · by n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 309d

What do you still use reddit for?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53548211

Are you 100% lemmy/mbin/piefed for your forum/thread life or are you still using reddit for something?

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24 Comments

Close to nothing, at this point. Sometimes I search for answers to technical questions and find them on Reddit, but that's about it.

pr06lefs@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 309d

I'm afraid I'm still on reddit quite a bit. Most communities have a lot more activity there. Rust, nixos, luthiery, local and state level subreddits. r/fiddle, and other instrument subreddits have more activity.

That said theres a lot of chaff that I wouldn't miss. r/sysadmins is all removed about corporate work, r/machinists the same but blue collar. r/hiking is all shoe posts and gear. Political subreddits have lots of activity but its 90% rage farming.

Technical communities are strong on lemmy, despite their smaller size. And its refreshing to read the super far left diatribes, I don't get that stuff elsewhere.

bizarroland@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d

I don't use it at all directly, but occasionally an answer generated on Reddit will pop up on a search I'm doing on a different site

AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 308d

Only Corn

kalpol@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 308d

There is occasionally a comment that turns up in the search engines that is absolutely project-saving. Lemmy is not at that point yet.

lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d

Mostly for reminding myself why I no longer use reddit.

Also occasional tech support issues via DuckDuckGo searches

black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Reddit is just completely impossible to use these days. Even just trying to find answers to stuff in there you just get "you've been blocked by network security" 90% of the time. Shit's dead to me.

monovergent@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 308d

Gotta love how the mascot accompanying that error message is the spitting image of a smug Redditor.

triptrapper@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 309d

Watching MMA is one of my only hobbies, so I frequent the subreddit and minimize my involvement. To my knowledge there's no lemmy community for MMA, and right now I'm not interested in modding one.

NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 308d

I read the local sub but no posting. There's also one or two nsfw subs i still check for updates but also no posting

bear_delune@beehaw.org · 4 pts · 309d (1 reply)

I’m trying to quit, again

emogu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d

Same. I got out for a while and was doing pretty good. Never installed the app once Apollo got shuttered and that helped. But then I got into some niche hobbies and the Reddit communities are the best source of info for that anywhere online unfortunately. So I’ve gotten complacent and started relying too much on it again. Gotta try to ween myself off.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Deleted my account, so nothing.

0_0j@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 307d

LOL, username checks out. My maan

coltn@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 309d

Not much. There are some tech communities that I still monitor there to keep up with the general public. and then i check my local city subreddit sometimes.

But mostly use rss, and then lurk lemmy.

notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 309d

I’m all in.

multifariace@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 308d (1 reply)

If a search links to it, it will be years old and might have some information but I immediately see the reason I don't use it anymore with ads/suggested subs. And sometimes porn.

AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 308d

OK last one's a feature not a bug.

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d

Making fun of it, mostly.

Corridor8031@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 308d

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Stez827@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 308d

Only thing I use it for is when it comes up as an answer to a question I search for on duckduckgo and I also just occasionally scroll through subs I used to frequent just wondering what's going on there now

lunatique@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 309d

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ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 308d

Korn, Lemmy still not diverse enough for that

EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d

I read it a bit from time to time.

simple@piefed.social · 1 pts · 309d

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IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 306d

I have been permanently suspended from Reddit, so nothing.

monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 308d

Using redlib to lurk on a handful of niche subs. Mostly as inspiration for my hobbies. Chief among them was r/thinkpad, but I've since weaned off them as they seem to be developing a phobia or even contempt for my favorite old ThinkPads. Yes, they're over a decade old and not for everyone, but that doesn't mean they belong in the e-waste pile. Or maybe they do so I can come pick them up.

It's also still home to many helpful support threads and tutorials, unfortunately.