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Just created an account to check out Lemmy. I'm not sure I fully understand the concept of this, but time will manage, I guess

I'll likely be staying here and going to Reddit back and forth. If Reddit dies, then it dies.

In the short term I'll probably still be on both, but in the long run I am probably not going to stick around on reddit with the progressively shitty decisions being made.

Staying on Lemmy, but will probably continue to use reddit for references (won't be posting any content) until Lemmy catches up on content.

I'll definitely stay. I like the idea that it's run by individual people rather than a huge corporation, and I love that the smaller user count gives it a greater sense of community. It made me realize that I don't enjoy using mainstream social media due to how lonely it makes me feel.

I will probably use both reddit and lemmy. But as long as I can't use a third party app for reddit, I will use it a lot less. And the better lemmy gets, the more I will use it vs reddit.

I'm looking for something to fill the void. The enshittification of reddit isn't going to stop any time soon, just the nature of chasing quarterly profits. I plan to keep my account though. There are some really valuable communities there, and cutting ties completely feels like it would be spiting the nose off my face. r/home improvement has helped me on so many occasions, for example. I am hopeful that lemmy can grow to be the spiritual successor of reddit though!

I am liking my experience so far. I did a decade on Reddit and feel like I got the full experience (including moderating a subreddit big enough to have front page problems). I was already a bit tired of it when I got called a Nazi like 30 times for posting on a specific subreddit a few times. This new enshittification kinda clenched that I want to move to a different place. Not sure if it’s Lemmy or not, but I’m trying it.

I have been permabanned from both reddit and twitter so i'll stay here

I'm in the same boat as you, account deleted and all. Personally, I was never really that active on Reddit but I've enjoyed Lemmy and the positive community feel. So for me, I won't be going back since I actually enjoy using this platform. My only fear is that others will jump back to Reddit eventually and these communities may go quiet. I guess we'll see.

This place feel so much better. The only downside is the user base isn't here yet. Let's hope many more people move over.

After the blackout, who knows, but once they paywall the third party apps I'm betting Spez and his "snoos" are going to feel it a lot more than a silly little 2-day blackout. For many, myself included, the official reddit app is not an option whatsoever.

I am done with Reddit and have deleted my account. Even if I don't cause an impact as a single person, I am happy that u/spez has lost a user.

Definitely staying here. I haven't erased my post history yet, but I plan to within the week.

I'll be staying for sure and use it as my main, but I will still visit Reddit just for my cute kitty video fix.

One thing about Reddit that has the edge over Lemmy is the ease of posting/watching videos. Though, I totally get why it's not as feasible on here.

Lemmy is promising, and I'm here to stay. I haven't nuked my account on Reddit yet. But as others have said, I don't plan on posting much there anymore. Unfortunately, I'm going to be slightly tethered to wherever the smaller, more niche communities that I like end up.

I'm definitely here to stay. One among many. And not for a kind of reddit bis. For what's different from reddit here.

If RIF goes, I don't see myself spending any meaningful time on reddit. We'll see if I stick around here.

I'm here for good. Yes it will take some time to get the lay of the land but, I'm already confident this will become a much better home for me.

I'll stay. I've been looking for a reason to move off reddit for a long time. But there didn't seem to be a non political based exodus, until now. The TD stuff and voat seemed too political charged and only people of a certain political leaning left. As a result voat and the others were just all about American politics. This feels much more across the board, and so far I'm loving the Lemmy community.

Haven't decided yet if I'll stay, or get rid of this type of social media entirely. We'll see. Not going back to Reddit though, I think.

There wasn't much to Reddit when it first started. Users built it over the years, including myself. I'd love to see Lemmy do the same, but it'll take work and commitment. Should it happen to become as large, I do wonder if it will eventually face the same woes as Reddit.

At this point I am not interested in going back.. the way they have treated the community they can suck it. I think some people that have not "migrated" platforms before may feel uneasy but this place feels pretty familiar. We just have to give it some time.

Wiped and deleted. I'm putting down roots.

The enshittification of Reddit is inevitable and seems to be accelerating lately. Been looking for a reason to ditch reddit and dive into federated platforms and such so yeah, well timed for me.

Other than transitioning the subs I moderate to other people, I'm done with active reddit use. I won't turn down search results from there, but I'll be fucked if I give them anything ever again.

16 years... I have several custom feeds that I will lurk when im on my pc, but I think I'm done posting there. Lemmy will hopefully grow to replace it for me.

Yep, staying

I'm intending to stay, barring poking in and seein if there's any extra niche communities that could fit at home here (there's a good few cat ones), I wiped my accounts and am currently waiting on a data request export. Once I can get that then I'm wiping my accounts and not turning back.

Staying for sure.

Lemmy feels so much more exciting than Reddit, finding all these new communities and instances is a lot of fun.

Like the subreddits on indefinite blackout, I have no intention of going back until Reddit deals more equitably with mods and third-party app devs, which means I might never go back. That's sad but okay.

My relationship with it has irrevocably changed. It was foolish of me to let myself become dependent on any community administered by capitalists, because their goals and values are going to inherently be different than mine. Once their focus shifts from "make this community popular" to "make this community profitable," our goals are never going to realign, so it's better to start over in a place where simply building community is the goal.

I'm staying. Feels more like how Reddit was at the beginning and how it should've stayed.

Idk if I'm gonna stay, but I won't return to reddit.

Reddit fucked up pretty good. Not only they shot themselves in the foot by scraping 3rd party devs (and ofc the userbase attached to it), but also pissed the mods (which are making slave labor for free) so bad, that if they leave, the site pretty much becomes the Wild Wild West of spam and scams, which, if you acknowledge the piece of shit app they made, will at worst hurt and make them look so bad to their investors, which hopefully will trigger a domino effect which will ultimately lead to its demise

I will personally stay here. My engagment with Reddit consisted of lurking around with occasional upvoting of posts. I might still check Reddit from time to time via web browser, though I'm not gonna bother with the official app. On Lemmy I feel like actually engaging with other users and communities.