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[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Going cold turkey. Bizarrely I like lemmy more as there's less content so I don't scroll as much.

I nuke my accounts pretty regularly for data security so didnt really have any value in my account (none of this "I had 1500 karma coins" or whatever)

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What did the karma coins actually do? Never understood that part of Reddit.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

reddit was better simply because it has more people. but it's unusable without api access and alternative clients like sync and boost.

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Lemmy is going to the local store and Reddit is going to the mall.

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

Got really close to getting permabanned, Then switched to using this. Then I started seeing people getting banned for upvoting certain content. Glad I left.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

At the very least there's less "you should be supporting my sides' genocide and it's your fault my country is 'openly' evil now. we were hiding it and profiting off of it so well" on lemmy.

I was never banned and I never really wrote any comments

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Just like lemmy more.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

I just prefer Lemmy. I started exploring Lemmy about 6 months before the API fiasco. The content on Lemmy has just kept improving since.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not banned.. at least not that I know of. Just saw the writing on the wall after the API horseshit.

[–] arifinhiding@feddit.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

Lemmy has a variety of fresh opinions, and I like how everyone has different experiences. For example, I hardly see a unified opinion on what people think of Gen-Xers, Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha. They seem well-distributed and for the most part, there's less of those subtle reddit-style "generalizations" here. I typically look for internet spaces that emulate reality, and I think Lemmy does that well.

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

I've had accounts shadow banned due to VPN. I've had more accounts banned from subs due to annoying mods. I'm still on reddit, but I really do prefer the non-corporate/non-VC-backed social media

[–] TAG@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I still have 2 Reddit accounts in good standing. I used Reddit entirely via the Reddit Is Fun app. I tried the official Reddit app but the ads flooded out content and performance was trash.

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[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I chose to leave a year ago as the 3rd party apps (I was using RiF (Reddit is Fun)) were being killed. Realized it was the beginning of the end and I left.

Tried a couple of Lemmy apps since then (and I have been mostly lurking) and landed on Connect for Lemmy and I'm very happy to have left the corporate hell-hole of social media

[–] grimoire@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Neither, I still use reddit because the subreddits pertaining to my interests are still active. Lemmy is almost entirely political discussion and boomer Facebook comic strips from what I've seen, and most other boards pertaining to specific interests have low activity here. If that wasn't the case I would be using Lemmy much more.

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[–] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I liked reddit but came here because I'm Canadian and am trying my best to ween myself from american products and services due to the american administrations newfound disrespect for my country. Also, tariffs.

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[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Neither, deleted my 13+ year account.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I still have my reddit account, although with all posts and comments first turned into Fuck spez and the deleted. I tried Lemmy first 2 years ago, but the Italian instance is just a mirror bot farm. I gave lw a chance now and I am hooked.

[–] DimFisher@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I have already saved subreddits I liked on bookmarks, but after so many suspensions and bans for literally stupid reasons I had enough of this cesspool which is reddit and surprisingly I feel a lot better, I think reddit takes way more than it gives to anyone, I use lemmy moderately and that's the way things should be with anything, not sure I will ever get back on reddit again

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Left when the 3rd part apps got shut down. Stayed because of quality apps and no ads.

Not banned, just no high quality free apps and I got tired of paying for Narwhal. Hydra is okay but kind of laggy for some reason. Mlem is a joy to use so it makes me want to be here more.

[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I left in the API exodus. Never went back.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

This is pretty much me. Used RIF, when it stopped working, I stopped going there regularly. Took a couple weeks to completely kick the habit, and a year of occasional use via search engines, never even bothering to log in. Now I almost never go there. I'll head there as a last resort if a search engine can't find me a useful alternative for what I'm looking for.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I was a mod who decided fuck spez when he killed my app

[–] truite@jlai.lu 4 points 4 weeks ago

I'm not banned because I almost never post or log in reddit, but I'm still going. There are communities I didn't find here. But I try to participate more here.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My main and all my alts except one was banned cause I kept reporting blatant ads disguised as legitimate posts as spam. Happened around the same time they killed off 3rd party apps, so I needed a good excuse to try Lemmy anyway.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago

I deleted my account before the reddit exodus, when it became clear to me they were heading the way of all centralised social media

[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'm still using both, but I'm sure with the changes in administration I'll be getting banned soon. I already got a warning for saying that self-declared kings are liable to self-declared regicide

[–] PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Got banned on Reddit years ago and I've been on Lemmy for a month

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 4 weeks ago

Lemmy is my best friend now.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

Banning people from the internet isn't a thing, despite the drama around it.

[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

I came here when they made the API changes. I made the right choice. Rn Lemmy doesn't offer the variety and volume of content that Reddit did, but fuck those guys.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

When Reddit changed the layout (new/old) some ten years ago, I started using a 3rd party app, because "new reddit" was everything that I hated about other sites. I stopped using it when they killed 3rd party apps, but that was really just the final nail in the coffin anyway. It was rotten to the core long before that.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I still use Old Reddit when I go there.

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

I never really used Reddit, but I read an article during the API debacle in 2023 that mentioned Lemmy so I gave it a shot.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I like lemmy more. There is no real permaban on reddit btw. I’ve been β€œpermabanned” like 20 times on there

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I just like lemmy more. I still visit reddit irregularly, like every few days.

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

I was banned off reddit doing to standing up to the r/seculartalk mod Liam and him throwing a little bitchy fit when I used my alts to warn users he was banning them for disagreeing with them. The site then banned me for circumventing his sub ban.

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