Hey all. I’m a recent reddit refugee and the /r/Brisbane sub is the one I’m gonna miss the most. It would be nice to make this community just as vibrant!

Anyone else here leaving reddit permanently? Or just trying this fediverse thing out?

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    2 years ago

    Hi! Ex /r/brisbane mod here, now with a permanently deleted reddit account! I admin a lemmy instance, so I’m not going anywhere. The threadiverse is my home now

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    I’m wanting to leave reddit because it’s not going to be the same after this. I love reddit but it has been declining and this new change is just the nail in the coffin. I’m struggling to use Lemmy / the fediverse though. There’s quite a learning curve for those of us who aren’t great with tech stuff. Plus all of my communities are still on reddit and haven’t made the jump to Lemmy. It’s just frustrating all round and I wish reddit could go back to what it was.

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      Same here, though for me Apollo = Reddit. My current plan is to delete Reddit apps from my phone and only visit on desktop occasionally. With ad blockers it should be tolerable but I’m not sure I can stand to be part of Reddit from an ethical standpoint. Here’s hoping Lemmy can scratch the itch.

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    I’m originally from Brisbane but I live overseas now. r/Brisbane was a bit of a home away from home for me so I’m hoping that this can grow to fill the same role!

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    Yeah very similar here, the bris sub and a handful of others will be my most missed, and looking very likely I will delete my Reddit account soon! Trying to wrap my head around all this, but getting there.

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    I did 99% of my reddit browsing through third party apps and I don’t really want to use their app based on the mobile website experience.

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    Trying to get my head around the whole federation thing. I will stick around, as it all seems new and exciting.

    In regards to reddit, I will probably just use the site through a browser now, as I like the gaming and anine discussion held there across the various subreddits. (I will miss “Infinity for Reddit” though 🥲)

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    Stopped using reddit prior to this API thing (also left digg before the redesign) because I could feel the decline, had tildes.net on the side, used Lemmy without an account and made a Mastodon account on aus.social. Not a huge fan of Mastodon as there is minimal discussion there unless it’s tech-related. I’ve literally asked questions about a toot to no reply; it’s really strange, a higher functioning narcissism perhaps.

    Will leave reddit permanently but unsure if I delete my data. I always tried to add helpful and education info to my posts so if an AI wants to make money from it, I’m up in the air if I want that or not. Maybe if I could be sure it was used for good, not evil.

    I’m close to a full delete but I’ve got near 15 years there of specific stuff that I never found clearly anywhere else on the web. It’s always about money.

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    Permanently left Reddit after years of use. I used Rif. It was Reddit. I overwrote all my comments and deleted the accounts over Reddit’s behaviour. Not going back. I’ve increased my RSS feeds to cover some of the subs I was on Reddit for, and using site aggregators to get headlines. Posting on Lemmy to help build Lemmy and a community. That’s all Reddit was. People posting links and comments.

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    I’m either leaving reddit permanently - or using it far, far less.

    I’ve worked as a software dev for many years, so I’ll look into contributing to the lemmy code base. :)

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    filthy southerner here who moved to brisbane 6 years ago. am close to pusing the button on nuking my reddit account. Will be interesting to see how many subs just decide to stay dark. hopefully a lot. now where can I buy a black audi?