How many of you use Lemmy and ONLY use Lemmy vs Reddit?

[softestsapphic@lemmy.world]

Only Lemmy for about a year now

[zod000@lemmy.ml]

I ditched reddit for good two years ago. Now I just use Lemmy, Tildes, and Lobste.rs

[stinerman@midwest.social]

I don't know if I'm hardcore or not, but I've never had a Reddit account.

[alenalda@lemmy.world]

I actively avoid reddit links for the last 2 years.

[ezyryder@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

wow, do you have an article or something about that? would love to read more about the technical details.

[gonzako@lemmy.world]

Here ya go https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

[slvrdrgn@lemmy.world]

Lemmy only. Reddit has become some strange mix of Quora and X or something like that at this point.

[dorkyd68@lemmy.world]

Have been here well over a year now and can confidently say the majority of lemmy users are left, not rad left. Wanting basic human rights for all isn't a radical idea, thinking gay people should have the right to get married isn't a radical idea, wanting teans folks to have their medical needs met isn't a radical idea

I'm not in for any awakening. I've done been awake, are you?

[jiggle_physics@sh.itjust.works]

I stopped reddit a couple years ago, and I only use lemmy. This is like my 6th account, and instance hop. Definitely a system that works better for me.

[mouette@jlai.lu]

It is not hardcore i'd actually advise anyone to limit its media following for its own mental health.
I never feel better than on vacation during which I barely check news and internet

[iavicenna@lemmy.world]

Lemmy is my only social media

[notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world]

Soon as I figure out Lemmy’s porn options I’m done with Reddit forever.

Til then tho, I’m happy to consume Reddit’s content without spending a single cent towards it or any of its advertisers.

[nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I never post or browse Reddit anymore, but I'll still look at Reddit search results. There's just too much good information on there that you just can't find elsewhere.

[darkblue@lemmy.world]

Exactly. Same here. I only see Reddit via Google searches.

[doburoku@lemmy.world]

It's somehow gotten worse than Quora and I didn't know it was possible.

[apocalypteroid@lemmy.world]

I maintain a reddit account linked to a burner email so that I can occasionally ask questions that I can't find the answer too elsewhere. Other than that the only social media I use is Lemmy.

[baatliwala@lemmy.world]

Lemmy has like 0 discussion about anything not technical or not related to American politics so have to peruse reddit now and then

[darrinbrunner@lemmy.world]

Not yet. Reddit and Lemmy are my only social media, I don't use anything else--I only see content from other sites, like TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc., on Reddit or Lemmy. There are a couple of klunky things about the Lemmy interface that bug me, which I've complained about already. And, the Lemmy communities I'm more interested in are not active enough to satisfy me. Lemmy still feels empty, but it's getting better.

[conicalscientist@lemmy.world]

I only use reddit anymore for the meta. It's like a zoo. Its users are scarcely self-aware. I know this is conceited but whatever.

I think lemmy being a reddit clone is rather ill-fated but at least for now people generally still post like real human beings. There's something strange about how dialog is basically an algorithm. Reddit is reached some sort of maximum where nothing you can possibly say will deviate the flow of comment sections from the pre-defined talking points. It's like they're all stuck in neurotic thought cycles.

There's a video with Trevor Noah and John Stewart where they talk about how social media is a performance. It's not a "town square" or whatever. It's not really honest in good faith dialog.

[kyre@lemmy.world]

Same. I went back and trashed all my old posts by filling them with AI randomly generated nonsense a year and a half ago. Seems to have taken and I dont see my old stuff even anonymously.