How many plan to stay on lemmy post blackout?

I don't see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It's like being in an exclusive club. You don't want to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.

Well, I've been here since before the blackout. I've been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.

The only reason I wasn't really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!

I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.

I'm moving here permanently and never looking back, but I'm leaving my posts because that's 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.

That's the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other's knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don't think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
- Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
  
  I honestly do not say this in a 'gate-keeping' sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance -- they have all devolved into "I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!", "Look at my shiny new themed desktop", "Update broke my installation. Help!" etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.

Lemmy needs a useable search - either integrated or indexed via search engines. Major use of reddit for me is treating it as a giant forum, seeking answers to questions.

Doom scrolling comes second. I need a way to swipe away posts I have no interest in to hide them forever.

I will probably never be entirely done with reddit unless the knowledgebase portion dries up.

Im guessing that’ll be a long time coming. For most of the 14+ years I was on there the running joke was how horrible the search was. Idk if they ever really solved search internally, the difference was when results started showing up prominently in google search.

Difficult to make that call. I will say that having the hand forced to find alternatives was eye opening. I feel like engaging in this space is more pleasant, but there is a definite learning curve. I find it refreshing that there is a consistency of content after leaving and coming back after a few hours. On the flip side, the one thing I enjoy about the Reddit experience is the evolution of the comments over time. There just isn't quite the same throughput here and threads just aren't real dynamic. I feel like going forward there is likely to be a mix of both, with the hope that this takes hold.

I deleted my account and all my posts because of this whole debacle. I will not be returning to reddit, EVER... They burned their bridge with me.

I am now permanently on Lemmy.

Would be great to leave permanently, but Reddit still has the critical mass for niche community subreddits. Hopefully that will change as people jump ship.

I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).

I'll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain't going back to reddit

I deleted my 14+ year account (after deleting my content) right after the AMA: never going back. Have used RIF for as long as it has been around and it's going dark June 30. Bridge burned. No regrets.

RiF here as well. More like RiP :( Gonna go buy the premium version now so they get a couple bucks from me.

I had a 13 yo account. Used Redact to delete my entire history, and then deleted the entire account. So I can't go back! Lemmy/kbin/mastodon is where I'll stay.

I probably won't delete my Reddit account, but I started my own Lemmy instance in the hopes that I could encourage more people to try out the Fediverse. I think it could work out well, but it's pretty tricky to get everything set up to start an instance.

No app on my phone. Might google something specific or go there for very specific reasons for time to time. Not browsing Reddit anymore.

gone for good - today was a good day without reddit sucking my soul out. happy to be part of something that does not make me feel like a serf on a corporate plantation.

Yup. If not for mentions of reddit on lemmy I'd have forgotten about it. Seriosuly.

I am gone I think. old.reddit is next up, the website is gone for me then.

I'm having fun here, will likely stay for long.

My main issue right now is that, I use Reddit mostly for participating in tech communities and they don't seem to exist here... yet.

I hope that changes in the soon future.

I'd prefer Lemmy. Since there are still many subs missing, I don't delete my Reddit yet. I just don't login there for at least two weeks. If Lemmy still exists then, I guess we are over it.

I left Reddit but didn't delete my account

I'm still on the fence. I'd very much like to jump ship API changes or not, Reddit is only going to become more and more corporate over time and I think that goes directly against what a platform like that should be

I'm trying it out and if it takes off like I'm hoping I'll stick around. Like the idea of a more decentralised internet, matrix too but much harder to get people to move from discord without some big catalyst like this

I've been increasingly frustrated by reddit for years. The API issue was the final straw. I had 3 accounts and deleted all 3 just before the blackout. I left some posts because I didn't know how to nuke it all without doing it manually. But I doubt anyone viewed anything I posted as valuable, so I'm not bothered. I'm just glad to be rid of reddit, to be honest.

Moving here for the foreseeable future, but don’t think I’ll be deleting my reddit account. Just like the gaslit partner in a toxic relationship. I am hoping reddit becomes better. Until then, I am moving here to reevaluate.

Also I cannot live without my patient gamers subreddit and my nosleep subreddit

I plan on making Lemmy my main go to and MAYBE occasionally jump on Reddit for some of the niche subs I'm part of.

I like to think I won't go back to reddit but force of habit is hard to break even with an excellent alternative!

Yup yup, breaking habit is the hard part but ultimately for the better
Yeah I'm in the same boat. I keep finding myself opening reddit just out of habit. I don't think I'm going to delete my account but I am trying to do a better job of checking out the alternatives (and actually posting instead of just lurking...)

I'm leaving my account intact for two reasons. First to keep a log of past comments. Second to make comments encouraging mod teams to move to lemmy.

I deleted my old accts, and this reminded me to finally delete FB messenger too, which somehow continued to live on like a root I didn't eradicate from an awful plant I chopped down. Frankly, I didn't really use Reddit much beyond lurking for answers to Q's I asked on Google and encouraging others on sobriety pages, so they won't miss me. But at least here I can lurk without feeding a man's ego so much.

I'm done. I sometimes open Apollo out of habit but this too shall pass...

I deleted all my comments along with my account. I'm not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I'll happily contribute to it.

I will definitely be sticking around. I do wish lemmy.ml hadn't taken quite such a huge bite of the FOSS sandwich. Most my interests lay in answering and asking questions about the software projects I use daily. And the lemmy.ml server is crushed. Wish there was a Libera(IRC server where many FOSS projects live) lemmy. That would have made sense to me.

EDIT. Corrected Limmy to Lemmy. I keep doing that...

I'm definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.

I'm not ok with anything Reddit's done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.

I'm staying here regardless of what happens to Reddit. Because, even if the users "win" this battle for 3rd party apps, there would be a more subtle loss of control later on. They just can't win in a fight with this new, more corporate Reddit that is just trying to beat Twitter to an IPO. This is my new home. I just hope to contribute more this time.

My reddit account is still there as a sort of archive for the few things that I did post. But honestly, I intend on saving some, migrating the rest (to relevant communities here) and just deleting the remainder.

I left my account, but deleted my posts. Not going back, only miss a few things like the BestOf board. That sub declined for sure but reliably had good content.

I deleted my reddit account. If I need to find something specific it's okay to wonder there from time to time. My main interests at reddit were technology based so I'm sure these topics move partly to here. I also created Solidworks community here that was my main interest. Lets see if it starts growing.

I wanted to switch anyway as soon as lemmy is half-decently ready and has some users. This ist just a very good opportunity at the moment to ditch reddit for good. Not because I hated reddit all along or something like that but because I love federated, free (as in freedom) alternatives, especially when they're written in rust :)

Deleted my accounts.

Lemmy will have to earn my attention on its own merit, but I'm not going back to Reddit regardless.

tbh, it still sucks here lol, but i'm open to the plan on staying here as well as reddit if Lemmy can at least improve to be comparable to Reddit.

I'm on kbin but yeah, I plan to stay. Most of what I saw on Reddit wasn't even relevant to my interests because their algorithms kept pushing random shit at me. I'm happy to really tailor my own experience here. Goodbye, my 80k karma

What is kbin? I don't get it.
- It’s just another type of instance for the Fediverse. Someone who understands it better can give a more meaningful answer but it’s like Lemmy is gmail and Kbin is hotmail (or vice versa).

I don't know. So far all I've seen is people talking about Reddit. How do I find interesting communities?

Hahaha, that's true! I'll try to engage on non-Reddit related content as much as i can.

I'm sticking around

I had created an account almost 3 years ago. This reddit API apocalypse reminded me of lemmy. Considering, the subpar experience. It would be stupid to not be on lemmy. I still have my reddit account and posts but, after the blackout and the subpar experience my activity has been super reduced.

Pretty much between here and Tildes. I’m new here, I’ve been off and on Tildes since 2018. Both are chill.

Tildes looks nice, but the invite-only aspect of it is frustrating.

How do you get invited? And what is entailed in inviting someone? Do you have to vouch for their good behavior or something? What’s the point of it?
- I was given an invite code back in 2018 when the creator was giving them out, or something. It was super small.
  
  I think that have a few invite codes. I’m assuming everyone got 10, and you can use those. They only disappear when the person I gave them to uses it.

I didn't make a lot of posts or comments on Reddit, but I did spend a lot of time on that site. If I still use the site once the dust settles, it will only be for a few niche subreddits that I was a part of.

Reddit is damaged goods as far as I'm concerned and It's clear that the people in charge don't give a shit about the community. I will miss certain content and interactions, but I've walked away from other communities in the past and have adjusted quickly.

I like the idea of Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon and the fediverse. It's clear that they aren't ready for the current influx of users and there has already been some drama between different instances, but I'm willing to work through the growing pains. The whole vibe around Lemmy is generally positive, and that is what's keeping me around for now.