I haven't been on Reddit since the 11th... Anyone else? (kbin.fedi.cr)

Just realized that the other day.

I had initially intended to feel it out and honor the blackout from 12-14, then figured, "I'm here now, might as well ride out the month if Reddit isn't responding in any meaningful way to the community's requests" and now I think I'll just be in the fedi apps for the foreseeable future.

It's different here, but it hasn't been a struggle and it gets better and better with time. Feels nice to not support inhumane and user-hostile endless corporate greed.

PascalSausage,

I’ve been dipping in and out, but frankly I can see myself leaving it behind entirely in the future. It’s really, REALLY apparent how toxic and miserable the majority of Reddit is when you’ve spent time using a platform where the main point isn’t to collect as many upvotes and awards as possible at the expense of empathy for your fellow humans.

tkohldesac,
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Yup! Same here. Had someone recommend kbin on mastodon so I made my way here. Deleted 2 10+ year old Reddit accounts and cut all ties. I went in anonymously to check out what happened with that submarine but otherwise cut all ties. The amount of my life I've taken back by dropping that site is incredible. I didn't realize how much of my time was spent doomscrolling there. Now I'm playing guitar, playing games and building web dev projects with all the time I'm saving. I never got into Twitter but from my understanding a lot of people have had my same experience dropping that site too.

dismalnow,
@dismalnow@kbin.social avatar

I think it might have been me. Are you rawb or gristle?

Regardless, I am fond of the fact that the fediverse is small enough to where that's not a ridiculous question to ask.

tkohldesac,
@tkohldesac@kbin.social avatar

Gristle - Thanks for the recommendation!

dismalnow,
@dismalnow@kbin.social avatar

Amazing!

b00m,
@b00m@kbin.social avatar

I've noticed my browsing behavior really improved again after 13+ years on reddit.
I seek out more individual content, get my news from actual news sites and find more interesting stuff to read.

SonnyVabitch,

I noticed that in my insatiable craving of information I am now reading the newsletters in my email inbox that have gone unnoticed for years!

ForestOrca,
@ForestOrca@kbin.social avatar

DownloadedDeleted both my 12+ year old accts. Moved to Kbin / Lemmy / Mastodon - I'll settle into a rhythm with the new one. And yeah, Reddit had gotten addictive for me, so it's best I move on anyway. Yay Open Source!!

Frog-Brawler,
@Frog-Brawler@kbin.social avatar

Well it’s good that you’re honest that Reddit was addictive, but I hope you realize that you’re just replacing your addiction with a similar addiction. It’s like detoxing off of whiskey by drinking home brewed beers.

ForestOrca,
@ForestOrca@kbin.social avatar

What a coincidence, I'm also a homebrewer. LoL

Jojo-Mcfrost572,
@Jojo-Mcfrost572@kbin.social avatar

So you haven't cut ties if you were on Reddit reading stuff

tkohldesac,
@tkohldesac@kbin.social avatar

I guess you're right, hahaha!

TechyShishy,
@TechyShishy@kbin.social avatar

Ouch. We wish we could say we had the same experience. Apparently, doomscrolling was part of what was keeping us afloat. Once we dropped that, we sunk much deeper into our depression. We're glad that you had a better experience though.

YeezyUmplebutter,

This is my exact situation. 10+ year old account. Once Apollo announced its shutdown I went ahead and downloaded redact and scrambled previous comments. Spent a few days searching through different socials and landed on kbin. I check it less frequently for sure. But I’ve gotten a lot of time back.

tkohldesac,
@tkohldesac@kbin.social avatar

Same! Didn't even realize I had a bunch of replies to this comment til just now. Feels good to be free.

Hairyblue,
@Hairyblue@kbin.social avatar

I haven't been back either. I don't like supporting terrible people.

Hope the fediverse becomes easier to search and add interest groups.

And we get a phone app.

Marks,

I finally removed my Reddit feeds from my rss reader yesterday but have not logged on in almost 2 weeks. Apollo will remain on my phone as a monument.

WonkoTheSane,

I’m still checking Reddit. I think once Apollo goes my usage will really drop, but unfortunately Reddit was the one social media I really enjoyed and as much as I’m liking Lemmy/Kbin the communities just aren’t here yet. I hope that changes

Smoothie_Criminal,
@Smoothie_Criminal@kbin.social avatar

Redditor of 10 years, gone for good. I might leave this website too, since I'm being branded a "trans-hater" here for asking what constitutes an "anti-trans law"

jerome,
@jerome@kbin.social avatar

bye.

patchw3rk,
@patchw3rk@kbin.social avatar

I'm ashamed. With the recent development in Russia, I had some glimpes of /r/worldnews. Other than that, I was able to stay off and enjoy my time on the fed.

somniumx,

Been there to delete my stuff - and to set up an RSS feed for the couple of subreddits that don't have a valid alternative.

Fun thing is... about half of the RSS feeds i set up, i kicked out after 2 days, realizing how much pointless fluff it all was.

pro,

I stopped using reddit cold turkey when the blackouts were announced. It’s been 3 weeks now and I’m better off for it.

iAmTheTot,
@iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

Same. Found kbin, signed up, haven't looked back.

PenguinJuice,

Same. This reminds me a lot of old reddit. Thank God for that

rm_dash_r_star,
@rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee avatar

Same here, not missing it.

dbtonez,
@dbtonez@kbin.social avatar

what's Reddit?

Maestro,
@Maestro@kbin.social avatar

I went back to Reddit today, to delete my 12 year old, 25K karma account and all my posts and comments. Otherwise I haven't been there. Occasionally some search result will take me there for something hyper-specific thing, but I haven't browsed reddit since I joined kbin.

zedtronic,

I check in every once in a while, at least until Apollo stops working. I mostly just stick to giving people Reddit alternatives or explaining the federated internet so people aren't scared of such a simple thing.

Selfishly I just didn't want to use the Official App with ads. But once there's a viable alternative to Reddit, and it's actually better than Reddit, why would I go back? "hurr durr cause I can get a thousand updoots on my post". Who cares? It's about the quality of engagement. I was surprised how many people unironically care about their internet points and tie their identity up with a website.

wjrii,
@wjrii@kbin.social avatar

Of course it's worse. It's lacking my stellar contributions!

More seriously, I think it's probably more of a perception issue, though I do think some small but real percentage of engaged redditors are gone. I still pop by to check a couple of niche communities that aren't doing much here, and to hunt for a daily link to share on /m/cfb as the specific sport mags/communities don't seem to be as active, especially for the ones in the offseason. I don't want to treat it as some sort of purity test, but for now at least I'm trying to put my energy into contributing to the discussions on the Fediverse and just sort of passively consuming from Reddit, without commenting, when I don't see what I want here.

My link aggregator history goes from Fark to Digg to Reddit to Kbin. TBH I think this one will be slower and less complete of a transition. I don't think Reddit will zombify like those two sites, but I do think that over time, enough people will leave for lemmy and kbin to make them vibrant spaces for a lot of communities, especially if Reddit starts chipping away at the ability to self-curate and thereby self-isolate from the biggest general interest communities that are more noise than conversation.

Semmelstulle,
@Semmelstulle@kbin.social avatar

I've been boycotting Reddit for three weeks so far but I did come back today. I deleted my content and commented about a possible GDPR (DSGVO in German) lawsuit if they bring back my content. I recorded my user page pre deletion, while deletion and after deletion. I have the exact date and time in the global menu so there is no fracking around from Reddit. I'll happily contact the German agency responsible for GDPR complaints.

Annoyed_Crabby,

Same. Used to go there daily like it's my home but It doesn't feels like home anymore.

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