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.

crozilla,
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With all my new free time, I discovered these things called RSS feeds. I think they might catch on! Wait, is it not 2004 anymore...?

MisterMoo,
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12th for me, but yes. This place works for me.

bionicjoey,

Basically same here. Only exception is when I’ve googled a question I had and ended up there.

ginerel,
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I didn't quit. I still have an account with roughly, 19000 karma, where I posted and commented some interesting stuff, as well as shitposts. It became quite personal to me, as it wasn't Facebook and discussions were more genuine and clever.

I'm still under the shock of the entire thing. I still enter periodically. However, this whole thing feels so foreign. Foreign, yet so familiar. Since I had my account. And the discussions are kinda the same. The same I went in, the same discussions that I enjoyed. Yet I feel I no longer belong in that place. That is no longer representing me. And I kinda find it weird.

However, I love this place. I love Kbin. I love the fediverse. I love the fact that I no longer need x accounts and x apps for all my social needs. With one account, I can follow stuff from everywhere. And I do not get ads. I get the content. I am not the product of a social network. :D

DarthYoshiBoy,
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I've been checking into my user page just to see if they've sent me my user data backup I requested a while ago. Other than checking for that message, I've been 100% clean and it hasn't been terribly hard. Between Kbin and Tildes, I've been getting all the commentary and aggregation that I want or need.

snailwizard,
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I used to check there every day but it's been two weeks of not. It's great! I'm checking out here and Lemmy (I like kbin's layout and vibes a lot, but Lemmy has beta apps lol) I feel like I've had more time for life.

yunggwailo,
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I still casually browse because im a messy bitch addicted the drama but I foresee myself stopping using it when the 3rd party apps die.

HubertManne,
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I put in my data request and they are claiming it could take a month. As such I have been on it but only to follow up on that and i made someone a mod of a sub since I announce I was leaving but not "really" on it. Don't surf it. Can't wait to delete my comments after the data request and will repeat that for awhile. unfortunately I like will not delete the account for like a year given the way things are going with comments being reinstated.

melonpunk,
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Nope. Once the announcement was made about the blackout I found Lemmy, removed Reddit from my favourites, abandoned Apollo and closed the chapter.

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SunburyStudios,

Been using it on and off while this takes off. It's quality has gone down noticeably. Seeing new subs arrive for some time was exciting but the comments have been looking more like the right wing bottom feeders from twitter comments more and more every day.

Annoyed_Crabby,

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

wjrii,
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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.

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.

Maestro,
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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.

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