Reddit

I originally joined Reddit in 2006, and became active full time after the Digg migration. My account was legally able to drive. I began using RIF somewhere during that time period, not sure exactly when, but probably over a decade ago at least.

It had been eons since I enjoyed interacting on Reddit as much as I am currently enjoying interacting with all of you on Lemmy. This has been a breath of fresh air, and I won't ever look back given the wholly unethical behavior of Steve Huffman as well as the decimation of third party applications due to the API changes. I joined Reddit when it was in its infancy, and I am happy to be here during the opening era of Lemmy.

I want to see this project become something great, and I intend to do my best to be an active member of this community so that it can thrive. I was never one for posting content on Reddit for some reason, but that is something I would like to change after migrating over here. I think there is useful insight I can provide to niche communities that relate to my work and personal interests, and I will try to do a better job of submitting content to further the goals of those communities when I have the time.

Edit - Since I see some people adding this
Mobile - Connect
Desktop - Alexandrite

10 years next February.

I’m not completely out but I haven’t posted or commented since July 1st

~18k Post Karma ~232k Comment Karma

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I don't know how long I was on Reddit but it was for quite a while before the Digg exodus happened, so it might be 17 years? I had settled on RIF as my front end and was quite upset at the loss of the third party clients. It was apparent that Reddit was decaying for years, but being on the third party apps and knowing how to curate your subreddits helped a lot. I've been back over there a few times on old.* but it's not the same. Us old-timers are not the audience they want these days and frankly, I don't want to be the audience they want so good riddance.

12 years this month, now gone for good.

It’s freeing in a way, reddit had become so user-hostile, and I only used it because of the beautiful third party apps out there. It’s astonishing just how slow, ugly, inconvenient, and buggy they have been making the UI over time.

How many of us are ten year plus users who have just had enough?

I just use both now, honestly. I don't really use the big subreddits because the users and quality of conversation feel like they're actively making me dumber... but there are smaller niche communities that don't really have a viable non-reddit alternative yet, and I'm not willing to let one greedy man force me to give up on a part of my life that I really enjoy.

Joined in 2011, used it pretty much everyday for 12 years. Probably an average of 3+ hours per day, though I'd constantly find myself closing the app or website down just to open it back up 5 minutes later. Since the app closed down and I don't really use my desktop anymore I've just stopped using it. I will still Google questions from reddit occasionally if I can't find good answers elsewhere, but in the past 2 months I've maybe visited the site 10 times, and only for specific questions, never to browse the front page. I'd say it's been good for me overall and, I've cut down from like 3-4 hours a day on reddit to maybe an hour a day between here and lemmy.

I hoped to replace reddit with reading and while it hasn't been completely successful I have been getting like 3 hours of reading per week, which is a lot better than the like 30 minutes a week (maybe) I used to get. I also feel my attention span has gotten better. With less stuff to see I tend to actually read the majority/all of an article instead of just the headline or skimming the first few paragraphs.

13 years, never looked back. I like Lemmy though! Feels like the start of the internet.

16 years for me. I joined during the Dig revolt in 2007.

10-11 years now

I migrated there after digg 4.0. I still have a reddit account but all of my old comments have been changed to direct people to Lemmy. As far as my influence? Probably not much. While I had several hundred thousand post karma, that was all news related so I was not exactly a content creator. I did comment a decent amount though.

14 years redditor here.

I kept my account and still (rarely) interact with some niche subs. The bulk of my social activity is here now, and if these niche topics were represented on the Fediverse, I'd gladly move on.

So I guess, to Reddit, I don't look like I'm truly gone since my account is still active somewhat. But my level of engagement has dramatically fallen.

11.5 years. RIF was my phone app.

I was on Reddit for 13 years! It still trips me out that Reddit was such a constant to me for so long. I learned SO much there over the years, and while I do still miss a few communities, I also know that leaving was the wise choice.

I took a peek over there the other day and the comment sections being dominated by tired puns that add nothing to the conversation and all the bots are worse than ever. I'm much happier not being there anymore, but it's definitely bittersweet!

15 years with the account and lurked since 2005, basically from the beginning. Sad to see it turned into a complete shitshow. But the quality of the content, especially in the bigger subreddits has been declining long before that. It started going downhill with the popularity around 2015-2017 with the influx of new users. The discourse got a lot worse and briganded(?) and I lost the charm that it had in the early days. I am never using the site ever again out of principle. I got over Usenet and IRC, Reddit will also be eventually replaced.

11 year old account. When BaconReader went, so did I. Logged out during the blackout and won't be back.

I like the vibe better here anyway, but it would be nice if my two favorite niche subs would come with. There are Lemmy communities for both, but they're not very active (I participate in both here, it's just quiet)

15+ years

11+ years here, all on mobile (Reddit Pics was my first app.)

Apollo WAS Reddit for me. I loathe the Reddit app and refuse to use it. Would happily have paid a monthly fee or whatever. I spent unhealthy amounts of time on Reddit.

Not been back since Apollo shut down. This is my home now.

12 years here, cut my ties

11y, I'm very happy I found lemmy tho

I left reddit when I couldn't read it more on baconreader that was my favorite app, now I only visit it on web browser because there are still communities that I use a lot while working like r/cisco and r/fortinet, I really hope those communities move here soon

I'm definitely around 10 years. I can't say for sure though as I lurked for the first 3 or 4. I haven't been to reddit since the final day. I logged out of my account on the final day, and as soon as my brother texted that RIF no longer works I uninstalled it. Haven't been back since. Lemmy was originally.... not disappointing exactly, but not "as good" as reddit, but it's quickly improved. I like it a lot. It feels like reddit, if reddit was part of the old internet.

Not totally sure off the top of my head but I guess I was on Reddit for about 13 years, give or take. I moderated some communities for many years as well.

I'm done now.

I have not found replacements for most of my Reddit communities — not the ones I actually cared about. It's a crying shame that online communities keep getting fractured by shitty corporate behavior (see Twitter). That is the main reason I will not get involved with another proprietary platform. Why should I invest my time and effort into building a community that will eventually be ripped to shreds by profiteers?

I don't know if Lemmy is "the one" but I feel like the principles of the fediverse have legs. The internet is going to have some growing pains in the coming years, and it's going to take a long time for anything like Lemmy to reach critical mass. I mean, even Reddit was still kind of niche when you compare it to, say, Twitter or Facebook. My grandma's on Twitter and Facebook, while Reddit even to this day is too technical for "the masses".

Honestly, it took me longer than it should have. I should have ditched Reddit years ago. But I'm here for it now. Fuck Musk, fuck Spez, and fuck the advertising-supported corporate hellscape of the modern internet in general.

Of course, many of these problems will come to the fediverse as well. Instances do indeed cost money to run. Too much for an intrepid webmaster to pay out of their own pocket just for fun in the long-term. Lemmy might just be a stepping stone.

12 years on reddit, haven't been back since end of May.

12 years. The amount of knowledge and experience shared in a conversational style was invaluable, but I cannot keep using a service that is hostile to users like me/us.

I started using Reddit in 2007ish or thereabout. I'm done. I am sick of the drama there, the direction of the platform, and the people are nicer here to boot.

Created my account in Oct. 2011 after a long time of just lurking. Leaving reddit feels weird, sad but also right, like a breakup that was long overdue.

I used it for about 11 or 12 years. Stopped when rif died. I do occasionally go there if I need reviews but only in my web browser.

Other question: how active were you? I used to write about 30 comments A DAY. I easily see that Lemmy is wayy more active than Reddit and this makes using Lemmy way more fun even when the content isn't here yet.

11 years for me. Once RiF went offline, so did I.

It's been 12+ years for me.

I haven't left completely, as there a a few subreddits that are important for me for either work or hobbies, but I only browse those now and don't go to the front page or out of specific purpose driven communities that don't have active equivalents on Lemmy. My time on reddit is down to a fraction of what it was prior to June, and I hope I can drop it altogether at some point as more communities grow here.

This guy

11 year account, 100k karma, deleted all comments.

"Redditor for 16 years" which is how long ago Digg shat the bed. Reddit has followed in their footsteps.

15+ (?) years...

I have not deleted anything but the Reddit app is gone and I have not logged in again since the API thing.

Lemmy is just as good (just a wee bit smaller) and I'll be investing my (sometimes positive) energy here.

Blew it all away on the last day the API for using a bot to do so still worked. https://www.reddit.com/user/Reygle Profile's only still "active" is to watch a few places, but I'm never contributing again and I refuse to install the official app and only load the site in Firefox with an ad blocker on mobile.

Redditor with 2 accounts for 14 years on RIF. 100% left.

10. Not completely gone but cut back about 95%

13 year user. Reddit communities helped me get through some tough times. I haven't visited in ages, but R/stopdrinking is one of the reasons I'm able to cosplay as a functional human. Many hobbies and passions were found and expanded there. I mod a small subreddit. I didn't delete my account, but it went from visiting multiple times a day to now about once a week.

TBH it makes me pretty sad, and feels like a 'small death' of something I cared about more than I fully realized. I'm still mourning it in some ways, but am also excited about the 'old internet' feel of Lemmy and the fediverse and being part of that ride.

Thirteenish years on Reddit. Won’t go back.

Did place to put fuck spez and join Lemmy…. Made stickers after that can hopefully get people to look into Lemmy.

We’ll see what happens.

10+ years, and really rooting for Lemmy.

11.5 year old account (same username). Reddit has been shit for years but there was never a real alternative. I tried so hard to make it good: I unsubbed from all of the defaults, curated my feed, used Apollo to block r/all, even blocked a bunch of keywords and chronic resposters. But it was no use, the quality of commentary was on a steady decline (UnDeRrAtEd CoMmEnT), and the arrogance of the average Redditor is staggering given how unoriginal and lazy they actually are (I'm not excluding myself from that comment). Frankly the ban on third party apps was just the straw that broke the camel's back, but really it was a forgone conclusion that I left. Maybe it's just because I've gotten older. I've checked it a few times since "leaving" - it's still shit, and going back makes me realise how bad it actually was.

I refuse to delete my account because I'd rather they (and anyone else) see that my account was purposely abandoned because of their actions.

Lemmy is doing much better, but honestly it's probably because it's empty. It will likely go the same way in years to come, which I welcome because this place deserves the success. I'll enjoy it while I like it... Ironically I tried to post this comment but got wiped by a long outage.

11 years. I refuse to install their app. But I still go back to check Ukraine war updates every few days.

I remember when Reddit was run on LISP out of spez's bedroom in Somerville. Before it had subreddits. Before it had accounts.

Fuck spez and fuck Reddit.