I only visit Reddit is search results take me there for a specific reason. Otherwise, I'm hardcore as fuck
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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Am using only boost, wherever it's allowed. Aka only lemmy
not quite
I nearly exclusively use Lemmy over Reddit, mastadon over xitter and Facebook, pixelfed over Instagram, ("nearly" because I still have the accounts, in case someone needs to contact me there). Although Lemmy is the only one I use frequently.
I still use YouTube and tiktok instead of peertube and loops though. They're just not big enough to host the content I'm interested in.
Reddit for browsing hobby-related stuff, Lemmy if I want to get mad at Israel, seeing as that's every comment section and every single post.
I got banned from Reddit for calling an Anti-vaxxer a waste of oxygen :3
Only on here. And for similar reasons.. anyone know a way around that on iOS? Need to call out misinformation on Reddit
I never go to Reddit anymore after moving to Lemmy, but I do sometimes end up on a Reddit post it's a relevant search result.
I am going to make a more concerted effort to use Lemmy more than Reddit moving forward. I just wish it had more info over here. I think from now on if I cannot find the info that I seek on Lemmy, I will find some sources on Reddit and then maybe pay it forward via sharing my findings on Lemmy. That's at least what I'm going to try and do for a while and see if I can help make a difference.
unfortunately reddit still has way more stuff on it. so i read reddit. that said, I do not contribute to reddit because there is just no fucking point.
A lot of ignorant people there. I can only hope a lot of it is explainable by bots..
Lemmy only. I quit Reddit when the third party apps fell.
I do miss some of the niche hobby subreddits, but fuck Spez. If I need to find some info, I can access it via search engines.
Otherwise I'm perfectly happy with Lemmy, people are generally much nicer and there's more than enough content. Reddit was so overbloated that this smaller universe is quite enough for me.
Tbh I still use reddit like a little whore because there's a number of workarounds if you're willing to make your own dev key or whatever.
I think I'd say in 90% Lemmy, 10% reddit right now to view certain discussions only
I’d love to but how tf do we get more users here?? HOW
Lemmy & Reddit. Subs for my language are very quiet here, so I use Reddit for that.
After reddit apps were killed, using reddit became a chore.
I can now only use reddit in Firefox mobile or desktop and its not super polished for mobile.
Lemmy boost app is much more polished so I naturally gravitate to it over reddit. Also creating new accounts after bans is A lot easier
Lemmy only.
Same here.
Got banned from reddit for being pro ukraine and saying the german trainsystem management structure needs to be destroyed and rebuild a new.
So yeah only lemmy for me
Banned from a sub Reddit, but you wouldn't be banned from Reddit site wide - unless you off the scale heinous.
As much as I dislike Reddit's direction and have had site wide temporary bans myself, i find it hard to believe you were properly banned for what you described. I was temporary banned because I was flaunting that I wasn't abiding by Reddit's rules, and even then, it was only a 2 week ban on a single account.
Nope got banned from all of reddit. First a few days. Then right after those were over a week. Then permanent.
It was all right after the previouse ban ran out. Can show the ban messages if i can find them. I know I send them to friends to laught about
Edit: i got banned for inciting violence all 3 times
Just Lemmy for me. They pissed me the fuck off and i'm a stubborn bastard.
haven't used reddit once since Spez's mod-melting-bullshit. don't anticipate ever going back. bluesky + lemmy is more than enough distraction for me.
Mostly the same, but when I need to search for something and reddit is in the top search results, I do look at it.
I check Reddit like 5-10 minutes a week max and usually only if i land there via searches and just do a quick gloss over anything ive potentially missed. But compare that to the hours a week in habitually using lemmy (for better and/or worse i guess haha)
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My subnet is banned from Reddit (and from some Lemmy instances).
Do you live in North Korea or something?
Well, it's a VPS subnet (I use VPN). And I live in a country that is slowly becoming like N. Korea (and it has common border).
I haven't used reddit since they removed the free API that FOSS apps were using. Lemmy is the only "reddit like" that I've used since. As for other social media, I left Facebook over 10 years ago, never used twitter, or anything newer that isn't FOSS and federated. I've used mastodon since 2017. So I guess that makes me hardcore?
I've only ever marginaly used reddit, ages ago.
What's so hardcore about preferring social media over algorithms?
I do check other media but I do not participate in them anymore, e.g. I browse reddit or https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/ but I deleted my account months ago.
80% Lemmy, 20% reddit with rdx app.
Depends what you mean by social media. I watch YouTube similar to watching TV. Doesn't feel anything like Mastodon or Lemmy to me, you know what I mean?
I only go to reddit when it comes up on a google search, all my posts and comments are replaced and deleted
I've stopped contributing on Reddit a long time ago and only visit niche communities as a news feeds mostly.
I've actually been working on scraping powered rss feed generator of my own to avoid visiting reddit all together but turns out its a bit more than a weekend project to put all of the pieces together.
Is this considered "hardcore"? After the mobile apps bit the dust I left and never looked back. I don't like meta stuff because of privacy concerns. Fediverse only for me
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Reddit has some sort of permabanned me, so I cannot get even new accounts there. So you guys get to enjoy me here, yay!
They unfortunately still have the critical mass, and even though Lemmy is getting better on that front, there's just so much more stuff on Reddit.
About the "hardcore" and msm, I do check msm, and try to use multiple sources and more balanced media sources. News on lemmy definitely isn't neutral.
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