I used to check the front page at least once every day, and occassionally check specific subreddits. Now I don’t look at reddit unless theres some drama, like mods getting purged, then I’d go there and enjoy the drama. Occasionally there will be questions that only reddit has the answer to so I have to reluctantly use it. I got my uBlock Origin ready to kill all the ads. That shitty website will not get a cent out of me.
What about you? Do you still use reddit?
I return for some very specific subreddits, but each day less and less.
I do the same for a few specific subreddits that just aren’t as active on Lemmy yet. Also less frequently as time goes on.
The response is usually “well they’ll never get active if people still use reddit” and it’s like…just give it time? Lemmy has to be attractive to the average user first before the niches will grow, and it isn’t quite there yet. That’s ok. We will get there.
Reddit doesn’t need to die today. Lemmy doesn’t need to be crowned tomorrow. It’s ok to let this transition happen at its own pace. Reddit is going to get progressively worse and chase people out as Lemmy solidifies. The direction is clear.
Yeah I’m the same. I figure reddit is never gonna die, just like how Facebook is still around. It will have it’s uses but I don’t plan to be on it very often.
You could make sublemmy’s…
The problem is if there are only 10 people 7 of them only lurking, on Reddit, this is what happeneds if you do that on Lemmy:
Every beginning is hard.
It’s the same issue as reddit, though. You can make a subreddit whenever…but that basically means taking a part time.job to moderate and try and grow engagement organically. Which just doesn’t happen, because people gravitate towards the biggest instances and subs.