Why or why not and what do you use it for?

  • Greenskye@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lemmy has fully replaced Reddit for my casual scrolling needs. But for research purposes for things like buying advice, tech support, etc I still find myself at Reddit. Lemmy may get there someday, but it’s not there yet.

    I didn’t delete my account because I hate permanently removing information from the internet. I get annoyed when links are dead or information is lost. I understand why others are doing it, but I can’t help but be sad at all the information we’ve lost and I won’t contribute to that.

  • exlipsed_1164@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Some of the communities I frequent still haven’t migrated over to Lemmy.

    Oh hey, this is actually my first Lemmy comment. Sup party people

  • pizza_rolls@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I deleted all my comments and posts but kept my account in case reddit undeletes anything. Also to keep my saved stuff and messages. I don’t feel like it matters if I keep my account or not since I’m not using the site anymore

  • Prethoryn Overmind@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I deleted my account after a week when I found out Sync for reddit was done for. I am now waiting for Sync for Lemmy. I only use reddit when it gives me a result in Google search. So far I am loving Lemmy and Mastadon. I thought about looking at Pixelfed. Even if my friends/family don’t use it.

  • veroxii@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I go for 2 things.

    A sports team I support. There’s a community here on lemmy which I do post in but it’s like 3 of use here haha. Until it picks up I need to get team news somewhere.

    Ukraine war daily thread. This is too important to ignore but I am trying to find other sources. Started using mastodon to follow some war commenters.

    I feel dirty doing so though.

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      1 year ago

      Considering where Lemmy’s developers stand, it’s probably for the best to get your Ukraine news from more than just here.

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        1 year ago

        Could you expand on that a bit when you have chance, what is the issue and does it affect all instances or are you meaning one particularly? Genuinely curious - suspect you may mean bias or censorship but don’t want to make assumptions.

        (Surprisingly for the internet, I’m not going to argue with you if I don’t agree - I am just interested to know why you think what you do and other people reading might also find it useful or interesting!)

        • Roundcat@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Apparently many of lemmys developers are hard core tankies, basically Russia and China apologists who deny/justify China’s genocide, and support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

          I can’t say much for smaller instances, but in some of the bigger instances like lemmy.ml, some anti Ukraine articles get traction. I haven’t really noticed in as much in kbin and .world, but knowing where the devs stand, I try to follow the Ukraine war on platforms outside of lemmy to avoid possible misinformation.

          • SamXavia@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            @Roundcat Thanks for this, I really wanted to know what people meant by they accept genocide and it does make me feel like maybe i’ll love across to Kbin a bit more as atm questioning if Lemmy or Kbin is the best fit for me. I do thankfully use Lemmy.world but if Kbin is more accepting and useable might just move across to here. Again, Thank you.

            @beefbaby182 @veroxii @trouser_mouse