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Niche subs

r/fpv r/diydrones

Nothing as of a few months after they killed third party apps. It took me a couple more months to stop using it as a source.

I stopped ages ago. But my buddies that won't switch say they are married to the large communities around their interests.

To participate in smaller local/regional communities, because they don't exist or are basically dead on Lemmy. On reddit, almost every city has it's own community, while on Lemmy some countries don't even have communities or just a few people there looking more like a private group chat.

It could be party due to the decentralized nature, every community perhaps has it's own server, but unless I am able to find it...

Sometimes I will have really obscure tech issues that only 10yr reddit threads can solve. That's about it though

Reddit who?

r/politicalcompassmemes

r/IsraelPalestine

r/livestreamfail

r/all

r/popular for select countries.

Nothing. I don't use it anymore.

It's still a solid site in search results for answers to video game puzzles or tech questions.

98% off Reddit, I browser Reddit without an account on private tab just for 2-3 subs.

I'm very happy with what Lemmy and in general fediverse gives, I wouldn't change it.

Edit: if you really want to see more action here, make a community or overtake a community and promote it! We have communities that can help you with that.

I like the "maybemaybemaybe" sub and also just seeing more diverse takes on current topics. Plus the formula1 subreddit has way more discussion.

It’s still a great source of information. I don’t mind visiting the site if it pops up in one my Google searches.

I have a new Reddit account, running on Brave on a VM at work. I use it as a news and pop culture aggregate. I used to post in the big UK sites for well over a decade, but recently got a site wide permanent ban for ban evasion (I hadn't realised that throwaway accounts were no longer allowed).

My new account has insufficient karma to post (another petty rule), but having been on Lemmy for a few months Reddit now seems cold, hostile and impersonal in comparison.

Game subs.

I read the comments, since lemmy doesn’t have many

As much as I hate to say it, I’d still much rather go to google and search reddit, than go on any other website google proposes. Everything is just trying to get you to buy nonsense or scroll through a 10 page article for a one sentence solution that is probably outdated.

100% Lemmy. If I end up on reddit, it’s because I googled something.

Whenever it comes up in a web search and I absolutely need it for whatever information I'm looking for, mainly troubleshooting stuff

I don't.

I still use reddit for a few niche communities and browsing comments. I post alot and love my time here but the activity isnt enough to replace it for me yet

Google search clicks. Forwarded posts from Reddit.

TV, Movie, Anime, Video Game, Discussion Threads.

It's non-existent on Lemmy.

I don't really post anything, I just lurk and read the discussion, don't really have motivation to post since I'm kinda anti-corporate right now, but I just wanna absorb all the info they have to satisfy my brain's curiosity.

Sometimes it's in the top few search results. Otherwise I don't .

I tried to use it a few days ago and the toxicity is insane, it feels like Reddit is filled with trash talking kids to draw attention to themselves or AIs.

You can't have a healthy discussion there anymore.

Once in a while a Reddit thread will come up in search, reading that thread is the extent of my Reddit usage.

On occasion I’ll check in on some niche hobby boards that don’t really have an active Lemmy variant, or large archive of content yet. Sometimes you want to see a flashlight beamshot comparison of a Nichia 519a 5000k led compared to a 5700k from a particular manufacturer, and it’s just not on Lemmy.

Work stuff, I work in a niche industry and subreddit is decent for questions.

I still pop my head in to see what the people who fall for ragebait daily are talking about. Sometimes one will have touched grass recently enough that I get a brief peek into something worth looking at, but the number of subs I'm seeing anything meaningful on is shrinking.

More often though I go to r/conservative to observe the mental gymnastics of bots and klandmas. Feels important to have a finger on their pulse as the situation continues to devolve.

I don't.

I use reddit as a comparison when explaining lemmy and the fediverse to the uninitiated.