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I only browse my city's sub and /r/nba for highlights. That's it. I don't comment anymore ever since my account was suspended for logging in while on a vpn, so I guess the only thing they get from me is site hits. And even then, I use rdx on mobile and a container on FF desktop with content blockers.

I go there for the post-episode TV discussions (though I don't log in). It can interesting to read people's theories for something like Severance, although the whole experience can end up being depressing (because of mod shenanigans, the over-use of spoiler syntax, and the dissonance / over-reaction created when some show that the hive-mind has already determined is the best thing ever has a duff episode)

Nah cuz the only thing I've been using it for since coming here, is advertising Lemmy.

Reddit remains one of the only reliable sources of safety advice, reporting, and guides on drugs. Lots of [deleted] nowadays. This is particularly concerning in aspects beyond this as well. Obscure software issues? Buying recommendations? Everyone always flocked to Reddit, and now it's gone.

A reminder to never put all your eggs in one basket.

I just use it for the memes, so not really🤷‍♂️

I'm using it for porn which Reddit doesn't/can't monetize, so basically I'm costing Reddit money while beating it. Win/win!

Bad, no, bored, yes. I generally just keep up with some web comics on there but as they at least move to BlueSky, that's less an issue. Plus the quality has dropped. I don't expect them to come to Lemmy, even if we do have a couple of good, very-Lemmy oriented comic artists.

I use it with throwaway e-mail, without any personal information on my account and only for some niche subjects that I can ony find there.

I have ad blocker. I don’t comment. I don’t post. I only downvote. I only view my home feed. I only do all this on PC, and URL-blocked Reddit off my phone, significantly reducing the time I have to search.

But sometimes I just need to have the content there. I think I’ve done about the best I can considering.

Not even remotely feel bad. I stick to old and run an adblocker. I only use it for sysadmin as it helps with my work.

It was always kinda grey for me, but once I got my temp ban I said fuck it.

Wish ppl would post in both places if its niche, at least make some niche stuff seem less dead so ppl are less shy to post

Only for very specific things. I’m a harpist and there’s no community here on Lemmy for it… hopefully that will change soon!

Yes. But, I've come to expect it. Though, if there is one thing I'm going to not do is provide content for Reddit.

I need it for gacha (or other mobile) games, some music bands, some leftover communities (linux related that haven't moved for some reason) and other niche communities.

You might ask why I don't make it myself.. Eh, as long as I have no content to provide, I have no need for it, and I also don't have time and freedom to do so.

Fairly new to Lemmy here, and I’ll still search it if I can’t find the community I’m looking for here. If it’s something I tell myself I’ll be fairly active in I try to create it and help it grow.

I've stopped participating after the API shutdown but I still occasionally browse /r/cars and /r/justrolledintotheshop using old.reddit.com and no account. If old.reddit gets removed I'd probably stop. But until then there's no real automotive related communities on Lemmy and I learn a ton from browsing the two.

I lurk with an adblocker guilt free. Haven't logged in since I joined here.

No. If the info is there then that's where I'm going

Honestly if the mobile website and app weren't so bad I might still be using it regularly. As of now I just use it for the occasional niche tech support issue/tutorial.

Yeah after a while, I figured out we can sideload Apollo app and since then using Reddit again for some communities that are not really active here.

Do I feel bad? No, I don’t. My answer will be very selfish but, I will do what is ‘good for me’ and what suits me.

Only for niche topics, and using a self-hosted private front end (redlib) I deleted my account at the API death, so it's only for researching things usually.

I stopped using reddit quite a bit after the API exodus. I've more recently just felt the itch to check out reddit due to content. Regardless, I don't post, or vote on reddit to at least minimize the support I give there.

Communities that seem dead here arent even dead, no one posts but it you are the first post in months youll still prob get comments and views

i still browse reddit because pretty much everything i had an account for is not here

I feel bad while doing so. They've made it so unpleasant, I just want to read my HFY subscriptions in peace.

No I don't feel bad about using it for the stuff I can't find here. Namely the Magic The Gathering community is pretty much nonexistant on here and very active on Reddit. Path of Exile as well and all the *mods communities for Bethesda games which I follow occasionally.

@Yingwu I went full on ActivityPub, but I get a little cold turkey-ish. The only thing I am missing is some of the communities I started to really like. I wonder if there are as active trans communities.

I've already deleted my last account (I used to make a new one every other year or so) so I don't comment or post anymore, but I use it to find info just about anything - I still add "reddit" at the end of my search (I use Startpage, it's great). Old habbits die hard. I made my first reddit account in 2011. I don't feel too bad about it. It is what it is.