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I ditched read it when they broke the API haven't been back since. I spend the same amount of time that I used to spend on Reddit on here maybe less as there is less content.

Yes, I realized there was/is a lot of rage-bait on reddit that kept me typing. Lemmy is more chill, like it's an actual forum with real people with real engagement.

Actually less and for a good reason, the doom scroll is not endless.

We have a fraction of the population and a few good posts and discussions on the places I have not blocked. Over all its a lot healthier and I still get my fix of feeling informed-ish. Also Jeboa does not display total votes an account gets meaning there is no "must have X karma to ride" pages that, while attempting to remove bots (it didnt), fills a room with crowd pleasers instead of those seeking discussion or answers.

I spend more time engaging on Lemmy, but I consumed more content on reddit

I have to admit. Reddit can be handy for finding solutions from other people for problems.

I wish Lemmy was comparable for this purpose. Perhaps someday.

I'm on lemmy BECAUSE there is less. Trying to become and ostrich.

Less, because there's still a lot less content here. I check what's new on the communities I'm subscribed to, and that doesn't take long.

No, there's way less stuff to engage with and frankly I don't particularly even like it here.

Frankly there isn't as much content. So, no.

But if I'm really honest it's about equal because all the content is on bluesky and tiktok.

I spend way less time on here than I did reddit. Not to upset about it though, because I feel like it's only improved my mental health!

Deleted my reddit account a couple days after discovering Lemmy. I've been to their website a couple times since because it often appears in search results and if I don't see a less shit option I'll dig through the comments of whatever post my search pulled up, but that's the extent of my activity there.

I will never make another reddit account. Fuck spez.

No, the smaller userbase means there aren't niche communities for my specific interests like games nobody but me like.

I still like Lemmy but those specific connunites I can miss. I completely abandoned Reddit in the APIocalypse anyway

The Sweden board was pretty good too, and there's no where near similar engagement here.

And I do not have the time, engagement or mental fortitude to make these communities, that would be dead, myself. To be honest I don't really understand exactly how Lemmy and the Fediverse works - but I think to bring in more people that can't be expected of users either.

I actually answer questions and post here unlike when I used RIF, where I just lurked.

I guess that's spending more time? (active participation?)

Less time on Lemmy cause there's less to see. I spend more time on other websites now, when previously reddit used to take up all of my web browsing time.

I only ever lurked on reddit and didn’t spend long when I did - I only started commenting (or rarely posting) because I believe in the fediverse and want to help it succeed. So yeah, way more time spent here and infinitely more engagement.

I'm far more active on Lemmy, I'd say 10x, than I was on Reddit.

Why is that? I think it's because I feel like the few communities i'm part of here are places for actually sharing and learning from each other, with the same folks that you know you'll see again. Not just random spraying of posts and replies everywhere in numbers so huge that everyone kind of disappears in the ether.

Nope. Honestly though Lemmy helped me with my Reddit addiction. Haven’t been on Reddit in years and only occasionally engage with Lemmy during the week. Supplanted both with reading bootleg manga, ha ha ha.

I read comment sections to the end on lemmy, which I haven't done on reddit in probably a decade

Nope. Making Reddit as mildly addictive as it was likely took more than just a generic application of the type.

In that way, Lemmy's development motivations make this platform (IMO) a lot healthier, because it wasn't purposefully tweaked into something addictive by a group of sociopaths holding boring dystopia meetings looking to appease the shareholders or the ownership.

The time I spent on Reddit was pretty close to zero, except on rare occasions. I used to spend more time on Lemmy, but over the past year, I feel like the vibe has changed and I haven't been enjoying it as much.

I recently got permanently suspended from Reddit. I still read there, because there's so much more content than here.

I don't engage here as much as I did there, because the communities I'm interested in just don't exist here, or are very quiet.

I'm spending less time on both, because of that.

I try to because I want to support the FediVerse

Lemmy is really growing on me as I can see there's discussion when it comes to the current events, I like to read real opinions and viewpoints on from others outside of my bubble, reddit and X both are too bot riddled for me to personally for that use. I still do go on reddit often for local content as it's a better source of upcoming events and whats going on around the city than the actual local news agencies.

No. But I can't post on reddit anymore since they banned me for updooting Luigi posts. So lame and anto-free speech.

Subjectively more, but that could also be due to lemmy having much less content than my doomscrolling needs, so I open it every 5-20 mins and check (also Mastodon). And that feels like much more time than one few-hour session on Reddit.

I use both, but I use stealth for reddit so I'm not logged in. But, I can actually comment on lemmy with third party apps.

I spend more time on Lemmy, by far.
The only two subs on Reddit I still visit somewhat frequently for local news are enshittifying fast. The jokes were stale 10 years ago, now they've gone almost fully decomposed. Also, I recently encountered a thread that seemed to be 90% bot traffic, with uncannily mismatched questions and answers.
Not to mention every thread everywhere on Reddit sooner or later will mention Trump, Musk, or American politics and culture in general, making me lose all interest.

Short answer, no.

There just isn't as much content to scroll, and there's no accomodations for separating communities by interest. Allegedly, piefed fixes this but I haven't tried yet.

I'd like it if I could keep my news feed separate from my technology feed separate from my porn feed separate from gaming feed separate from you get the idea. Since it's all blended together, it's harder to stay on the platform. The same complaint applies to yourube, by the way.

I scroll until I see the same posts on other instances, so no. Quite a bit less. Scrolling too deep, no matter the sort method, eventually shows me the same 75-150 cross posts.

Nope! Lemmy lacks the dark patterns that kept me scrolling reddit far longer than I meant to.

Yes, because I was primarily a lurker while I was on Reddit... Lurked on Lemmy for a year too but not anymore, so I spend more time on here

Yes.

I have an app on my phone for usage limits, and for social media I have that set for 1 hour. I rarely hit the limit nowadays, but Lemmy is more than capable of taking up that time unless I have a super specific question in a niche hobby