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Like a lot of others here, I still add "reddit" to my searches when doing research on products or troubleshooting.

For example discussions about specific games or series because Lemmy just doesn’t have any of that. It seems to be only interested in Linux, politics and general news.

I created a lurker account for Reddit after I deleted my main, so I can visit all subreddits. But I don’t subscribe to anything and don’t really hang out there a lot.

Porn.

Though they got rid of my favorite category so I've been using it less.

the day Apollo stopped working I deleted the account and quit cold turkey; now only if I find something there while researching a problem I read a thread anonymously and that’s it

Pretty much everything remotely niche. Subs devoted to individual video games, for instance. The only game I play that's on lemmy is https://lemmy.world/c/pixeldungeon.

I need a steady drip feed of bonehurtingjuice that Lemmy has not been able to sufficiently provide

I no longer use my reddit accounts. But still do some tech searches with "reddit" at the end.

Some technical topics

It's just objectively true that a very specific type of person makes up most of Lemmy, which results in the only active communities being either very broad topics, or the handful of interests common to the kind of people who use Lemmy. I don't fit into any of these.

Most of my limited reddit usage is for work. I do IT work,and sometimes solutions can be found there, or at least hints. It's still pretty low, maybe 10% or less of stuff I search for find actionable hit on reddit. Only other thing is stuff like comments on Tom Carey videos, which I do like to see. I know stuff like YouTube, insta,tiktok, etc will have em too, but sometimes I'm in the mood to see from multiple sources, and I don't usually find those type of niche reactions on Lemmy. I do see fans of course, but not as often.

I don't

Niche subs

Video game info. Otherwise nothing. Can't post I'm very perma banned. They really hate it when you agitate for the left.

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

I'm mostly ok with it for topics that are sufficiently distanced from politics. Subs having an explicit "no politics" rule is a bonus.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

Google search clicks. Forwarded posts from Reddit.

Nothing. I don't use it anymore.

Game subs.

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

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

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

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.

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

r/fpv r/diydrones

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

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.

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

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.