I’m curious if any of you still use anything other than fediverse. Since discovering it last year I’ve deleted all my non fedi social media, and it feels great!

  • essell@beehaw.org
    23·
    10 months ago

    Nope.

    Tried the big two didn’t get anything out of it.

    Dropped Reddit during the big storm.

    I’m fine with things as they are now.

    The lower amount of content on Lemmy is balanced by the increased quality and the fact I can’t spend all day on here

    • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      The lower amount of content on Lemmy is balanced by the increased quality and the fact I can’t spend all day on here

      This is easily one of the greatest aspects of the fediverse for me so far; Reddit seemed great at first, when all of its content and communities were new to me, and as it gradually got more familiar and filtered and fine-tuned through my own activity, I noticed that I’d been just scrolling the thing mindlessly, aimlessly, hoping to experience something good, have a nice laugh, a nice read, just anything - ultimately wasting dozens of minutes, sometimes hours, with nothing but a sad sigh as a result.

      Browsing Lemmy is a genuinely fun activity for a relatively short amount of time a couple of times a day max, always having a good time thanks to its quality and always having nice conversations because it’s the culture so far, and never scrolling through endless equally poorly-thought-out posts or comments because even if there are any, they’re few and far between.

      I think I say the same things whenever I get to praise the fediverse in general and Lemmy in particular, but I just can’t help myself.

    • NovaPrime@lemmy.ml
      4·
      10 months ago

      Same here. Had it all back in the day but gradually ended up winding everything else but Lemmy down. These days I stick to RSS and Lemmy. Good balance of quality content and entertainment.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    19·
    10 months ago

    I used reddit and discord. Now I use lemmy and discord and occasionally mastodon but I dislike the format.

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    15·
    10 months ago

    Nope. I will never use centralised social media again. Too many years exposed to social media that just doesn’t give a shit about the welfare of its users

  • eran_morad@lemmy.world
    11·
    10 months ago

    LinkedIn for job shit only. I don’t like follow and comment and shit. I don’t really get the whole point.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
      11·
      10 months ago

      The point is to network and make yourself look very successful and likable, a great lover or humanity, one of the best in your field but yet the most humble and grateful for all things that happen in your life… :)

      You regularly post obvious uplifting quotes to your peers, who likes them and writes little comments back about how true that quote is, hoping to be promoted the next time there is a company reorg.

      I can’t stand it. :)

      • thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        10 months ago

        hoping to be promoted the next time there is a company reorg

        Surely this is just ass kissers liking and commenting on the bosses weird ass linked in ego trip?

        Is anyone liking and commenting peer’s linked in stuff thinking that’ll score them a promotion? Why would the company care about this?

        • 1984@lemmy.today
          3·
          10 months ago

          Where I have worked, try company arranges events at work, like cooking something, or some mystery game, and then takes pictures of that and posts on linkedin. Then they ask employees to comment and say how fun it was.

          It’s just HR marketing disguised as something else.

    • krash@lemmy.ml
      2·
      10 months ago

      I too loathe LinkedIn, but have to use it. To make myself feel better, I spend an equal amount of time on shlinkedin afterwards.

  • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Reddit, Twitter, BlueSky. Does Discord count as social media?

    There’s something insular and self-righteous about the fediverse so I’ll never only use it. But lemmy is pretty great.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    All of them. If a social media site exists, I’m on it. I have the world record for the most sites having signed up for.

  • Samus Crankpork@beehaw.org
    6·
    10 months ago

    Since Musk bought Twitter I’ve been more active on Tumblr and as long as you don’t go anywhere that takes itself too seriously, it’s actually refreshing and lovely.

    Similarly, when I signed up for Bluesky I decided I’d only follow people I know IRL and artists, and to not be afraid to use the mute or block, and it’s been great. Just a steady stream of art and people discussing art.

    I’ve also got Mastodon, Pillowfort, and Cohost accounts I never really use.

  • sag@lemm.ee
    3·
    10 months ago

    Mastodon and Instagram(To chat with friends) For contacting I use Matrix, XMPP, Telegram and IRC.