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Both. It's actually funny. Someone posted that image of alternatives to things like Reddit and Whatsapp and Google, etc, and it had Lemmy on it. I was at the point where I was getting sick of Reddit and had one account banned already. I joined Lemmy, and a few days later my other account got banned for up voting a comment that was just the gif of Luigi (the Nintendo character) smoking a cigarette. I had already decided I liked Lemmy more at that point, so whatever. The one thing that sucks is that I had my own little sub with a couple thousand members where I posted my writing, and people seemed to like it. I enjoyed sharing my stories with all those weirdos, and now I can't.

I use both. I've attempted to replicate the subreddits I was subscribed to on Lemmy with very limited success. I'm not sure if I just need to subscribe to more instances or if my expectations are off.

I left and blocked reddit on my network after the landed gantry debacle. I'm not banned but I might as well be.

I was never on reddit

I like lemmy's culture more, but I still browse reddit

I left reddit one December (think it was 2023). They showed off thier Reddit Recap. Realised I switched from windows to linux to AVOID data collection, then use an app that gladly showed off all the data they collect.

Wanted to quit Reddit and the censoring of anything critical of Elon game me the impetus.

Last time I tried to make an account it was instantly shadow banned. Maybe they don't like my email address, who knows. It's kind of a dump over there anyway

I'm on both, I like both. Been liking Reddit less and less over the years, I expect at some point I'll stop going, but for now it's still okay.

I never really got into reddit.

Getting in on Lemmy (relatively) early made it feel more specifical so I actually do more than search it for answers

I use both. I like some aspects of each better. Reddit mostly has some specific large communities I can't find on lemmy due to size, or lemmys demographics just not enjoying that topic.

Lemmy as a platform speaks to me on a philosophical level when it comes to the kinds of technology I use when I have the choice. I like that it is not at the mercy of the need to turn a profit to exist.

I'm banned on enough accounts they auto ban me when I make new ones. I went off the rails on a lot of political topics. I never threatened anyone, but I did wish them unspecified harms, use the words of naughtiness, and made myself a target of a few pro Trump mods and that was it. Anyway, I'm fine here, I also didn't start using this until years after the ban so, not very related.

Not banned. I think it's great that when you copy posts from .ml, you mention the author now.

Both. Getting banned from reddit did me a favor, really.

Israeli IOF Hasbara in worldnews got me banned from everything. I have 5 fully shadow banned account. basically and effectively perm bans. Your page says "no user exists" and your posts and comments cannot be seen by any user nor any viewer in the world.

reddit is banned in my country (ofc VPN will bypass it) but why bother use more effort if i got something legally available?

I tried to get banned with my last couple posts but they ignored them I guess. Account is still there.

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Left due to the crowd amassed for my country's sub. I became friend with a few regulars there when the sub is small, but these day they're significantly more and more people with a lack of common sense and logical thinking gathered there it's hard to find new friend, to the point the friends i met just decided to lurk or quit. No more fun.

Then API fiasco happened and since i hate the official app so much as it's significantly slower with horrible UI, it's a final push for me to make the jump.

I wouldn't say i like lemmy more, but it's the one i tolerate now. If the main dev became unbearable then i jump again.