Long time reddit user... haven't been back since the protest started and don't feel the need to for now at least.
I'm already reasonably confident that in the near future kbin/lemmy may well be able to fulfil the 'idle browsing & keeping up with various interests' portion of my Reddit use. And that was probably 95% of my Reddit time, so that's good news.
I'm more concerned about the other 5% - the 'Reddit as a vast repository of knowledge on how to do/fix/buy/make/etc so many things'... it could take years for the federated alternatives to achieve anything like Reddit's position there, and there's a question over how easily searchable it will be. Still, hopefully it'll come with time.
Long time reddit user... haven't been back since the protest started and don't feel the need to for now at least.
I'm already reasonably confident that in the near future kbin/lemmy may well be able to fulfil the 'idle browsing & keeping up with various interests' portion of my Reddit use. And that was probably 95% of my Reddit time, so that's good news.
I'm more concerned about the other 5% - the 'Reddit as a vast repository of knowledge on how to do/fix/buy/make/etc so many things'... it could take years for the federated alternatives to achieve anything like Reddit's position there, and there's a question over how easily searchable it will be. Still, hopefully it'll come with time.