Unfortunately there's still a lot of good, helpful documentation on Reddit that I wish was somewhere else. Even if I deleted my account last year I still have to rely on some Reddit posts to find solutions to certain problems.
Every time you look for something on Reddit, make a post about your findings here. Don’t link the Reddit, copy/paste or make an original post. This is how communities get traction.
I made a point to post here before trying a post there. Often what I've found is that while Reddit has a bigger userbase, the level of helpfulness is about the same. Reddit posts got more comments in total, but the number of helpful comments was about the same if not lower.
I'll have to start posting here when I look something up on Reddit as well
Definitely. I'm chronically on here all the time so I will probably see your post and try to answer to the best of my abilities if I have something useful.
I actually have posted here and have gotten amazing recommendations. When I was on reddit a year or two ago, that post got no comments and probably downvotes for some reason. Love the Lemmy community!
I use Libredirect extension on Firefox with Redlib instances turned on. When a post doesn't load, I switch instances. It works like 95% of the time. Enough for me to not visit reddit ever again.
I just read something about them trying to paywall some subs. That would not be a step, bit be a giant leap for a lot of people to abandon that shit hole.