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I pretty much stopped going to Reddit and it never really occurred to me that I would look for an alternative. I’ve reduced the amount of social media in my life (and I do count HN as social media) and I think I’m better off.

Lemmy's user base doubled since Monday and heading towards 200,000 plus right now. I definitely think there's a migration, even if it isn't all of Reddit.

I don't think there is a single platform for all subset of reddit users - but for the more social sqwok might be of interest:

https://sqwok.im/

I guess I'll try Lemmy again, but I'm not hopeful. When I used it last week any sub-community I was interested in either didn't exist or was completely dead.

>Weird to burn bridges without a plan.

It's just casual entertainment, not life/career.

That said you are right on the alternatives being in short supply. Which is a problem in itself and another reason to bail.

Better off without.