The comments point you make is a really great one. I was the same on Reddit, never engaging on something because by the time it appeared in my feed, it would be thousands of comments deep. Everything that needed to be said had been said.

But on Lemmy, it's much easier to jump in and actually have a conversation.

I switched over when it was announced Sync for Reddit was closing, but became much more active when Sync for Lemmy arrived due to it being an interface I had been familiar with for a decade. But the move came at a time where I was taking steps to reduce my empty consumption too, deleting social accounts and replacing them with books and newspaper subscriptions. The lower content count on Lemmy is perfect for that as it means I still get great stuff in my feed, but it's not really possible to scroll forever. Instead I now open a newspaper app, use Pocket to read an article I've saved or pick up my book on the Kindle app. I'm generally just consuming much better quality media due to much fewer distractions.

I'm also a Relay user. I had been using the free version for several years. When it looked like Relay was going to go under like the rest, I felt bad and paid for Pro as a thank you. So now I still have use of it, but sure how long that will last.

I stopped going to Reddit in mid June except for one very small private sub. I figure being private means Reddit doesn't get much from my visits there. If I lose access to Relay, I'll probably stop totally though - not sure I could switch to the web interface and I'm not going to install their app.

I'm also a «Relay for Reddit» user, and I use «Thunder» to browse Lemmy.

I continue to use Relay and plan to continue until it shuts down or asks me to start paying a subrscription.