i was using boost for reddit for couple years before they closed that down. but i kept using it for a few months after that until now. now i spend about the same amount of time on reddit and lemmy. definitely takes time to switch for me.
i used other reddit alternatives like saidit before this too and briefly voat, gap, etc. lemmy is exciting because it’s bigger than most reddit alternatives and not as conservative as gap. 9gag is mostly a meme site at this point.