It took me probably less than a month to completely stop checking Digg altogether. Reddit’s decidedly less slick interface had me confused and the content wasn’t as easy to digest as with Digg, but it didn’t take long to completely abandon it. That was like ten years ago.
I guess a small point I’m trying to make is that you shouldn’t feel “shame” for checking reddit. You’ll adjust and learn to love whichever alternative you choose
I’m digging Lemmy so far because you can create whatever you want. I can already a few subs forming that are trying to be the opposite of what the Subreddit turned into. Should be fun to see how same/different certain subs are when it comes to content.