ive been spending anywhere from 1-4 hours a day on reddit for the past..13 years? probably the most ingrained habit i have. Broke that habit as of two days ago. Weirdly enough, its not even that difficult. Its like i just understood that its time to move on, like a breaking point in a toxic relationship.

Only downside so far is having nothing to do during public transit. Not enough hobby specific discussion here yet, everyone keeps babbling about leaving reddit, like i am right now.. xd

[–] jcb2016@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Find a community that you like here and create post and talk. Only way around reddit for now. Give it a week and it will die down

[–] wheresyourshoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The blackout is over after tonight, so I guess we'll see how things go then. I left because rif is shutting down on the 30th, so I figured I might as well cut the cord now. I deleted the app when the first sub I subbed to went dark, and I haven't looked back. Today is my third full day without it. I haven't been on Lemmy as much, which is definitely a good thing, lol, but I'm really enjoying it so far. The community seems much more conversational and less offensive. I don't get offended easily, but when people do it just for the sake of being offensive, I don't like it, and reddit was full of those people.

[–] Automated_Footprint@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Most of the redditors only use reddit. To get news, memes, communicate, QnA, everything. That's the reason this protest isn't that effective. People are still gonna browse now and then and give them the sweet ad money, because people literally have nothing else to do.

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

lt would be a lot harder to say goodbye if they cared about having us.