Wasting my life on Lemmy instead.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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Yeah I thought about trying to better myself like learn to bake a soufflΓ©, read a book, workout but then I just go to Lemmy
I think you're going to find a little bit of a sampling bias asking that question here.
oh how so?
Trying to figure out Lemmy. It's not easy...
Also, replying to users who keep requesting access to our blacked out sub.
Iβm spending the time, accidentally absentmindedly clicking on Apollo, seeing the protest posts and then force closing the app. Haha
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I feel like Reddit is a big basket of candy and goodies and I'm just sitting here staring at it telling myself not to touch. I've spent the time away by listening to podcasts and spending more time outside gardening and reading actual books and not a screen. It's really rewarding and freeing, but I miss interacting with a community so I'm glad to have been directed to Lemmy.
Uninstall Reddit so you're not tempted
I visited Facebook.. It wasn't nice.
Yeah I've seen enough of my older relative's political views to know that one is a lost cause haha
Mostly Lemmy, Mastodon, ~~actually touching grass after years,~~ and for my less proud time-waster, Discord and Youtube.
I spent it hunting down a reddit alternative and browsing on lemmy.
I'm not going back. Reddit will go downhill gradually as it tries to squeeze out value at the expense of the community, and that's not something I'm going to support it any way.
This is day 2 for me on Lemmy, plus a bit of time for the previous 3 or 4 messing about here and there. And... I'm kinda in love. I just hope there's more people showing up, with more content and such soon :)
I realized how hard Reddit is getting astro turfed by large organizations and I'm glad to be somewhere it's not yet a problem.
Well, looking if this lemmy thing is a good replacement ;) So far seems this is the way to go!
Especially with Jerboa already in place, its IMO a good switch.
The one thing that worries me is all that useful info trapped on Reddit, if Lemmy data expires then that has a long term cost/loss which is sad.
Honestly, just taking a break from social media all together. Reddit was my main source of "media" for the past 7 years. I joined Lemmy to hopefully be a replacement. But it's nice to just have a cleansing every once in a while :)
ooohh very nice. every once in a while ill have a no-media or tech day in a similar nature myself. very refreshing!!
Well, Lemmy, of course! Also, discovering new sites at https://cloudhiker.net/explore, some Plex maintenance and even a little bit of baking!
I still opened RedReader by reflex a couple of times, but I closed immediately. So far, I don't miss reddit at all. I have been pleasantly surprised by how welcoming this community has been, thank you everyone!
I uninstalled all my Reddit related apps just so I wouldn't open them out of reflex. I think this blackout is gonna be permanent for me chief
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Trying to boost engagement on here and on Mastodon.
And playing LOTRO
Playing disturbing amounts of Factorio. Unfortunately a vast chunk of Factorio knowledge is on Reddit so I keep accidentally navigating there, fortunately the Factorio sub is dark so I can wander off again quickly.
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It's a little strange not having reddit to browse but it's been supplemented decently by Lemmy thanks especially to Jerboa (based off of the client I used for reddit: Boost, which is nice).
No moderating during work hours -> more actual working lol
Lemmy instead
Spent the day installing light switches that I've had sitting in the garage for a year. Pruned some shrubs, burned some leaves, raked some gravel, touched grass, etc. Almost never posted on Reddit. Full time lurker. Enjoying contributing to Lemmy just for the sakes of user interaction :) Let's stoke the fire!!
I migrated over to Lemmy and am learning more about that. As crazy as it sounds, I have cut my screen time in half since the blackout. I think this has shown me Iβm on technology a bit too much and I need to go outside more and be more productive with my day.
Same, my bathroom time has easily halfed lol. But seriously, I really like the idea of the Fediverse, if I understand it right. Like, each 'sub-reddit' is it's own service, distributed from each other. Rather than Reddit which is centralized. I absolutely miss certain things about Reddit, /r/bestof was my longest subscribed sub. I don't think I'll be going back unless/u/Spez does A LOT of back tracking and apologizing.
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I'm sure some will go back when the blackout ends, but I'm here to stay. Even if Spez apologies and backtracks, I wouldn't go back. They showed us who they really are and what they are going after. I'm not going to help them by giving them my data. I'd rather invest time, effort, and energy to this decentralized thing......as soon as I understand it more.
I will miss Reddit, but even if you go back it won't be the same.
I'm spending it on Lemmy.
I also deleted my rif app so I don't accidentally open it.
So far I've had a pretty darn good experience. It scratches the same itch. But in other ways it's better than Reddit - there's no chance of karma whoring here as there's no real karma system. Upvotes and downvotes are merely tools for boosting visibility and don't have any additional meaning.
Then again, the jerboa app could use more polish and qol updates and additional features, really the Lemmyverse is still early days, like a new house with no furnishings and no front garden, it's bare it's not comfortable yet, but it's all shiny and unmolested. I'm sure things will get better over time.
The censorship is a pain though, like your comment was auto-censored for "karma x".
I think they should just ban spammers and scammers and let the votes decide the rest.
Huh, didn't know about the censorship. I guess that's dependent on the server you are on?
In the times I'd usually be scrolling reddit, I've been opening the rif app, remembering I'm doing that anymore, then opening Lemmy. Each time I get to know Lemmy a bit more, find a new cub to subscribe to, or answer an ask lemmy question.
I don't want to delete the rif app until it stops working though, at which point I'll naturally leave reddit, cos I never use it on desktop and I'm not downloading the mess of an official app.
I keep habitually itching to use Reddit, but I just replaced the Home Screen icon with Mlem and itβs made that easier
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Watching some videos and browsing Mlem. Maybe actually reading articles here and there I found on news sites myself.
Deleted my reddit account on night's eve to the blackout and I've gotten the rss feeds of the subs that are too niche to lose track of. Out of that, Reddit is absolutely dead for me.
I went a bit on reddit and then setup this instance getting it to work today.
lemmy feels bit more fluid, I'm here.
Since learning about Apollo shutting down I came here. Mlem has replaced where Apollo used to be.
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