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It's an addiction. Don't tell to go cold turkey. Have an alternative in place and then gradually reduce your timer for Reddit. Look at how much you use each day on average then set the timer for that. So first your getting rid of your high usage days. After a couple of days reduce it by 5 mins. Keep repeating this. Also, trim down the subs you're subscribed to so there's less new content showing up.
easiest thing for me was to just... uninstall the app and use it in a browser.
the experience is so terrible, i don't spend much time on it anymore. seriously, go to reddit.com and see what it looks like with no account and no extensions.
instagram is even worse, once in a while i try to open a funny post someone sends me in the browser, and ... it usually works for the first post (after clicking away a bunch of popups) but if i open a second one i get completely blocked. thanks meta ๐
actually the constant flood of trump post made comment less on reddit, i got tired of seeing all the time, and you also have to be extremely careful about commenting on any of sub to begin with.
What's your alternative? Been meaning to use Lemmy less, but since I started using social media in place of idling/skin picking/bad thoughts when I don't have the energy to do anything else, that's what I return to when I put my phone down. (I have adhd)
Oh Lemmy is the alternative, this was just for getting off Reddit lol
Lmao makes sense