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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I caught myself loads of times scrolling on Reddit while not even paying attention, or while scrolling on Reddit to then close it immediately opening Reddit again to continue scrolling.

It felt just like any other social media app, scrolling mindlessly, for at least a few hours a day. I noticed this has changed since I've been using Lemmy, where I might spend 30 minutes a day on. I'm curious if other experience this too! It feels nice to be freed from Reddit.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I am starting to. Still browse Reddit occasionally for the communities that are not in here yet.

Reddit as a whole seems a lot less populated. Example, the r/android sub is nowhere near as active as it used to be.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yes. I browse for less time now, but I find the interactions and content on Lemmy and other federated sites to be more enriching, interesting, and civil.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I am using Lemmy way more, the only time I go back to Reddit is when there is literally no new content on Lemmy lol.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

since making the fediverse my new home; i learned that i spend an hour (maybe 2 max) before i run out of content and i can spend 4+ hours without noticing while scrolling reddit even though i no longer have an account there and can't participate in any conversations anymore.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yes. Lemmy goes down too, forcing me to step away from it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nope, the same amount of time

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I’d say I still spend more time on Reddit just because there’s some niche communities there that haven’t (and probably won’t) moved to Lemmy. I have been using Lemmy more often though. I stopped using it for a couple weeks after the initial push when the blackouts started on Reddit just because of the lack of content and good mobile apps. This week I’ve used it a lot more after being pleasantly surprised at how much more activity and content there was after just a couple of weeks and now there’s a lot of great mobile apps to choose from. Went from Voyager to Memmy. Both are trying to capture the magic Apollo had (and both are doing a really good job I have to say) but it’s hard to beat the native app experience which Memmy gives. It is really cool that I can self-host Voyager though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I must say I find it the same time waster. I don't miss Reddit at all

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'd say a similar amount of time, but I post and comment significantly more here. And I like kbin's vibe a lot more than I did reddit's for the last few years, so I don't even miss it. This place is nice :)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Can't use reddit on phone, so when i'm not on my computer, it's lemmin' time!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Only thing that happened was lemmy replaced Reddit. I lurk more now though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah it's slower with less people. Reddit I scrolled to find stuff, where as I use lemmy to post things i find

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, and it's a good thing... also, I comment now which I didnt really bother to do on reddit.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I use Kbin less, possibly due to a lower amount of content, but I surely use it way more deliberately

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I spend more time on Lemmy. More interesting content, more commenting on my part.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I use it more than reddit at this point!

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