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
Jerboa (mobile app for Lemmy) is really great so far! Feels basically the same to me as Boost was. The sign in process is a little odd (top left hamburger menu, accounts, add account).
I purposefully moved RIF off of my home screen. My stupid muscle memory kept tapping it every time my idle brain opened the phone. Trying out Jerboa as an app for lemmy at the moment.
It's usually difficult for me to break habits, but right now I'm motivated by rage and contempt, which is making it a lot easier. And the fediverse is like a methadone drip to come down from the heroin-like addictiveness of endless information.
Tip: instead of opening reddit, just search "reddit" and read all the tech news articles shitting on Steve Huffman in diplomatic ways. It's very satisfying.
I replaced the reddit app shortcut on my phone with the Jerboa for Lemmy so that when, through sheer muscle memory, I try to open Reddit I open Lemmy instead.
Honestly, I hope I spend less time on Lemmy because I was on Reddit too damn much. Maybe this is exactly what I needed to break an unhealthy habit.
I am getting more replies here and things feel overall more active than what I have seen on reddit in years. The fire has brought the engagement out in people and its a blast.
If you lack something to post, shitpost, for the cause.
That were first two days here, but now I'm invested, people started to share more and suddenly i catch myself scrolling Lemmy for 15 minutes instead of working
I doctored my bookmarks to exclude Reddit. On my phone I replaced it was Jerboa, which I was very impressed with as an alpha app. It's already better than Reddit's official app. I'm very guilty of doing the same like you. Launch up reddit then correct myself. I'm comitted to the move away.
I suppose I might just be a crazy person, but this seems as good a place to ask as any.
Any reason my upvotes (& downvotes for that matter) don't seem to stick? Just made an account and was scrolling thru this thread, upvoted some comments. And within like 2 seconds, the blue upvote highlight disappeared and the comment score went back to what it was before I had interacted. Same with downvotes.
I’ve found refuge in my kindle. I break the cycle by forcing myself to read books (trashy sci-fi novels mostly) But I DO want something to keep abreast of what’s going on further from my brain, and Lemmy has almost enough content to get a relatively neutral feed of information. Won’t take much to cross the watershed for me…
I deleted Boost for Reddit (damn I'll miss that app) so I don't have the temptation. I also replaced my Reddit shortcut for the Reddark page and added a Fediverse folder.
Is exciting to see this place grow!
I used reddit for exactly two things, memes and news. Lemmy has become my home for memes, and I downloaded a separate link aggregator for news. And with those two satisfied, I have no issues leaving behind reddit. It was just handy to have an all in one, and lemmy could definitely get there.
I've done the same thing, but I think I'm finally used to not opening RiF. I just miss a few bigger communities, but otherwise Lemmy has been a fine alternative. Hopefully it continues to grow!
I just deleted reddit app and redreader since my sub is participating in the black out. Well be in here full time. I just hope Kenny doesn't become that place where everyone came over then officially moved to reddit app. This place is growing and give it some time and it will be bigger then reddit
I anticipated this and deleted my (3rd party) app icon on the 11th. Just migrated here today. This definitely fills the void for me. I'll only miss a select few subreddits.
I ditched Reddit a few weeks ago for other reasons (I am going full FOSS/decentralised services). My Reddit account was 11 years old, I don't miss it at all.
I uninstall the app yesterday , I feel sad that reddit has becoming this shitty app it was a great experience since I join like 4 years ago butthanksg god we have lemmy now!
I deleted the official Reddit app and have only gone to r/tildes to check to see if they're offering invites again. I do hope to see a community to match learnprogramming and learnpython show up here.
I moved my Apollo icon to a different location, and it helped the first couple times. But now… I’ve quickly replaced the habit with loading up Lemmy in my browser, haha