Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.
this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Pooping.
Poop gang unite!
Fuck spez
Two types of people in this post:
- Those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not doing something productive", and
- those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not Reddit"
You forgot yourself. It's three
Because fuck spez thatβs why. Deleted my 10+ year old mod account back when they killed Apollo. Havenβt been back (and donβt plan to either).
I'm bored.
Reddit refugee. After Spez spazzed out, and I couldn't use Sync anymore, I was gone.
As for this second? Same reason everyone is here. On a break looking at a phone.
EDIT
Also, my first post! Also, fuck /u/spez
Poor impulse control
My discomfort while being bored
I came here because of the reddit strike. I am one of those idiots that used the official app anyway but i did not like the way they handled the change. I changed to lemmy and after a couple of days I deleted my reddit account. I actually don`t remember when I had this much fun exploring a part of the internet. I just love the community. Sure there could be more content and especially discussion in the comments but I take the slower content generation over the toxic cesspool most large online communities have become any day of the week.
Doomscrolling
I'm shy but I still have the human desire for social interaction. Written communication with anonymous strangers strikes a good balance between avoiding shyness triggers and fulfilling that desire to be social.
(Shy probably isn't the right word. I have no problem giving a formal presentation to a room full of my coworkers, but I won't initiate an informal conversation with a coworker in the break room.)
Because we are just a bunch of weird strangers that have limited time of existence so we feel free to share our genuine opinions about the absurdity of life, while maintaining anonynimity hidden behind a username.
My code is compiling.
Because Reddit got boring af. And annoying. Spambots everywhere because of API shutdown.
You mean at the very moment? I'm waiting for my gf to come to sleep. In general? Boycotting Reddit and I still like to get my news curated
died on counter strike. Waiting for next round :D
Because I'm addicted to Lemmy. It's like [that other website] but much better! I can crosspost stuff to multiple communities and make things much more difficult to censor. Copyright cartel want to shut down piracy? You can't shut down all of our instances. π
bus ride home
Fediverse is a healthy alternative I don't need to feel bad about. I feel shameful and don't want to talk about it when I use Reddit, which I stopped using anyways.
Trying to reinvigorate !superbowl@lemmy.world and !anime@lemmy.ml .
SuperbOwl migrated from Reddit but nobody was doing anything with it. I try to post at least one owl a day. Currently I'm posting one owl rescue a day for each US state so people can visit and support them in person. Today is #11, Hawaii.
Anime communities seem so dead in Lemmy. There was finally an active thread last weekend, so I wanted to try to start another one this weekend.
Because I used boost for Reddit and I wasn't going to use Reddit without it. Now I just like the concept of Lemmy.
Can't sleep and I need a distraction
Checking my Lemmy messages. I love going back and forth with people in comments.
Reddit doesn't work on my phone and my PC takes ages loading Baldur's gate 3
Rougly 43 seconds before seeing this post, I was looking to some really cool artworks and photography pieces, on dedicated communities.
I very much enjoy it here. It feels like the first non toxic social media that has existed in terms of its personality. People seem friendly and willing to face discussion. It's also nice to interact without ads and idiots like Zuck and Musk.
If there's people there will be toxicity. Look at all of the down voted comments in major threads, it's just reddit with less people. Still a public communication platform.
It's a whole new world.
thanks for that. now my brain is πΆ π΅ πΆ π΅
read some articles
I'm not.
Procrastinating on work, as usual.
It was during the mini-exodus, gotta start somewhere
My daughter and her netball team are having a session at flip out. It's 4pm and I want to go home. I have things to do. We've been out since 8am.
Figuring out whats up in the world. I open the all feed and sort by top in past 12 hours. Thunder client ftw.
Cuz I got nothing better to do.
Caught up on discord.
I prefer not to say.
Reading leftist memes and LGBTQIA+ basic tips for like daily life. Oh and the Autism/ADHD community tips, too. I'm pretty burnt out on commenting on news posts, and hope to make more original posts around culture and tech stuff.
As in right now? Sitting outside in the city center on a Friday night watching people having fun with friends and trying to feel the same vicariously through them.
Don't want to appear staring so I'm typing on my phone.
just signed up, i'm here to check things out π
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