Yeah, same here. Lemmy sort of scratches the itch, but it's a big itch.
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Communities will need time to grow again, but I'm hopeful and cautiously optimistic
Any time you feel the urge to open reddit, make a post on Lemmy...
It might take a minute, but this will be the new exciting place if we keep at it.
I have had Reddit is Fun in the home buttons on my phone for the last 10 years. I pulled my phone out of my pocket an muscle memoried Reddit open like 20 times today.
I just switched Jerboa into that spot. It is crazy how much that changed things.
I on the other hand feel free lol. I have no urge to check reddit and I'm still exploring lemmy. Also it's just better to go do other things instead of wasting my phone battery just for the sake of wasting time.
Yeah, I'll admit there is the excitement of having a new toy and figuring out how it all works. That takes away some of the boredom or time I'd be scrolling reddit.
Learning >>>> Doomscrolling.
Even if the "learning" is yet another Doomscroll app.
I opened it twice today and was met with the βReddit is killing Third-Party Applicationsβ and remembered I need to keep sticking it to the man.
Very much this. I've got an almost automatic habit of opening reddit when I'm bored and don't have much to do. After a couple of times of seeing that message, I've been searching for the lemmy counterparts for my favourite subs. Turns out a lot of them are getting some steam!
I switched the apps positions. Muscle memmory now takes me to lemmy!
Edit: Spelling
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
I open Reddit way too often. Today I replaced my Reddit shortcut with Lemmy. Jerboa needs some refining but it'll do for now. Let's give it a go!
Jerboa has made the transition much smoother than I expected. Dark mode, card views and basic collapsing and font adjustment is such a relief.
Went to go get some errands done, and come back to find I have more Lemmy upvotes than I had karma in the last 10 years lol.
I swear I've opened Reddit at least 4 times just out of habit before remembering.
Yeah I wish people would stop posting on Lemmy about Reddit and start posting something interesting instead
That will probably take a while. The only reason weβre here is because of reddit and spez being a greedy pigboy, so naturally thatβs gonna be a topic of discussion for a while.
Once this place has a chance to build up a bit of an identity, I suspect thatβll go away.
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'm staying here, I'm done with Reddit.
I rode my bike and did the dishes lol
At the same time?
What no Reddit for a day does to a person
When else am I supposed to do dishes?
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.
I knew I'd do the same thing, so I removed the shortcut to Reddit on my phone and replaced it with Jerboa.
I thought I was addicted to Reddit, but compared to some of you I was totally fine all along! Hurrah!
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've gotten more done today than I have in a long time. And spent plenty of time in the Fediverse too. I'm loving this so far.
At this point Ive completely replaced my addiction to reddit with one to lemmy
- Find something interesting to do with all this spare time.
- Run into an issue.
- Google it.
- Click on the only good quality result.
- It's a blacked out Reddit link.
I removed the app from my home screen and that made things easier.
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 kept doing this and finally just moved the Jerboa for Lemmy app to where I had RIF and it's been working great.
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.
Imma try it on desktop soon.
Number one reason why I froze the Sync for Reddit app (with all the pain in my heart because I fucking love that app).
I deleted Boost from my homescreen and added jerboa. Seems to be working for now. I've also been on YouTube more than I've ever been in my life. Thank the devs for revanced.
Iβve 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 whatβs going on further from my brain, and Lemmy has almost enough content to get a relatively neutral feed of information. Wonβt take much to cross the watershed for meβ¦
I got the hang of lemmy. Very simple. I've deleted all instances of reddit on my phone and won't use it on desktop. I love this site
I fuckin like Lemmy man. It's kinda jank on the app (Jerboa) but it's in alpha and they're doing a great job fixing it and making it intuitive. It's fun to talk in the comments, threads are smaller but the chat is real. I wish there was more content but it'll come.
Idk man it's cool I dig it.
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.