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I feel like I'm spending less time on social media after switching to Lemmy (lemmy.world)
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Maybe it's just because there's less content on Lemmy as of right now, but I remember doomscrolling Reddit, but now I only briefly open Lemmy once or twice a day.

Could this be an example of the affects of addictive social media?

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[–] ShooBoo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy still has a small user base compared to sites like Reddit. Some of those features came out of managing huge user bases. And naturally when you have a huge userbase, you have people wanting to make money. Some honestly, some not. The site itself sees the potential to make money. Over time good intentions tend to melt away and the demons run amok.

The trick will be if places like Lemmy and Mastadon and whatever are able to over come this and remain pure.