Yeah this is actually preferable to how I used to open Reddit a thousand times a day for absolutely no reason :)
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I probably spent a bit less time too, but the bigger difference for me is that I'm doomscrolling less but instead I'm commenting more and posting more.
Same! I keep looking at R…and getting annoyed. I miss bacon reader.
I'm spending way more time online in general and on SM in particular, just not on one platform. I think it's because, in searching for something new, I've found all of these other places each with their unique culture, atmosphere, etiquette, and language. And each place is introducing me to new things (new search engines, browsers, streaming sites and apps, podcasts, RSS feeds to subscribe to, etc.) If I had stuck to Reddit, I just would've been doomscrolling instead of exploring what's out there.
I'm sure it's different for everyone but I was beginning to get burned out on social media and would have spent less time on it regardless.
I'm the same, used to spend hours scrolling but use it only about half an hour. Quite happy about breaking the cycle.
Meanwhile, I'm spending way more time here than on reddit. Ouch.
Same. And I’m quite happy with the reduced time. When I tried to quit reddit cold turkey I found myself back almost immediately. But lemmy is a nice substitute. Content gets replaced at a slower rate, moderation is looser or less annoying. Fewer bot nonsense. And tough there is a crowd here on lemmy spewing a lot of nonsense, I almost prefer that they never get concealed. Shows more truly the divide on the issues. I almost don’t want lemmy to grow to Reddit size, tough I feel it might, with time.
Yes, this is quite homely.
Same here, indeed it's for the best
I'm fed up with logging in every day. Why can't I stay logged in for some reasonable time like other apps?
Use a different app. I've never had this issue
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Same, and I don't think that's such a bad thing either.
Doomscrolling used to have a meaning of browsing /r/collapse and /r/collapsescience rather than /r/worldnews
I've been spending less time on Lemmy and Kbin overall, but I'm more engaged and commenting more. Basically, I'm getting more out of the conversations here. Not saying the conversations on Reddit were any less meaningful, because there are a lot of intelligent people that posted and are posting over there (I'm assuming they're still posting over there, I honestly haven't been there since the 3PA Purge). Maybe because the amount of comments here are fewer so it's easier to read more comments and respond vs the wall of comments and still missing a lot of information. I don't know. But I feel like I can spend less time here and get more out of the posts and comments.
You can look up dark patterns and compare the two based on that if you want, that would be very interesting!
Not sure if that is a diss or not