So Iβve switched to lemmy since the reddit meltdown started, experienced quite some withdrawal symptoms, occasionally turned back to reddit, more often logged out than logged in. Now I am merely using Lemmy occasionally and by far not as often as I used reddit before. No more doom scrolling.
So far so good.
Today I went on reddit for the first time in like 3 weeks straight (I couldnβt do that for the last yearsβ¦ yeah, I was very addicted in hindsight). I justβ¦ I donβt know what it is.
Reddit just isnβt fun anymore.
I turned away after maybe 5 minutes. There were maybe 2-3 repost-worthy pics, one interesting video and a few small niche discussions that all went straight tits up within a few replies.
If I ask a question on lemmy, it usually is a straightforward, honest discussion. Almost no blaming of the posters or answerers misunderstandings or senseless answers. It goes a bit back and forth usually and people tend to thank each other for corrections. I canβt remember when that happened on a reddit discussion. Maybe years back? Anyway, Iβm not going back there anymore, not because I hate the CEO, but because reddit is not fun anymore. Lost all interest in it.
Did anyone of you have a similar experience?
Do you consider anything that mentions politics boring? Do you have no interest in international relations? I understand if youβre not from the US, but thereβs a lot of good information in those posts.
Yep! I donβt care about trump, elon musk and what lame alternative to discord there is. Slowly blocking stuff will be the way I guess
Is that really so strange? Personally I donβt care about any level of politics or news outside of a couple of fields in general, certainly donβt care for it being on social media. Generally it seems that if it is actually important I will find out about it one way or another anyway.