The experience that I love isn’t Reddit but the one that I get with Boost. Lemmy is growing and there are some subs I miss from Reddit but the number is constantly decreasing.
I still browse from time to time, but my usage has absolutely tanked after moving over from reddit. I’m just not browsing social media like this much anymore. I actually ended up using YouTube more now? It’s weird. In some ways I feel like my mental health has improved. But I also feel like I’m out of the loop. I don’t know what’s going on outside my immediate bubble for the most part. For better or for worse, I’m not really sure.
One negative thing I suppose is that I’m feeling less connected with others. I feel more isolated now
All that said, boost has made browsing lemmy a much better experience
Youtube won’t be good for your mental health. Their algorithm pushed you into really dark content if you give it time. I still use Reddit for some communities (ex. r/soccer) . But for others Lemmy in Boost scratches the itch.
Ah yeah I’ve heard it can send you into a spiral if you aren’t careful. I get pop ups from time to time but I think the algorithm knows exactly what I like now. I mainly get food videos, science, cute animals, gundam, gunpla and crafting, travel, video games, anime and streamers lol. I guess it’s just visual junk food.
Anything political, or news related I avoid and spam the “don’t show me this” button lol. It’s really weird seeing the main page of youtube when you’re not logged in. It’s so different!
Any subs you can recommend to me on lemmy? I have a few but I’m still trying to find things 😆 🤣
I just created one called Rabbit Holes (idk how to tag them on here, perhaps !rabbitholes@lemmy.world ?) that is all about sharing engrossing content you like to read late at night to spook you out. You should check it out (and contribute if you have anything!). Figured I need to be the content I want to see in the lemmyworld.
When I joined I searched for a bunch of subs that I frequent on reddit, added those, then trawled through /local and /all for an hour and subbed to everything that looked interesting. I spend more time on /local and /all than I did on Reddit and I think that’ll be the case for some time until there’s more overall activity.
Same for me. I started using Reddit because I tried Boost and it felt like a good replacement for the RSS reader I’ve been using. For one thing, I didn’t have to look for the content places I wanna add to RSS and most have difficulty showing full-page content kinda defeated the purpose for me.
I made a Reddit account because of Boost. I didn’t know web only features of Reddit because I never used web version.
I originally didn’t migrate to Lemmy but kbin. Seeing Boost back for Lemmy, I followed Boost.
Same! It’s easy to pick it back up and start adapting to the slight adjustment to my home screen. I just need my snark subs to come back (yes I’m a terrible person) and I’ll be perfect.
You just made my week. I have missed the UI of Boost for so long and didn’t know it existed for lemmy until just now.
