I caught myself loads of times scrolling on Reddit while not even paying attention, or while scrolling on Reddit to then close it immediately opening Reddit again to continue scrolling.

It felt just like any other social media app, scrolling mindlessly, for at least a few hours a day. I noticed this has changed since I’ve been using Lemmy, where I might spend 30 minutes a day on. I’m curious if other experience this too! It feels nice to be freed from Reddit.

  • TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee
    201·
    1 year ago

    The only reason I use Lemmy less than I used reddit is the lack of content, I was following so many subreddits that every time I sorted by new I could scroll for hours before I hit the posts I’d seen last time I opened the app. Here there just aren’t as many communities and a lot of the ones I’m following are dead so my feed is just the same 20 posts every time I open it.

    • smort@lemmy.world
      38·
      1 year ago

      And actual content or discussions I want to engage with. Plenty of memes here, but if I want to talk about any hobbies that aren’t Linux or video games, there just isn’t much here (yet).

      So for better and worse, I also spend less time on lemmy than I did on reddit

      • catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
        24·
        1 year ago

        Also the constant outcries from vegans and environmentalists…like we get it, the world is on fire. You’re not the first to tell me that and there’s little I can do about it. It’s so exhausting.

    • demesisx@slrpnk.net
      231·
      1 year ago

      I probably had only around 70 subs in my list of Reddit. On lemmy, I have 274.

      • jeffw@lemmy.world
        231·
        1 year ago

        But if you add up the active users in your subs and communities, the subs would still outweigh the communities significantly