I stopped using reddit when Apollo went down, and 2-3 hours of scrolling and active posting in some niche subs turned into ~30 mins of Lemmy per day, which I find much more healthy.
I didn’t start doing yoga, painting, or a side business, just feel much better having cut back the last big pillar of my social media addiction.
So thanks Steve!
(If it’s not too much to ask, please take a look at how you could improve instagram, you could save another 15 minute of my day)
The people here seem much nicer…for the moment.
I started reading books much more. I’m glad about that.
I will. I got all these library apps on my phone so I go to those instead of social apps. Or I do surveys for money; I’ve made a lot of cash that way! Something productive feels better.
Good for you, buddy. I always keep at least a book or two on my phone in the form of audiobooks and a pretty big pile next to my bed. Unfortunately, a slow reader even after so many years.
Don’t worry. As this site grows more and more contents are coming you will be back to normal. You will be watching yourself scrolling for hours.
Same here! Since I quit Reddit, I’ve lost 120 lbs, gotten promoted, and learned to play the piano!
Agreed. I also downloaded a rss reader and am doing better about actually reading articles instead of going to comments to get the synopsis.
I’m on iOS and purchased Reeder. Some of the other apps have some nice features from what I read, I just didn’t want to pay a monthly subscription for an RSS feed.
Reeder has been great so far and I like that it has the ability to follow mastodon users and YouTube channels built in. The twitter integration is broken for obvious reasons, but I’m fine with that.
