I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it’s crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

Unfortunately now we’re going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like “TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023” to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.

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It could help to add reddit.com to your hosts file or your ublock origin filter list.

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Yeah, I keep starting to type “reddit.com” into my browser address bar. Luckily “feddit.de” isn’t too far off.

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Muscle memory is also hard to break. I had to remove Apollo from my homescreen :D

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I made a shortcut automation in iOS to close Apollo as soon as it’s opened. Works & has caught me in my habit a few times already. lmao

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I know the feeling. I had to put it in a folder “Do not use”. It’s like the first rhing I check in the morning. This lemmy thing has potential. I miss Apollo so much though. Jesus if Christian ported Apollo to use a lemmy backend I’m not sure I’d even notice it wasn’t Reddit. 😀

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I put Discord in its place, my muscle memory has been opening it all morning.

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This is the way

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I replaced my reddit icon with Jerboa. I’m working on my own client in the mean time, though

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Did the same! Now I don’t have to think twice before clicking it.

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Same lol. Replaced the icon with the Lemmy app for Android and here I am 👍🏻

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I did the same. I put Mlem in place of my Apollo icon.

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I keep unlocking my phone then opening Apollo, then realising what day it was then locking my phone again.

In a constant endless loop.

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Same. When searching I had a shortcut on my keyboard for site:Reddit. com

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ChatGPT can be a handy way to get certain information as well.

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You need to be careful what info from ChatGPT you can trust. It has only trained on data up to a certain date, and is known to just make stuff up. Don’t rely on it for anything critical

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Not even current data. I was having a look at its capabilities in propositional logic, which has been around for literal centuries. Still very (I can’t stress just how very) basic mistakes made. And I mean in its explanations, not in any actual doing of logic.

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It was allegedly trained on reddit for cheap too!

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