Whatcha up to this blackout eve? How are you spending it? Anything you’ve made more time for? Do any of you feel antsy? Lmk! :)
Wasting my life on Lemmy instead.
The only valid answer!
Yeah I thought about trying to better myself like learn to bake a soufflé, read a book, workout but then I just go to Lemmy
Mostly Lemmy, Mastodon,
actually touching grass after years,and for my less proud time-waster, Discord and Youtube.I’m spending the time, accidentally absentmindedly clicking on Apollo, seeing the protest posts and then force closing the app. Haha
I had to move bacon reader off my homepage so I’d stop clicking on it.
I spent it hunting down a reddit alternative and browsing on lemmy.
I’m not going back. Reddit will go downhill gradually as it tries to squeeze out value at the expense of the community, and that’s not something I’m going to support it any way.
This is day 2 for me on Lemmy, plus a bit of time for the previous 3 or 4 messing about here and there. And… I’m kinda in love. I just hope there’s more people showing up, with more content and such soon :)
I realized how hard Reddit is getting astro turfed by large organizations and I’m glad to be somewhere it’s not yet a problem.
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Trying to figure out Lemmy. It’s not easy…
Also, replying to users who keep requesting access to our blacked out sub.
I think you’re going to find a little bit of a sampling bias asking that question here.
I visited Facebook… It wasn’t nice.
Yeah I’ve seen enough of my older relative’s political views to know that one is a lost cause haha
I feel like Reddit is a big basket of candy and goodies and I’m just sitting here staring at it telling myself not to touch. I’ve spent the time away by listening to podcasts and spending more time outside gardening and reading actual books and not a screen. It’s really rewarding and freeing, but I miss interacting with a community so I’m glad to have been directed to Lemmy.
Uninstall Reddit so you’re not tempted
Well, looking if this lemmy thing is a good replacement ;) So far seems this is the way to go!
Especially with Jerboa already in place, its IMO a good switch.
The one thing that worries me is all that useful info trapped on Reddit, if Lemmy data expires then that has a long term cost/loss which is sad.
I migrated over to Lemmy and am learning more about that. As crazy as it sounds, I have cut my screen time in half since the blackout. I think this has shown me I’m on technology a bit too much and I need to go outside more and be more productive with my day.
Same, my bathroom time has easily halfed lol. But seriously, I really like the idea of the Fediverse, if I understand it right. Like, each ‘sub-reddit’ is it’s own service, distributed from each other. Rather than Reddit which is centralized. I absolutely miss certain things about Reddit, /r/bestof was my longest subscribed sub. I don’t think I’ll be going back unless/u/Spez does A LOT of back tracking and apologizing.
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I’m sure some will go back when the blackout ends, but I’m here to stay. Even if Spez apologies and backtracks, I wouldn’t go back. They showed us who they really are and what they are going after. I’m not going to help them by giving them my data. I’d rather invest time, effort, and energy to this decentralized thing…as soon as I understand it more.
I will miss Reddit, but even if you go back it won’t be the same.
Honestly, just taking a break from social media all together. Reddit was my main source of “media” for the past 7 years. I joined Lemmy to hopefully be a replacement. But it’s nice to just have a cleansing every once in a while :)
Lemmy instead
I keep habitually itching to use Reddit, but I just replaced the Home Screen icon with Mlem and it’s made that easier
Don’t hate me but I’m still checking on on Boost. Many of the tiny communities I like are not here yet but I’m subtlety suggesting they should expand their horizons in this direction.
I figure the protest doesn’t much matter Reddit isn’t going to back down they are a private company still and not subject to the will of Investors. As long as we get out before the try to go public it will foil their plans. I’d like to delete my account there soon
I noticed the weak point of this protest was the alternatives options where not made clear (or maybe suggestions got supressed) finding Lemmy took me some time and I suspect that communities and users remaining on reddit may not be aware of it.
I’m spending it on Lemmy.
I also deleted my rif app so I don’t accidentally open it.
So far I’ve had a pretty darn good experience. It scratches the same itch. But in other ways it’s better than Reddit - there’s no chance of karma whoring here as there’s no real karma system. Upvotes and downvotes are merely tools for boosting visibility and don’t have any additional meaning.
Then again, the jerboa app could use more polish and qol updates and additional features, really the Lemmyverse is still early days, like a new house with no furnishings and no front garden, it’s bare it’s not comfortable yet, but it’s all shiny and unmolested. I’m sure things will get better over time.
The censorship is a pain though, like your comment was auto-censored for “karma x”.
I think they should just ban spammers and scammers and let the votes decide the rest.
Huh, didn’t know about the censorship. I guess that’s dependent on the server you are on?
In the times I’d usually be scrolling reddit, I’ve been opening the rif app, remembering I’m doing that anymore, then opening Lemmy. Each time I get to know Lemmy a bit more, find a new cub to subscribe to, or answer an ask lemmy question.
I don’t want to delete the rif app until it stops working though, at which point I’ll naturally leave reddit, cos I never use it on desktop and I’m not downloading the mess of an official app.
