• mvu@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    I got you

    • add ebook reader app to phone
    • download ebooks
    • pretend ebooks are long-form Reddit posts
    • become well-read while wasting time

    If you can’t read, download picture ebooks instead

    • Gerryflap@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I did the same with Jerboa a few days ago. I keep clicking it, and it’s actually building the “good” habit of using Lemmy instead of reddit. There’s less content here though, but maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. Filling the “mindless scrolling of the internet” time with something useful should be my actual goal. So having less stuff to browse might help with that.

    • StarManta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Exactly the same. If I’m gonna have muscle memory take me there, it may as well be an app that serves a similar function.

    • Space_Racer@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 year ago

      While its does feel like reddit 10 years ago, the appeal to me became that reddit always had soemthign new no matter the hour of day. Hope Lemmy can get there.

      • Graphine@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah but back then the pro was that you could actually lead a productive fucking life off your phone lmao. Now if there’s always something new on Reddit it just leads into habit/addiction

        Personally the appeal for me has become the opposite. Because I have to wait for Lemmy to update, I can actually stay off my phone more and do more productive things.

  • donnnnnb@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Try an RSS aggregator app like Feedly and add all your favorite topics/sites. I filled mine up with web comics, car blogs and tech stuff. Also been getting into NPR lately, lots of interesting stuff and less of a focus on politics.

    • msdos622@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      That’s what I did at first. But for me the beauty of reddit isn’t with the post themselves, it’s in the comments.

      • ritchie@lemmy.one
        2·
        1 year ago

        Same here. I miss the sub with my countrymen, where we could discuss the daily happenings/news. I liked reading different experiences on the topics.

  • Draksis@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Deleted Reddit and Twitter same day, I’m bored for sure but it’s kind of insane how addicted to information I am. Trying to break it is hard.

  • aragon@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Jerboa has been good so far. Somehow the discussions on lemmy feels more engaging than on reddit. Might be because there are no bots regurgiating comments. But the lack of my favourite subreddits have helped my phone addiction 😂 Hopefully this will be rectified soon 😉

    • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I just wish it was easier to explore other lemmy instances or do anything other than view already subscribed sections in jeroba. On android 11 and earlier you can at least go into settings and make it so that when people post links to other areas in lemmy it will open in jeroba but Google took away the ability to manually control which apps open what links in android 12.

  • LostCause@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I went traditional and am reading books more and now I‘m also hanging out here. Excited to explore Lemmy a bit with all of you.