I never liked Reddit. I used to only use it for an hour or less a day to follow tech and IT communities.

But now, after the blackout, I can’t leave Lemmy. I’m on it about 5-6 hours a day to find communities, read news about Reddit blackout and Lemmy’s future. I think going back to Reddit will be good for me. It will take less of my time, especially after a lot of people quit Reddit.

Edit: Thank you for your nice answers and advice. I think all the good people of Reddit are here at Lemmy and kbin.

  • Dirk Darkly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You know, with Reddit, I didn’t even have an account. Just browsing for a bit and done. Now look at me. Account made, leaving comments. What’s next? Making posts?

  • arandomthought@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    5-6 hours seems excessive… If you have other issues that are the root cause, maybe deal with those first, but if it’s a self-control issue (which it was for me sometimes) there are great browser plugins to block certain sites after a certain amount of time. I use LeechBlock for firefox and after my “self allotted time” it locks down reddit and lemmy for me so I can’t access it any more. There are similar plug ins for other browsers, I can really recommend it!

    Ps: But to answer your original question, from an ideological standpoint, definitely stay on lemmy.

  • DoruDoLasu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the fact you use it more than you would expect is expectable with the fact it’s new to you and the blackout is still going for half of the subreddits, looking at the stream - that’s captivating. Also Reddit already has estabilished communities while here is the Wild West, revolution is… revolving. We’re here for it. But never think you’re missing out, whether you’ll spend here 5 minutes or hours. In the end does it really matter you know what Reddit CEO said this morning? And this platform is decentralised and open source, whatever wouldn’t happen there will always be an instance. If you feel too distracted by this place (don’t blame you, I’ve just joined and I’m like wow) and you feel that it will be better for you, feel free to look at Reddit …but maybe actually take a break from both. while exciting, social media can be a bit stressful and if you feel like you could be doing something productive, dedicate your time to that. if you just want to waste your time a bit, maybe try sketching or a little code - it feels good to create something