and using lemmy feels like starting a car in the 1910s by hand cranking the engine. ie i like it but it’s a pain
i got into twitter more, but i’m trying to not engage with the stupid shit that i know is just written to drive me insane
i also, a few times, reflected off the boredom and done something productive; made spreadsheets or installed a video game [i am physically unable to get into gaming for some reason]
I have the same experience, but I consider it to be a positive. Lemmy isn’t trying to force an algorithm on me and retain my eyeballs. I subscribed to what I want to see, I scroll through new a bit, top day a bit, leave a comment here and there, and I do other things.
Before, I found myself bouncing between Reddit and YouTube, doing usually nothing else fun or productive. Since then, I’ve been doing more varied things, playing different games, working on programming projects. I find that I’m much more satisfied with how I spend my time.
I do still have a YouTube problem, but a lot of the stuff I watch is related to my interests and good background listening material anyway, so it’s not really stopping me from doing other things.
I guess that’s just a factor of this being a non profit thing. A user-built social media platform doesn’t have to do everything it can to retain user eyeballs for as many seconds a day as possible.
That’s an aspect of lemmy I love! You curate your own feeds of content, so once you’ve exhausted it for a bit….you’re done!
My screen time has dropped 30% and I’m less irritatable during my day, so I think it’s a feature, not a bug.
Relatable. I was relieved I wouldn’t be doomscrolling anymore. Then i found Lemmy, which works as a doomscroll sometimes, ut also goes down or goes slow randomly, forcing me to do something else.
I’ve found that I’m also browsing (old-school) forums now to fill the time.
The slowness is healthier, in a way. I’m reading a lot more articles than I did on Reddit, and I’m no longer a lurker.
With apps like Voyager and Memmy I’m cautiously optimistic, a few hiccups with instances going down notwithstanding.
Ive been jumping back and forth between lemmy and 4chan.
also the porn is just not the same
Your username suggests you already have a favorite platform for that
