do you also spend a lot less time on Lemmy compared to Reddit?

I caught myself loads of times scrolling on Reddit while not even paying attention, or while scrolling on Reddit to then close it immediately opening Reddit again to continue scrolling.

It felt just like any other social media app, scrolling mindlessly, for at least a few hours a day. I noticed this has changed since I’ve been using Lemmy, where I might spend 30 minutes a day on. I’m curious if other experience this too! It feels nice to be freed from Reddit.

lorez,

No, I spend more time here.

implicit_cast,

Yeah. Lemmy and kbin don't do infinite scrolling by default and it's made me a lot happier.

When I hit the end of page 1, I stop and find something more useful to do with my time.

kratoz29,

I am using Lemmy way more, the only time I go back to Reddit is when there is literally no new content on Lemmy lol.

coalbus,

I’d say I still spend more time on Reddit just because there’s some niche communities there that haven’t (and probably won’t) moved to Lemmy. I have been using Lemmy more often though. I stopped using it for a couple weeks after the initial push when the blackouts started on Reddit just because of the lack of content and good mobile apps. This week I’ve used it a lot more after being pleasantly surprised at how much more activity and content there was after just a couple of weeks and now there’s a lot of great mobile apps to choose from. Went from Voyager to Memmy. Both are trying to capture the magic Apollo had (and both are doing a really good job I have to say) but it’s hard to beat the native app experience which Memmy gives. It is really cool that I can self-host Voyager though.

cc8,

For me it is quite the opposite. Using Connect app, and enabling “Hide read posts while scrolling” there is endless fresh content every time I scroll during the day

Cyyy, (edited )

i would scroll a lot longer on lemmy if there would be more content and my app Liftoff wouldn’t completely reset where i left off when i click a link or leave the app for a second. each time i have to search again where i was etc… sucks after 2 time too much to try again. also the sorting in the app don’t rly works… i click sort by new in my profile and it does nothing.

Ghyste,

I’ve doom scrolled on here a few times, but it’s not nearly as bad as I was with reddit.

That said, it’s partially due to less content, and I’ve also made myself pick up a book for the first time in ages after leaving reddit.

adonis,
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I reduced my time on both platforms.

On reddit most of my favorite subs eventually ended up mostly inactive.

And on lemmy/kbin it's either kinda scattered all across, or federation is not consistent like missing comments/votes, which makes it less fun to use, tbh.

mojo,

Yeah cuz I tend to run out of content quicker, but it gets refilled quite a bit throughout the day

maidenless_prawn,

Same here. For me I can count how many times I opened Lemmy throughout the day compared to reddit in which sometimes I opened it literally seconds after closing it. Not that I’m complaining nor celebrating it, for me it’s just that.

CanadaPlus,

Nope. I feel like I spend about as much. I comment a lot, though, so the doomscrolling factor is probably less important.

JudahBenHur,

100％. I was so addicted to reddit I would, like you said, open it without even noticing I did it. It was really shocking to me how many hours a day I was pissing away reading the reposts of bots and the thoughts of teen edge lords. The protests came at a great time, havent been back since (my sub is still on private hehe…) anyway, popping in here is fun and everything but I dont think it’ll ever get as bad as it was.

Jase,
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Only thing that happened was lemmy replaced Reddit. I lurk more now though.

AdaShovelace,
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I spend more time on Lemmy, but that’s mostly because I admin an instance.

Vex_Detrause,

We appreciate you admins and mods!

imaqtpie,
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Same. But even before that I was spending a ton of time as a regular user trying to generate activity. I think I’m finally starting to relax a little bit because Lemmy seems to be stabilizing. Growth has slowed but the core users are more active than ever, and people are starting to form sustainable communities. It feels so right to be a part of this.

Saltarello,

I used Reddit for mindless nonsense but mostly for finding answers in niche topics. As good as Lemmy seems so far it will take a long time for the user count to be suffient enough to fill the information void. I’ll bet our time spent here will increase as user volumes increase

Im28xwa,

Nope, the same amount of time

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