• Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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    8 months ago

    My mental state using reddit vs lemmy.

    Listen, I like lemmy, but it is turbo-doomer compared to Reddit. I think one of the biggest differences is that the smaller reddit communities that I’d use to escape the doomer shit like /r/furry_irl or /r/polandball just don’t really exist here.

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      8 months ago

      Agreed. Lemmy seems to be Linux, Star Trek, politics, and a dash of shitpost.

      I can handle all of it except the constant feed of politics. It’s a US election year so that probably accounts for a lot of it.

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        8 months ago

        That and the ongoing wars, have propaganda armies working every social site on the Internet.

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      8 months ago

      It’s the opposite for me, actually. I use Lemmy far less than I ever used Reddit, so its easier to actually not feel so addicted.

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        8 months ago

        Same except I still need to fill a void. So now I find myself browsing imgur and YouTube more than ever, and neither is any better than reddit. I may have a serious problem.

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        8 months ago

        I gave up Reddit and started on Lemmy, but also started speed cubing. Now when I have time to kill I’ll just get my cube out instead of mindlessly scrolling.

        I can now on average, solve a Rubik’s cube in around 40 seconds.

        Just an idea of how much time was consumed scrolling politics on Reddit

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          8 months ago

          Absolutely! I’ve picked up reading, and finished the first full novel in years for me. I picked Dune, and actually enjoyed it a lot, even if I overall felt myself questioning if Frank ever knew a real woman in his life.

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      8 months ago

      The best way to escape the doomer shit like you did on Reddit is to create equivalent Lemmy communities. For example, I personally wanted to see more Bingus memes on Lemmy, so I created !bingus@lemmy.ml so that the Fediverse could be graced with the presence of Bingus.

      If you liked r/furry_irl and r/polandball on Reddit, and want to see that kind of stuff on Lemmy, all you gotta do is hit that little “create community” button and replicate all your favorite escapes from political nonsense and Linux memes (tho I must admit Linux memes are really cool).

      Yeah, the Lemmy communities you create may not get as big as their Reddit counterparts, but that’s just kinda how it works around here.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, but then I’d have to be a moderator and I just don’t really have the energy or dedication for that. Especially if I wanted to run a polandball community on par with reddit’s. They had some hardcore rules.

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      8 months ago

      I do hope in time more niche communities will pop up. As long as people stay active, the less lazy (or those with more free time) will make the little communities we miss.

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      8 months ago

      One is fitting into a mold, trapped by social norms the other one is free. I find this MEME to be quiet the complement.