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I haven't been on Reddit since the 11th... Anyone else? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago by Snapz@beehaw.org to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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Just realized that the other day.

I had initially intended to feel it out and honor the blackout from 12-14, then figured, "I'm here now, might as well ride out the month if Reddit isn't responding in any meaningful way to the community's requests" and now I think I'll just be in the fedi apps for the foreseeable future.

It's different here, but it hasn't been a struggle and it gets better and better with time. Feels nice to not support inhumane and user-hostile endless corporate greed.

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[-] tkohldesac@kbin.social 42 points 2 years ago

Yup! Same here. Had someone recommend kbin on mastodon so I made my way here. Deleted 2 10+ year old Reddit accounts and cut all ties. I went in anonymously to check out what happened with that submarine but otherwise cut all ties. The amount of my life I've taken back by dropping that site is incredible. I didn't realize how much of my time was spent doomscrolling there. Now I'm playing guitar, playing games and building web dev projects with all the time I'm saving. I never got into Twitter but from my understanding a lot of people have had my same experience dropping that site too.

[-] b00m@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

I've noticed my browsing behavior really improved again after 13+ years on reddit.
I seek out more individual content, get my news from actual news sites and find more interesting stuff to read.

[-] SonnyVabitch@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I noticed that in my insatiable craving of information I am now reading the newsletters in my email inbox that have gone unnoticed for years!

[-] dismalnow@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it might have been me. Are you rawb or gristle?

Regardless, I am fond of the fact that the fediverse is small enough to where that's not a ridiculous question to ask.

[-] tkohldesac@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Gristle - Thanks for the recommendation!

[-] dismalnow@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Amazing!

[-] YeezyUmplebutter@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

This is my exact situation. 10+ year old account. Once Apollo announced its shutdown I went ahead and downloaded redact and scrambled previous comments. Spent a few days searching through different socials and landed on kbin. I check it less frequently for sure. But I’ve gotten a lot of time back.

[-] tkohldesac@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Same! Didn't even realize I had a bunch of replies to this comment til just now. Feels good to be free.

[-] ForestOrca@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

DownloadedDeleted both my 12+ year old accts. Moved to Kbin / Lemmy / Mastodon - I'll settle into a rhythm with the new one. And yeah, Reddit had gotten addictive for me, so it's best I move on anyway. Yay Open Source!!

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Well it’s good that you’re honest that Reddit was addictive, but I hope you realize that you’re just replacing your addiction with a similar addiction. It’s like detoxing off of whiskey by drinking home brewed beers.

[-] ForestOrca@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

What a coincidence, I'm also a homebrewer. LoL

[-] Jojo-Mcfrost572@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

So you haven't cut ties if you were on Reddit reading stuff

[-] tkohldesac@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I guess you're right, hahaha!

[-] TechyShishy@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ouch. We wish we could say we had the same experience. Apparently, doomscrolling was part of what was keeping us afloat. Once we dropped that, we sunk much deeper into our depression. We're glad that you had a better experience though.

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