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[-] spitz@lemmy.ml 167 points 2 years ago
[-] ada 49 points 2 years ago

I admin a lemmy instance, so I have less time now than I did when I used Reddit

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 17 points 2 years ago

Ditto, though the maintenance has really gone down since the early days of the migration. Now I basically just restart the docker container twice a week to bandaid Lemmy's memory leak and that's it.

I don't have a large enough userbase to really worry about super active moderation so it's really not bad now.

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[-] PsychrolutesMarcidus 5 points 2 years ago

I am using your instance btw! Thank you for hosting!!!

[-] MisterChief@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

My yard looks nicer. My dog gets 2-3 walks a day instead of 1-2. Also porn.

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago
[-] MisterChief@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Doggy and zoophilia

[-] SDK@midwest.social 20 points 2 years ago

I started a band. 🤷‍♂️ 🎸

[-] xNekoyaki@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Reading more books during breaks at work! It's easier to focus on reading books when I don't have reddit on my phone. I like Lemmy, but I mostly use it for 15min at a time. Since I joined Lemmy/stopped using reddit mobile, I've read 5 books! :)

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For real? Taking care of my mental health. I was in a very bad spot of my life earlier this year. I lost my best friend who also happened to be my business partner, he died in March.

It was a shock, we both founded a small NPO together, he was behind all the strategy, I was more into communication. We thought he would recover from his cancer, but he caught covid while his immune system was at its weakest. He lost that battle.

I immediately tried to find my next professional step, insisting that I had to find a way to promote social economy locally, as that's what we wanted to do together.

All this pressure on myself by myself, plus the state of the world, neverending flow of bad news, me losing faith in mostly everything and becoming extra cynical, I ended up flirting with a major burnout.

Fortunately, I asked for help when it was still time to act, and the reddit api scandal happened at about the same time. Leaving reddit was one of the first step towards recovery. All the subreddits were basically optimized for doomscrolling, which was super toxic for the state of mind I was in.

I just started to use lemmy last week since I found that Sync for Lemmy was available. And I only subscribed to things that aren't too toxic. I'm now on medication to avoid depression. It's been 3 weeks and it's already much better.

I don't think I'll be browsing Lemmy as much as I was browsing reddit.

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 16 points 2 years ago

Why, I spent it maintaining my Lemmy instance of course.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Lemmy, duh.

But also more reading and doing sudokus

[-] marron12@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Browsing Lemmy and kbin. There's lots of interesting stuff when you sort by new. Today's unexpected find was banjo music with duck sounds.

Once in a while, I try my hand at translating.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago

I started using Lemmy... That's why I'm here

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago
[-] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I wonder how many new dnd players will there be because of baldur's gate. it's a shame that you can't really track that

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[-] TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 points 2 years ago

Now I check both Lemmy and (although less than before) Reddit, so I have even less free time

[-] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

All my Reddit time was diverted to here, lol

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is this a real question?

I spent 3 hours on Lemmy yesterday.

[-] devious@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Lemmy was a 1 to 1 time sink replacement for Reddit for me so not a lot has changed!

[-] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I went all out and sold my PS5, bought a guitar and have been teaching myself how to play. I feel awkward because I didn’t just move to Lenny but now I can play dope ass riffs.

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Installed stable diffusion to create pictures of... things.

[-] Thavron@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

It's badgers isn't it?

[-] meldroc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lemmy, and occasionally getting actual work done.

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago

I started taking better care of my mental health and have taken up reading

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[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I went back to going to my news instead of having news fed to me.

[-] eusousuperior@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
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[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Lemmy. I'm actually using it more than I used to use Reddit. But I'm also reading more now, so I think I have more free time in general

[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You’re posting on it.

[-] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Touch grass and go to college

[-] Michal@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago
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[-] neamhsplach@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Browse tumblr. Haven't found my niche yet on lemmy. I'm also learning a new language on Duolingo and am halfway through Ulysses!

[-] olsonexi@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 years ago

use lemmy and mastodon

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Facing all my issues.

[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Creat porn ...

[-] legios@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

I use lemmy obviously. But I've started reading books again rather than doomscrolling until I fall asleep at night, and also more gaming and socialising in general.

I think it was a crutch for my depression.

[-] Quasi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Post comments on Lemmy!

Just kidding.

[-] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago

been drawing more. End up reading up on things more like I use to be someone who did a lot of wikipedia rabbit holing and now I'm doing that again.

[-] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

More reading: books, magazines, newspapers. Also trying to get more exercise.

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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I spend more time posting now. I read more news to find interesting articles and then post them.

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Played more video games, painted a bit more, started watching Babylon 5. It was worth it.

[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I became a bartender and now am studying for my sommelier certification.

[-] Soulyezer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] fadingembers 4 points 2 years ago

I started knitting!
Though if we're being honest I still spend most of it on Lemmy and Firefish now instead of reddit

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure, I think reading more traditional news feeds and being lonely I guess.

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