honestly it's replaced reddit for me in a good way, because it has just enough new content that I can check it before bed every day and scroll for a bit, but not enough to where I spend entire lunch breaks on it. sometimes I go days without even checking it. if anything it's made my relationship with my browser / phone healthier than reddit.

[–] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 30 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Exactly. Lemmy is an anti-doomscrolling platform and that's very healthy and amazing.

[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I somehow replaced reddit with instagram reels and youtube shorts.

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah, they got ya by the dopamine balls

[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they do. Would you believe me if i said giving up social media is harder than giving up nicotine?

[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Give yourself some grace, yes corporate social media is addictive and yes it is easy to get lost mindlessly scrolling but the important question to ask is why is your brain so exhausted and stressed that mindlessly scrolling is the only thing you really have the mental energy to do so much of the time?

Western society repeatedly slams through the narrative that social media addiction is the reason people are miserable and it is all a pathetic attempt to distract us from the fact that our lives suck because of actual horrible things like not being able to afford rent, being in endless debt, not being able to afford healthcare and any number of other awful stresses.

If you need to blob out and scroll after getting out of your shitty job that pays shit where you are treated like shit and sitting in shitty traffic on the way home for who knows how long that’s on society for only providing predatory options that abuse you.

For a lot of people the only thing they actually have the energy to do after work every night is mindlessly scroll, it is a grace that people at least have that to turn to even if it is predatory. It is a symptom not the core issue.

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

Also true. And there are plenty of worthwhile/educational things to be found on the apps that can help a bit more than they harm. But yeah, it being a symptom is spot on.

[–] MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I just discovered Lemmy, and I'm so happy about it. Instagram replaced Reddit for me these last five months, and I can really feel how detrimental it is for me. It's like an ADHD-machine. No community, no discussion, just this as quick and loud phase as possible vibe. You look through one recipe video and you get recipes for several days. People dancing and dancing with huge smiles and these creepy eyes. Honestly it's all so dystopian.

So keeping on with Instagram is not an option, going back to reddit is not an option - and I was really considering becoming like this person who is never in his phone, really mentally healthy, but wildly uninformed about the world and the general discussion 😅

The feel of this place with the Sync app is just so * chefs kiss *. Feels like what reddit was.

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