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 10 months ago (11 children)

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

[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I somehow replaced reddit with instagram reels and youtube shorts.

[–] MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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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