Not avoiding yet, but I just cut my subscribed subreddits by about half. Should reduce my time there.
fratermus
joined 1 year ago
Duckduckgo by default, adding !g bang syntax to use google if DDG isn't helping.
Will you go back to Reddit and other centralized social media platforms, if Reddit step back from the API changes?
No; I didn't even know about the API issue until after I registered on a lemmy instance.
My transition from twitter -> mastodon was so smooth and pleasant I started sniffing around lemmy again. I'd looked at it a year or two ago but didn't take the bait at that time.
One step away from A Clockwork Orange where users' eyes will be held open so they are forced to see fashy-curious content
Same, happened to me 2x this morning when I switched to another browser tab. I caught one before posting my comment, but the other comment got posted to the unrelated thread that had suddenly appeared.
especially the horrid Reddit app
The only Apple thing I ever enjoyed using was a ][e.