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My Day Away from Reddit

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Re: My Day Away from Reddit

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Post by JaumeGreen »

A bit hyperbolic in their narration. I think the ones here talking about how addictive it was and how you keep reaching for it bring more to the table.

I deleted my account and removed it from Firefox's quick link. I also uninstalled Instagram and Facebook to not replace it with mindless scrolling.

And here I am, visiting other pages a bit too much.

I guess it'll take some time to disconnect completely from it and replace it with something useful.

Re: My Day Away from Reddit

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Post by bwoodward »

I mod a few subs (largest is just over half a million.) While they're relatively easy to mod, I really enjoyed not having to check a queue, not having to deal with a lot of whiners in modmail, and definitely not having to deal with trolls and spammers. Pretty nice.

I blew that time today on browsing through a Lemmy node, but for the next two days I'm going to focus that time elsewhere... maybe I'll make fresh pasta.

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Post by vxNsr »

febed wrote: post #19

I have been off Reddit for almost a year, it’s too addictive. The thing that worked for me was the iOS ScreenTime feature with a thrown away PIN.

Wow, so you don’t know the pin… is there even a way to get around that short of resetting? I use screen time without a pin, the pop up is just enough to pull me away from w/e is I’m trying to block. I also block certain sites completely with Ad blockers. They’re sites that are unusable without an adblocker so if I try to disable the Adblock it’s not worth it.

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Post by PartiallyTyped »

deergomoo wrote: post #18
Havoc wrote: post #3

It did highlight to me how often I circle back to Reddit almost subconsciously when idling surfing the internet. Will need to do something about that…

I uninstalled Apollo yesterday and I’m kind of embarrassed at how many times since I’ve tried to open it without even thinking about it. It’s only when the app isn’t there that your brain snaps out of it and you wonder what the hell you’re doing.

I think it’s a testament to just how good Apollo is, and how addictive reddit can be sans the dark patterns.

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Post by drefinel »

I should have spent the day away from reddit but I didn't, and actually this was the best experience I've had using the site in a while!

there's significantly less politics, I discovered some cool new subreddits due to so many of the biggest communities being closed, threads were pleasantly concise, and I just felt like it was a much more mentally healthy scrolling experience.

it's too bad that this is all going to end in a couple days and it'll be back to normal except without rif.

Re: My Day Away from Reddit

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Post by reddisbad »

Z7YCx5ieof4Std wrote: post #13

The blackout made me aware how much I visited reddit. And a lot less reddit is probably a good thing. Am gonna lurk more than actively participate probably.

Don't lurk! It wastes nearly as much time and mental energy as being an active participant. It took me ages to break my Reddit lurking habit, long after I'd deleted my account.

Re: My Day Away from Reddit

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Post by reddisbad »

rvz wrote: post #20

If you are going to 'leave' the platform, do not take just one day. Delete your entire account forever. Staying on the platform just prolongs the addiction and replacing it with another social network is not the solution.

>replacing it with another social network is not the solution

100% this. Find something better to do! And "lurking" is not it.

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Post by plodman »

deergomoo wrote: post #18
Havoc wrote: post #3

It did highlight to me how often I circle back to Reddit almost subconsciously when idling surfing the internet. Will need to do something about that…

I uninstalled Apollo yesterday and I’m kind of embarrassed at how many times since I’ve tried to open it without even thinking about it. It’s only when the app isn’t there that your brain snaps out of it and you wonder what the hell you’re doing.

Absolutely this. I’ve only had a single Home Screen since Apple added the App Library. I’ve always had Apollo in the same position. I swapped it out with my grocery app. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve opened that grocery app without thinking.
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