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I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Conscat wrote: post #23
skilled wrote: post #19

Meh, Reddit is a boring platform outside of your personal interests. I myself follow only one subreddit and check maybe other 4-5 for news/updates, but none of these are in the top 1000, maybe not even top 10,000 subreddits. I find Reddit culture to be bland and uninspiring. Even technical/niche subreddits get absolutely run over by "noobs" and people who have too many questions but too little patience to do research…

r/cpp doesn't allow question-asking threads, except for questions which explicitly invite discussion.

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Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by pb7 »

skilled wrote: post #19

Meh, Reddit is a boring platform outside of your personal interests. I myself follow only one subreddit and check maybe other 4-5 for news/updates, but none of these are in the top 1000, maybe not even top 10,000 subreddits. I find Reddit culture to be bland and uninspiring. Even technical/niche subreddits get absolutely run over by "noobs" and people who have too many questions but too little patience to do research…

Reddit's comments are extremely predictable because the popular subreddits have such a homogenous personality. But they've really perfected the outrage machine where once you get hooked on reading through /r/all, it's hard to break.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by Eji1700 »

rat9988 wrote: post #22
gaoshan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that Reddit is doing a good job of harming its usability (and the overall experience with mods that wield the ban hammer for the slightest disagreements, for example) I do not understand this sentiment for old reddit. I've been on the site for over 15 years and while I do pine for the old days (when comments and content were of much higher quality) the old UI holds no such sway over me.

With RES it's it's truely nice to use the old UI.

Yep. It's mostly a information to screen usage ratio thing. There's so much useless "noise" on modern reddit, even if your customize it. Res + old reddit is much better at letting you see what you want to see and move on.

That said, I'm at the point where i'm just converting everything to rss feed readers. I'm sure that's going to be blown up eventually as well, but in the meantime it's probably the best way to just get whatever information you want, quickly, and not be stuck navigating websites.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by lovich »

gaoshan wrote: post #15
bmarquez wrote: post #6

> To quit Reddit, I wanted the Pavlok to deliver a painful shock every time I visited Reddit That's a bit...extreme. Fortunately Reddit is doing a great job diminishing its own usability. When Reddit enables their paid API and locks out 3rd party clients in the process, there will be greater friction to browse. When they eventually kill old.reddit.com that'll be the nail in the coffin.

I agree that Reddit is doing a good job of harming its usability (and the overall experience with mods that wield the ban hammer for the slightest disagreements, for example) I do not understand this sentiment for old reddit. I've been on the site for over 15 years and while I do pine for the old days (when comments and content were of much higher quality) the old UI holds no such sway over me.

Have you used the “new” ui directly? For me the gallery links somehow manage to crash Firefox on mobile more often than not. Links to comment threads also load only 2 threads deep and I have to constantly click on load more buttons to continue the conversation. On top of all that there’s a ton of space wasted on the sides to just have the thread be in the center?

If I was using Reddit solely to view images it might be an improvement but it’s nearly unusable if you are using it primarily to read comments

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by tester457 »

pb7 wrote: post #4

If you're struggling with social media addiction, I would recommend deleting the native apps off your phone. The better, smoother UX and faster response time reduces any and all friction. I find that when I have to use the mobile sites, I can't stand them so I naturally want to leave. Reddit's mobile site is a dumpster fire so it's perfect for wanting to keep your sessions short. Instagram's is similar. Sadly, Twitte…

This does not work for me because I despise how mobile apps can't have multiple tabs open so I never use native apps.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by pb7 »

tester457 wrote: post #35
pb7 wrote: post #4

If you're struggling with social media addiction, I would recommend deleting the native apps off your phone. The better, smoother UX and faster response time reduces any and all friction. I find that when I have to use the mobile sites, I can't stand them so I naturally want to leave. Reddit's mobile site is a dumpster fire so it's perfect for wanting to keep your sessions short. Instagram's is similar. Sadly, Twitte…

This does not work for me because I despise how mobile apps can't have multiple tabs open so I never use native apps.

Ironically, I actually also use HN's mobile site not because I'm trying to break my usage of it but because I like opening multiple stories/comments sections in new tabs throughout the day and slowly reading through them when I have time.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by waveBidder »

clawoo wrote: post #17

LeechBlock is surpisingly effective for me. I block all time sinks during working hours with an exception of 2 minutes every 4 hours to quickly check whether the world is ending. My productivity has skyrocketed.

in this vein, TimeLimit.io is in this vein for phone apps, and has quite granular permissions

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by spacemadness »

mr_00ff00 wrote: post #12
pb7 wrote: post #4

If you're struggling with social media addiction, I would recommend deleting the native apps off your phone. The better, smoother UX and faster response time reduces any and all friction. I find that when I have to use the mobile sites, I can't stand them so I naturally want to leave. Reddit's mobile site is a dumpster fire so it's perfect for wanting to keep your sessions short. Instagram's is similar. Sadly, Twitte…

Crazy thing I find is how even with apps off, how quickly you will subconsciously type in “Reddit” or something into google. I haven’t used social media in years, but I remember when I quit it how I would sometimes be on my laptop doing something and almost out of habit hit “Ctrl + T” for a new tab and type the first few letters of Reddit or instagram.

HN is still social media. Not as heavy as others on the one hand but It’s also not free from all issues other forms of social media have. I just engaged with you and you might feel compelled to engage back. You might see yourself get downvoted for odd reasons and spend time wondering why or being emotionally effected by it. Rinse, repeat, etc.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by dan1234 »

pb7 wrote: post #32
skilled wrote: post #19

Meh, Reddit is a boring platform outside of your personal interests. I myself follow only one subreddit and check maybe other 4-5 for news/updates, but none of these are in the top 1000, maybe not even top 10,000 subreddits. I find Reddit culture to be bland and uninspiring. Even technical/niche subreddits get absolutely run over by "noobs" and people who have too many questions but too little patience to do research…

Reddit's comments are extremely predictable because the popular subreddits have such a homogenous personality. But they've really perfected the outrage machine where once you get hooked on reading through /r/all, it's hard to break.

Yes, I got hooked on /r/all and I ended up adding reddit to my nextdns ban list to force a total break.

Haven't missed it, it was a real time sink with very little positive return.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by InvisibleUp »

bmarquez wrote: post #6

> To quit Reddit, I wanted the Pavlok to deliver a painful shock every time I visited Reddit That's a bit...extreme. Fortunately Reddit is doing a great job diminishing its own usability. When Reddit enables their paid API and locks out 3rd party clients in the process, there will be greater friction to browse. When they eventually kill old.reddit.com that'll be the nail in the coffin.

They already killed the lightweight mobile version at i.reddit.com last month or so. I wouldn't be surprised if old.reddit.com is on the chopping block within the next few years.
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