I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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, Twitter's is pretty good so that won't work there. Another thing is to turn off all notifications (for the apps that do remain).

This has been massively effective for me for weaning off Reddit and Instagram. My phone usage (basically perfectly correlated with all non-productive screen time) has dropped by a solid 50% and has remained that way for 2+ years now.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by adregan » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:17 PM UTC

Wow! I just blocked Reddit at the router and that did the trick. HN is probably next, but every now and then there is a neat article about APL or Forth that I’m happy to have seen. I suppose I could just block the comments.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by bmarquez » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:22 PM UTC

> 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.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by MuffinFlavored » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:22 PM UTC

What did Nitin replace Reddit with? Porn? Food? Drugs? Meditation? Exercise? Socializing?

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by recursive » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:22 PM UTC

adregan wrote: post #5

Wow! I just blocked Reddit at the router and that did the trick. HN is probably next, but every now and then there is a neat article about APL or Forth that I’m happy to have seen. I suppose I could just block the comments.

Have you tried "noprocrast" in the settings? It limits you to short intervals of activity.

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by jonfw » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:24 PM UTC

adregan wrote: post #5

Wow! I just blocked Reddit at the router and that did the trick. HN is probably next, but every now and then there is a neat article about APL or Forth that I’m happy to have seen. I suppose I could just block the comments.

hacker news has a noprocast setting that boots you off of the website if you hang out too long, maybe check that out

Re: I Quit Reddit in 1 Day

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Post by fivre » Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 6:25 PM UTC

i don't think the author is the source of this post, but i am amused at posting this article on what is, in effect, a niche subreddit. codebase may not be the same, but the UX is, well, rather similar