Same! I keep looking at R…and getting annoyed. I miss bacon reader.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
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Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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The algorithm of reddit would add content to your feed that you don't subscribe to. Even if you visited the s ti b to block it, it would suggest subs similar to it, because you once visited
Doomscrolling used to have a meaning of browsing /r/collapse and /r/collapsescience rather than /r/worldnews
Well I didn't spend all that much time on Reddit, I actually spend more time here because I reply a lot more and find stuff I'm more interested in reading.
I'm the same too, was whipping out reddit on the phone at any chance, or browsing while doing something in discrod with mates. Now it's Voyager for a quick blast (honestly, I kinda hate the feeds, I don't have a comfy one yet, understand they're reworking it soon-ish) and for a good read, I'm back on friggin...SomethingAwful and reading some legendary threads from past and present, it's like a magical book of schadenfreude. Way better than mindless nothing on Reddit [Apollo].
Thanks Spez!
Me too! I really like it. It makes me feel fresher and more open to the world around me.
Same here. I dont know if it's something connected to the switch to Lemmy (since I also deleted my tiktok and Instagram account), but maybe it's a contributing factor as more people here are feeling the same
It's a good thing, you don't need to be on social media 24/7.
Good thing that's probably nice is you probably feel like you're not missing out on anything if you're off for a few hours.
Really goes to show you how much they've made social media truly addictive, and not in a fulfilling way.
I've been spending less time on Lemmy and Kbin overall, but I'm more engaged and commenting more. Basically, I'm getting more out of the conversations here. Not saying the conversations on Reddit were any less meaningful, because there are a lot of intelligent people that posted and are posting over there (I'm assuming they're still posting over there, I honestly haven't been there since the 3PA Purge). Maybe because the amount of comments here are fewer so it's easier to read more comments and respond vs the wall of comments and still missing a lot of information. I don't know. But I feel like I can spend less time here and get more out of the posts and comments.
Reddit was repetitive. It felt like the "edge of tomorrow". Lol You see the same shit everyday.
Same. I enjoy it
The subreddit I was active have not migrated to Lenny at all so I guess I will have to not scrolling like crazy anymore
After spending a couple years barely online, I honestly have no idea what the hell is going on anymore onlilne.
Lemmy still has a small user base compared to sites like Reddit. Some of those features came out of managing huge user bases. And naturally when you have a huge userbase, you have people wanting to make money. Some honestly, some not. The site itself sees the potential to make money. Over time good intentions tend to melt away and the demons run amok.
The trick will be if places like Lemmy and Mastadon and whatever are able to over come this and remain pure.
Maybe. I feel like I like scrolling lemmy a lot more and I get that old reddit vibe of "lets go scrolling" pretty often. I'm excited to chat about whatever on here.
I find my instances down. I couldn't access lemmy.world for hours. But I still tried to reach. Does it mean I'm more addicted than you?