Or at least less so than Reddit. It’s good, but, I can’t put my finger on it. Even when the content is good, the servers are up, and I’m getting notifications responding to comments, it’s never come to me doomscrolling for hours.
Edit: Guys, guys, I’m not trying to say Lemmy should be addictive or Reddit is better because it is. The opposite. I thought being addicted to something was always a bad thing? I was just curious as that I rarely ever see the content droughts people talk about, so I can scroll for as long as I want to with no interruptions, but unlike with Reddit, I don’t, and I would want to know a reason why. Is it psychological? Something behind the scenes? The type of people here?
For me at least, there’s just not enough content. Not enough communities, with not enough posts with not enough comments. Lemmy still hasn’t reached that tipping point where it can replace sites like Reddit. It fluctuates, but I think it is on the way.
It’s very similar to old Reddit
Reddit eventually got super-specific subs because so many people showed up and made more and more niche content that suited the needs of subgroups in communities. For example, lots of big subreddits banned memes, prompting the rise of specific shitposting groups
Removed by mod
Change sorting to “Top 6hr”. I browse by Hot sometimes but that’s my primary sort atm
Social media addiction comes from algorithms designed to psychologically manipulate you into scrolling endlessly to maximize ad impressions. It’s not a good thing.
I truly appreciate the fact that I can browse Lemmy for my entertainment, and easily walk away when I need to be an adult and don’t auto smash the button when I open my phone.
To me this is a very, very good thing.
It’s not, but since Lemmy and Reddit seem the same on a surface level (and unlike what many people say, I sort by New and so never see old content), I can doomscroll and waste time on both platforms. However, with Lemmy, this bad habit of mine has been tempered severely, and I don’t exactly know why. It’s a good thing, but a good thing that just came out of nowhere.
Some people here say because there’s no recommendations, which I feel is a good answer, but it feels just a little short. Is that really it?
For me I think it’s the niche communities aren’t built up yet. If I’m looking for a conversation about a specific football team or game, etc there isn’t as much content here that I can find on Reddit.
Same.
Though, honestly though I’m not even sure what I’m interested in at this point.
I mostly just shitposted in r/politics and occasionally handed out advice in r/writing.
Kinda feels stuck in a rut, you know?
Because it’s kinda dead… I won’t go back to Reddit but Lemmy doesn’t scratch the same itch Reddit did. This is my first comment on Lemmy by the way.
That’s legit! Glad to have witnessed your first comment!
Takes a deadboy to know a deadplatform, I guess.
16 billion years of evolution and still nobody asked if it’s your first comment on lemmy. Joking obviously, welcome to lemmy!
I feel that I am wasting more time on Lemmy than on Reddit because here the community is more to my liking (foss and linux)
Don’t even get me started on 🏴☠️
Be patient.
Lemmy is still establishing itself as the goto replacement for Reddit. New communities are popping up all the time and more users will come.
I’m excited for it! I’m personally trying to build some of the really niche communities that were big before, like the tiny EarthBound one.
Thing is, though, is the site really growing? After most have just put up with Reddit’s bullshit, I can’t really find recent statistics of Lemmy’s active user base. And the few results I could find just show it’s being stagnant, or even shrinking. I could be wrong, though, if it is growing, even better!
Growing is not linear, particular not when competing with a larger alternative.
What basically needs to happen is that Reddit needs to fuck up a couple of more times. Some smaller stuff will net some users, largest stuff, many. After a while critical mass has been reached and it’ll be easier to grown naturally.
Well, that’s at least what I think needs to happen. I’m fully confident Reddit will fuck up as well. Though, this is a marathon, not a sprint.
I see no videos or gifs on here, which is a huge addiction factor
Too much repeated content on my feed. I like it, but I need to be able to auto hide previously viewed posts for this platform to be the kind of doomscroller reddit was.
Sort by top six hour.
Also feel free to block any communities you don’t care to see.
also voyager and eternity have this feature afaik
Not sure what you’re using to browse Lemmy, but I believe the Connect app offers this functionality
I feel like that’s the point? Lemmy doesn’t profit from wasting our time, so it has no interest doing so. This means more time for me to do productive things.
Yes exactly, thats what I want from my Lemmy experience. I dont want it to be addictive. The way it is now is honestly so refreshing. I find I am checking my RSS feeds for news and stuff now. I only go on Lemmy to see stuff I want to see. Not stuff that worsens my mood.
Browsing Lemmy is like traveling in a time machine. It’s like the internet from 2012 to now didn’t happen and people are worried about the Mayan calender ending.
I feel like it’s visiting a friendly village I love rather than getting lost in a city that’s interesting because it’s awful. Honestly, I come here as much as I did reddit at this point. Less flashy. More endearing.
There’s good.things and bad things about it…
Personally, I’d begun to feel shackled by Reddit having gotten so overly moderated in recent years.
When someone is a fucking idiot and says idiot things I should be allowed to tell them they’re a fuckin idiot.
Reddit started protecting the idiots’ feelings over protecting people’s right to tell them they’re fucking idiots and maybe that’s how the fediverse will become too since people have become so accustomed to it but I like being able to call out the stupidity as much as I like genuine engagement and informative content.
I hate a lot of the low effort I’m a comedian bullshit that reddit allowed to run rampant in the last few years because no one was allowed to tell them they’re stupid.
For example… Lots of people think I’m the fuckin idiot…let them talk is still my point.
I thought that, then I put Sync on my phone, and now I can lost an hour or more unintentionally, just… scrolling…
But that’s the app. When I’m desktop or web app, I find it much easier to check out without getting totally sucked it.
Which reminds me. Should probably get back to work now.
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Regarding this matter, we need Sync for Lemmy to be able to fetch more posts in order to hide more so the scrolling never ends. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Lemmy has zero monetary gain from you being addicted to the platform unlike Reddit.
Lemmy’s smaller community means that there’s not an endless stream of content to keep you hooked.
Even with millions of active users though I don’t see Lemmy being nowhere near as addicive as Reddit
We need to up the porn a little to beat reddit. Let’s be honest, porn is what wins technology battles. Plus using the reddit app to look at stuff is just fucking miserable. I don’t even look at that much but being single currently, it’s what I got.
It’s not going to happen as most instances will defed as it’s not worth having the legal hassle of hosting porn on their own server, including possibly illegal material depending on where they’re located. It isn’t hard to find porn on the internet, we don’t really need it here too.
Yep, not to mention it’s hard to find here. Even if I put on all, I can’t find any. Plus there aren’t that many people posting any even on those instances specifically for it.
