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What do you do with all the free time you got once you stopped using reddit?
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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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Not enought content here to replace all that time saved IMO. At my worst I was browsing Reddit 6+ hours a day. Here, I can't even go 2 hours without seeing the same content..
None of this is a criticism against Lemmy btw
I get what you mean. But I just spread my net wider. Give more communities a chance, and unsubscribe from the ones that aren't what I'm looking for. It's frustrating, but it will improve. And it's better than dealing with reddit.
Oh I agree 100% but there are definitely aspects of Reddit that just aren't replaceable with Lemmy. Lemmy has almost no car communities (besides FuckCars), which is a hobby that takes up a lot of my time. I've replaced the time I spent on Reddit car subs with /o/ and other forums.
As for my other interests, though, I think Lemmy is definitely better for my mental health. Nobody needs a constant stream of new memes to access whenever they want. I was developing a serious case of brainrot mindlessly scrolling when I still used Reddit.
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For me it's actually a good thing to not have the almost infinite stream of content that reddit had because it stops me from doomscrolling for hours on end and leads me to actually doing something
I get that way a month ago. And yeah, I quickly run into duplicate content, but over the last couple weeks the duplicate content has been strongly peppered with new content that is highly engaging. With less churn, I find that I spend more time commenting as well.
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I admin a lemmy instance, so I have less time now than I did when I used Reddit
Ditto, though the maintenance has really gone down since the early days of the migration. Now I basically just restart the docker container twice a week to bandaid Lemmy's memory leak and that's it.
I don't have a large enough userbase to really worry about super active moderation so it's really not bad now.
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My yard looks nicer. My dog gets 2-3 walks a day instead of 1-2. Also porn.
Why, I spent it maintaining my Lemmy instance of course.
Reading more books during breaks at work! It's easier to focus on reading books when I don't have reddit on my phone. I like Lemmy, but I mostly use it for 15min at a time. Since I joined Lemmy/stopped using reddit mobile, I've read 5 books! :)
Lemmy, duh.
But also more reading and doing sudokus
Is this a real question?
I spent 3 hours on Lemmy yesterday.
BG3
All my Reddit time was diverted to here, lol
I replaced 60% of it with Lemmy and the rest with YouTube
Browsing Lemmy and kbin. There's lots of interesting stuff when you sort by new. Today's unexpected find was banjo music with duck sounds.
Once in a while, I try my hand at translating.
Now I check both Lemmy and (although less than before) Reddit, so I have even less free time
Lemmy was a 1 to 1 time sink replacement for Reddit for me so not a lot has changed!
I started using Lemmy... That's why I'm here
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I went all out and sold my PS5, bought a guitar and have been teaching myself how to play. I feel awkward because I didnβt just move to Lenny but now I can play dope ass riffs.
Touch grass and go to college
Youβre posting on it.
Lemmy, and occasionally getting actual work done.
I started taking better care of my mental health and have taken up reading
Not being on Reddit has definitely improved my mental health.
Installed stable diffusion to create pictures of... things.
It's badgers isn't it?
use lemmy and mastodon
I went back to going to my news instead of having news fed to me.
Browse tumblr. Haven't found my niche yet on lemmy. I'm also learning a new language on Duolingo and am halfway through Ulysses!
been drawing more. End up reading up on things more like I use to be someone who did a lot of wikipedia rabbit holing and now I'm doing that again.
Creat porn ...
Facing all my issues.
More reading: books, magazines, newspapers. Also trying to get more exercise.
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Post comments on Lemmy!
Just kidding.
I use lemmy obviously. But I've started reading books again rather than doomscrolling until I fall asleep at night, and also more gaming and socialising in general.
I think it was a crutch for my depression.
Watch YouTube videos lol
YouTube
Lemmy and Firefish, and I just started reading a lot more. Books are excellent, the Libby app on my phone is always full of them.
I started knitting!
Though if we're being honest I still spend most of it on Lemmy and Firefish now instead of reddit
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I've been working out 2 hours a day and started playing daily sudoku and lichess puzzles
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