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Lemmy is active enough as is and the apps are great but I still have that unfortunate ingrained habit where I keep coming back to abusive Reddit.

I should instead focus my attention to contributing to the conversation here, sharing articles and creating original content.

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The app I was using got broken so I left

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

In my experience, you can simply talk about how you can't wait for conservatives to die from listeria after the new head of HHS recommends drinking listeria, and you'll get banned for glorifying violence

That's made it a lot easier to avoid wasting time on there

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

set a rule for yourself, the moment you feel your blood pressure rising because of something on reddit, close it out and don't go back for a while.

edit: I just did this for myself and lasted about 25 seconds before I saw something stupid enough to make me want to choke the person through the screen. reddit is back on the block list :)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I just left once my 3rd party app stopped working and never went back because Lemmy sufficiently fills the void.

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Same here, miss my bacon reader

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yup, can't imagine using reddits almost sadistic UX.

It's so poorly designed it feels like a slap to the face to even see a screenshot.

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sub.rehab can help you find equivalent communities to the subreddits you visit. If there isn't a Fediverse version of your community yet, start your own. That's what I did.

If you're nostalgic for Old Reddit, use "Old" Lemmy.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

That's great for the larger communities, but a lot of us stay on reddit for the tiny subreddits specific to one piece of media. The only two active online spaces where I can discuss my various decades-old anime are Reddit and MAL's forums, and lord knows I ain't using MAL's forums

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 1 points 28 minutes ago

I'd say ani.social is in need of a retro anime community. Go create one! I might join it, even. I hear people talk about the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) like it's retro now and I feel really old.

[–] Rakenclaw@fedia.io 7 points 9 hours ago

A cold turkey move to the Fediverse.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 9 hours ago

Im not sure. once I had an alternative I never went back. I mean don't go to reddit unless you have nothing to hang here for and if you do you have wwwwwwaaaaaaaayyy to much time on your hands.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My app quit working, and I never downloaded the official one. Problem solved!

[–] Bender12@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

This is the way. I miss my baconreader app, but haven't looked back.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 hours ago

Not patronizing Reddit and instead spend quality time trying to make Lemmy better.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

I went cold turkey when the whole API pricing change thing went down.

If you haven't been successful in quitting (cold turkey or otherwise) Reddit, I'd say do some introspection on the topic of what keeps you coming back to Reddit. What specifically do you find yourself thinking about when you're wanting to open Reddit?

Once you have an answer to that question, maybe think about just how beneficial it is to you. If it's beneficial, maybe try to make something similar a thing on Lemmy. If it's less beneficial and more just addictive gamification that you don't actually value, practice some mindfulness around it. When you feel yourself desiring to go consume some Reddit, just observe that desire nonjudgementally until it goes away.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

Delete the app off of your phone and set your swipe on your launcher to open your Lemmy app of choice. All I have to do is be on my home screen and swipe right with one finger and my Thunder app opens right up.

An app that only lets you view, like RDX, because what usually keeps people addicted is the replies and notifications

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 10 hours ago

At this point, your presence and activity on reddit cannot make reddit better. Reddit's tipping point has been reached. It is beyond saving.

Similarly, your presence and activity on fediverse can make fediverse better. While this might change, at present it is true. In any case, at least you will have a more informed opinion on fediverse later on if you expand your experience and interaction with it now.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 10 hours ago

Aggressively seeding fedi discussions

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 6 points 12 hours ago

I just don't use Reddit

[–] Brown_dude69@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can i cross reply from lemmy.world to lemmy.ca?

[–] Brown_dude69@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

And yes i can

[–] sxan@midwest.social 5 points 12 hours ago

I did it by doing a download of all my posts, and then deleted my account and everything I ever wrote there. I understand the argument that that this is "bad for the internet," but I'm not interested in helping Reddit profit off my labor when I'm not using their service. Also, it's a no-takeh backs approach; once I did it, I couldn't go back, short of creating a new account, which is easy for me to resist.

i put in a plugin/browser block so i dont accidentally go there. if i ever need to, i have to disable it or open a private window. the extra steps worked at preventing relapse.

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What did it for me is I logged in one day and there was a post about bathroom politics having the same discussion we've been having for years with the most cringe takes I've ever seen.

When I realized that Reddit was leaning further right than it ever had, that was the last straw for me. It feels like 4chan light now.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I saw some transphobes on r/VictoriaBC commenting that

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler “they don’t care” & “why are they wasting money on this” under the story of UVIC having the largest transgender archive and the moderators left those up… not mention they regularly attack folks with substance use disorders saying “we’re too soft on them”

I had to unsubscribe and block that subreddit.