This feels like a forced reddit detox.

I, much like basically everyone here, have been avoiding Reddit when possible, and the content here just doesn't hit the same. My fried dopamine receptors were certainly screaming for stimulation early on but now I feel an urge to touch grass and breathe fresh air. What is this? Am I dying? I still hate the angry lightbulb in the sky.

In all seriousness though, I'll admit that I was kind of addicted to Reddit and now I don't want to go near it. Maybe this will turn a new leaf for me. If not here, I'll probably find some other way to satiate my dopamine receptors through more productive means.

kool_newt,

I think it many ways it really is a detox, it's the algorithms I bet that we're detoxing from.

Ragnell,
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This is how it was for me in the Twitter migration. I'm now a regular Mastodon user and it's a much less stressful community than Twitter was. I think kbin and lemmy may end up the same, the functionality of Reddit but without the ads and algorithmic cruelty and pileons. A healthier social media.

Sabata11792,
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Feels like I'm in AA for shit posters sometimes.

wr4th4,
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ha!!!!!!!!!! you are.

bionicjoey,

I felt that way last week when I started forcing myself to use Lemmy and deleted the RiF shortcut on my phone's home screen. But now it feels better.

bing_crosby,

Yesterday I sat outside in the yard with my dog and read a book for like six hours. One of many reasons I'm not going back to reddit.

BananaTrifleViolin,

What is this book you speak off? What magic is this? Words on paper? It'll never catch on.

Sofsip,

Your dog must be happy you read him a book

Hairyblue, (edited )
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I am liking not being on reddit. I am seeing no intrusive ads, No ads really.

And I am still figuring out how to do and find stuff. But that is expected.

rgb_leds_are_love,

The only real 'complaint' I have is that you gotta scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to get to the comment box.

dcpDarkMatter,
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I think that's a conscious design choice - trying to drive people to read the existing comments before posting their own.

Friend,
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This workaround may help.

razorwiregoatlick,
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I am feeling the same thing. I left Reddit completely but Kbin and the Fediverse does not have the same addictive qualities. I see it as a good thing though I think it’s only a matter of time before it gets there.

My biggest issue right now is that Kbin does not seem to hide or blur NSFW content. It’s getting awkward to explain to my wife why the occasional hard core porn comes across my stream.

Bluskale,
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Aside from the hide NSFW toggle, another workaround is to simply toggle off thumbnails.

Jee,

It might get more addictive but there's still not the same incentive to design for more engagement like on mainstream social media.

About NSFW content randomly popping up, I actually haven't seen any of it yet.
But still I wouldn't scroll any of the fediverse (or Twitter if I was still there) around people. Never know for sure what will pop up.

BananaTrifleViolin,

There are Kbin styles and scripts being shared.

This one blurs NSFW domains which helps a bit (among many other features): https://kbin.social/m/kbinStyles/t/27201/kbin-enhancement-script-QOL-updates-for-the-kbin-UI

There may be others in that Mag: m/kbinStyles/ (I'm on kbin.social so the link goes direct to there; I'm still not sure how to share fediverse links in a less server specific way!)

Also obviously you need to tick "Hide adult content" under settings, but that currently relies on people flagging content appropriately when posting. Hopefully Kbin and Lemmy will move rapidly to autoflagging content in whole communities as NSFW to make that better.

pgetsos,
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I think Hide adult content hides everything completely, even NSFW text posts

V699,

I actually like the UX of this site better than reddit it doesn't have anything to do with politics

riskable,
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I'm not having any problems at all with my dopamine fix. The Fediverse has reached that critical threshold where there's no shortage of typos to make fun of with snarky replies and people willingly walking into dad jokes.

So yeah, I'm good 👍

CynAq,
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Hi Good, I'm dad!

awsamation,
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Hi good, I'm dad

GizmoLion,
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I found my productivity went up as my doomscrolling went down, win-win!

Greylock,

I spent way too much time doom scrolling Reddit. I've been finding new communities and exploring a lot more here, better for my mental health. Goodbye Reddit.

Cevilia,
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I posted maybe two or three times a day to Snoosite. Over here the community feels much friendlier. Sure, go touch grass if you wanna, we'll be here when you get back. Or… you could take us with you, using your phone and your third party app of choice ;)

Lyte,

This feels like the internet two decades ago and I can’t express adequately how beautiful that feeling is

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