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      Yeah I did the same with Jerboa a few days ago. I keep clicking it, and it’s actually building the “good” habit of using Lemmy instead of reddit. There’s less content here though, but maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. Filling the “mindless scrolling of the internet” time with something useful should be my actual goal. So having less stuff to browse might help with that.

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      Exactly the same. If I’m gonna have muscle memory take me there, it may as well be an app that serves a similar function.

    • Wren 🪐@lemmy.ml
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      That’s what I did and it’s been working. Haven’t accidentally (or intentionally) opened Apollo once since the black out started

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    I got you

    • add ebook reader app to phone
    • download ebooks
    • pretend ebooks are long-form Reddit posts
    • become well-read while wasting time

    If you can’t read, download picture ebooks instead

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        Let me know any issues you run into or ideas you have! Will keep you guys all up to date

        Doing my part 🫡

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          Consider, if you haven’t already, creating a community for discussions about the app!

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    Deleted Reddit and Twitter same day, I’m bored for sure but it’s kind of insane how addicted to information I am. Trying to break it is hard.

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    Try an RSS aggregator app like Feedly and add all your favorite topics/sites. I filled mine up with web comics, car blogs and tech stuff. Also been getting into NPR lately, lots of interesting stuff and less of a focus on politics.

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      That’s what I did at first. But for me the beauty of reddit isn’t with the post themselves, it’s in the comments.

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        Same here. I miss the sub with my countrymen, where we could discuss the daily happenings/news. I liked reading different experiences on the topics.

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      While its does feel like reddit 10 years ago, the appeal to me became that reddit always had soemthign new no matter the hour of day. Hope Lemmy can get there.

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    I’ve been thinking of deleting my Reddit account but haven’t gone through with it. This post motivated me enough to at least delete my Reddit app (slide for iOS). So many wasted hours I’ve been spending on that app just mindlessly scrolling like a robot.

    Now to my next addiction: watching YouTube videos which won’t make me smarter (gaming content) on my phone.