I'm keeping reddark open on another monitor as a reminder to stay away
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Yeah, it really sucks. Hopefully enough people move to something else that there's a viable alternative.
I'm committed to doing my part this month on Lemmy, but I'll need others to do the same or I'll probably end up going back to Reddit eventually.
So far I've seen good content here, so keep it up!
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Reddit still has tons of useful content and I'm expecting to be clicking on it or some sort of archive in the future. I won't be active of the platform in any way but there's still value in the content they're now using as leverage.
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Unfortunately now we’re going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like “TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023” to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.
So... exactly what other users submitting content had to do previously. Unless you just lurk and don't submit anything.
Seriously! I ended up blocking reddit and its subdomains with my pihole so that I'd stop clicking on things from google searches.
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I'm considering filtering reddit out using Portmaster since I use Portmaster anyway.
Similar - I added it to my PiHole blacklist. It can vanish along with Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram!
i have successfully made it a whole 12 hours without opening reddit. i've chewed a lot of gum and also been to the gym. i think i can do it.
I put reddit on my dns blocking list for now. Prevents accidental access. Replaced the buttons on my browser and phone with lemmy, since it's the thing i probably zombie-touch by habit.
What's weird is that I never used Reddit as much as I use Lemmy over last few days 😅
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I'm the same. I'm used to adding "site:reddit.com" to my searches to ensure that I get actual answers as opposed to those crappy blogs with 5 screens of nonsense and tons of blank space (supposed to be filled with ads!). Not to mention all the obscure problems that those blog owners haven't monetised.
i removed my reddit bookmarks and added lemmy instead. now i instinctually come here instead.
I don't think finding stuff on reddit is that big of an issue. Don't contribute to it's behemoth of content and your habbits will naturally readjust 🙂
All the users scrubbing their comments from reddit with protest messages are doing gods work in making people more upset with reddit over this. Long live the fediverse now I guess.
It's pretty painful, but I have to admit: I'm a lot more productive today at work
I setup TimeLimit to block the reddit apps for some time. I hope it can help you with the redde-addiction.
I simply replaced the Reddit Sync shortcut with Jerboa on my phone, works wonders for me :) just need to find a few good replacement communities
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