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Reddit habit is hard to break. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by jezebelley@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it's crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

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.

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[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why you think you need to avoid Reddit at cost to you finding the information you're after.

If the information you want is on Reddit, why wouldn't you want to read it?

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[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I keep starting to type "reddit.com" into my browser address bar. Luckily "feddit.de" isn't too far off.

[–] introvrt2themax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

What I find frustrating is that on iOS, the system put my Ice (Mastodon) icon into a Social folder but my Narwhal app was placed in Information and Reading! So my muscle memory has me tapping an icon in a different folder and I can't move Ice to where I want it. I'm trying to train myself to use the PWA links on my Home Screen for sh.itjust.works and kbin.social but it's a struggle.

[–] true_blue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A suggestion I've seen is to add reddit.com to your ublock origin "my filters" page. It works great for me!

[–] Tovervlag@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Forward it to Lemmy :)

[–] WidowsFavoriteSon@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've never been a huge fan of reddit as a source of good information. I have expertise in a couple of areas (doctorate in one) and every time I saw an answer to a question that fell in my wheelhouse, it was quite possibly the wrongest answer possible and upvoted to the top. Always made me suspicious of the info I was getting in subreddits where I don't know shit.

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[–] arcrust@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. Same here. I needed an answer about makemkv audio files. I instinctively clicked 3 different reddit links. Finally got my answer on some other random forum, but I feel like reddit would have been better 🙁

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