Whatcha up to this blackout eve? How are you spending it? Anything you’ve made more time for? Do any of you feel antsy? Lmk! :)

  • StankFlipper@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I feel like Reddit is a big basket of candy and goodies and I’m just sitting here staring at it telling myself not to touch. I’ve spent the time away by listening to podcasts and spending more time outside gardening and reading actual books and not a screen. It’s really rewarding and freeing, but I miss interacting with a community so I’m glad to have been directed to Lemmy.

  • calculuschild@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    Trying to figure out Lemmy. It’s not easy…

    Also, replying to users who keep requesting access to our blacked out sub.

  • RandomDude@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, just taking a break from social media all together. Reddit was my main source of “media” for the past 7 years. I joined Lemmy to hopefully be a replacement. But it’s nice to just have a cleansing every once in a while :)

  • pedantichedgehog@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I spent it hunting down a reddit alternative and browsing on lemmy.

    I’m not going back. Reddit will go downhill gradually as it tries to squeeze out value at the expense of the community, and that’s not something I’m going to support it any way.

    • taj@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      This is day 2 for me on Lemmy, plus a bit of time for the previous 3 or 4 messing about here and there. And… I’m kinda in love. I just hope there’s more people showing up, with more content and such soon :)

    • Flukemaster@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I’ve seen enough of my older relative’s political views to know that one is a lost cause haha

  • UnbelievableCloud@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I keep habitually itching to use Reddit, but I just replaced the Home Screen icon with Mlem and it’s made that easier

  • notExactlyI20@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Deleted my reddit account on night’s eve to the blackout and I’ve gotten the rss feeds of the subs that are too niche to lose track of. Out of that, Reddit is absolutely dead for me.

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    1 year ago

    Mostly Lemmy, Mastodon, actually touching grass after years, and for my less proud time-waster, Discord and Youtube.

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    1 year ago

    I’m spending the time, accidentally absentmindedly clicking on Apollo, seeing the protest posts and then force closing the app. Haha

  • JayWalker@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Gardening. The weather is starting to warm up to summer temps so I have been going at it. Honestly, I’m not missing Reddit all that much and I don’t see myself using it much in the future regardless of what they end up doing.

    • Fluffysquash@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      It’s been raining in my historically rarely rainy city for the past two weeks and all I want to do is garden. My poor basil is just yellowing from how much water it has gotten and how little sun.

      Definitely agree on not going back, I think I’m only missing 1 or 2 niche communities that haven’t migrated yet but I’m still hopeful

  • prosopopeia@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Well, Lemmy, of course! Also, discovering new sites at https://cloudhiker.net/explore, some Plex maintenance and even a little bit of baking!

    I still opened RedReader by reflex a couple of times, but I closed immediately. So far, I don’t miss reddit at all. I have been pleasantly surprised by how welcoming this community has been, thank you everyone!

  • IamJazz@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I migrated over to Lemmy and am learning more about that. As crazy as it sounds, I have cut my screen time in half since the blackout. I think this has shown me I’m on technology a bit too much and I need to go outside more and be more productive with my day.

    • InputZero@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Same, my bathroom time has easily halfed lol. But seriously, I really like the idea of the Fediverse, if I understand it right. Like, each ‘sub-reddit’ is it’s own service, distributed from each other. Rather than Reddit which is centralized. I absolutely miss certain things about Reddit, /r/bestof was my longest subscribed sub. I don’t think I’ll be going back unless/u/Spez does A LOT of back tracking and apologizing.

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