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I definitely spent too much time scrolling through Reddit before a couple weeks ago, but I stopped cold when the protest started. Honestly, I think it's better

I definitely spent too much time scrolling through Reddit before a couple weeks ago, but I stopped cold when the protest started. Honestly, I think it's better for my mood generally and I wouldn't go back. Thanks for looking out for me, spez.

tiltowait 3y ago
I've long known that reddit isn't good for my mood. Even though I unsubbed from all default subs and joined niche hobby subs, reddit is still frequently poison, especially with politics (and more importantly, low-effort political "takes") just infecting the least-relevant places. This whole debacle has been the impetus I needed. I'll let myself read reddit links surfaced by my search engine (because that's ostensibly useful, not mindless scrolling), but I haven't felt any urge to casually browse at all.
noncoml 3y ago
I was mostly watching cats/pets, and funny and interesting videos/photos/memes. It was great for time pass and didn’t affect my mood at all. If you start going into politics and the discussions around them, you will definitely get affected. But it’s not the platform, it’s how you use it. Anyway, I’ll definitely miss it as I refuse to switch from Apollo to the native app. It sucks.
tl_donson 3y ago
same. i also did this with twitter when elon took over. i haven’t been tempted at all to log in to either despite spending probably the majority of my time online between the two for years. and it’s weirdly fine.
isk517 3y ago
About 6 months ago I made the decision to stop browsing r/All and only go to specific Reddit communities that match my interest. The protest has been a excellent opportunity to just completely cut Reddit out of my life.
- rockbruno 3y ago
  I have been looking for appropriate replacements to it but I haven't managed yet. Niche internet forums were my favorite place on the web when I was a kid and they were infinitely better than modern social media, but pretty much all of them are gone nowadays...
  - salad-tycoon 3y ago
    What was that one that had something about “church of the screaming electron.” Wish I could remember the name. Many are clamoring for a Reddit killer. Maybe just need a Reddit model killer. Return to multiple forums, smaller and more specialized. Maybe part of the reason why people are increasingly at each other’s throats is because, online, everyone is subjected to everyone’s opinions. This leads to “Nancy “seeing “Bob” write an opinion about sexuality/religion/politics which infuriates her and she sends off a tweet storm to avenge herself, directing attacks onto Bob and his like. “charlene” sees her compatriot being attacked and launches a tweet storm at Nancy and all her followers which then “Charlie” sees and can’t believe the level of stupidity and hate and intolerance in the world so he sets out to make it right… by launching a tweet storm which then is seen by etc etc. Also, I think they’re used to an idea that the internet was like Las Vegas. What happens there stays there. Not so, now you have a bunch of angry people slinging electrons at each other, many of the just absolutely floored at how stupid and hateful other people are, their eyes are opened, they go into work or their family function with this knowledge and launch a tweet storm, or a brick, but in the “real world.” Like squabbling children or hen pecking, a little is necessary but sometimes you have to separate them before they destroy each.
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      > What was that one that had something about “church of the screaming electron.” Temple of The Screaming Electron (In original BBS incarnation, “& the Temple of the Screaming Electron”, only looking it up because of your comment did I find out that the BBS I spent a while with outlived the BBS era as an internet forum.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOTSE https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOTSE
garbagecoder 3y ago
I have had the same experience

tiltowait 3y ago

I've long known that reddit isn't good for my mood. Even though I unsubbed from all default subs and joined niche hobby subs, reddit is still frequently poison, especially with politics (and more importantly, low-effort political "takes") just infecting the least-relevant places. This whole debacle has been the impetus I needed. I'll let myself read reddit links surfaced by my search engine (because that's ostensibly useful, not mindless scrolling), but I haven't felt any urge to casually browse at all.

noncoml 3y ago

I was mostly watching cats/pets, and funny and interesting videos/photos/memes. It was great for time pass and didn’t affect my mood at all. If you start going into politics and the discussions around them, you will definitely get affected. But it’s not the platform, it’s how you use it. Anyway, I’ll definitely miss it as I refuse to switch from Apollo to the native app. It sucks.

tl_donson 3y ago

same. i also did this with twitter when elon took over. i haven’t been tempted at all to log in to either despite spending probably the majority of my time online between the two for years. and it’s weirdly fine.

isk517 3y ago

About 6 months ago I made the decision to stop browsing r/All and only go to specific Reddit communities that match my interest. The protest has been a excellent opportunity to just completely cut Reddit out of my life.

rockbruno 3y ago
I have been looking for appropriate replacements to it but I haven't managed yet. Niche internet forums were my favorite place on the web when I was a kid and they were infinitely better than modern social media, but pretty much all of them are gone nowadays...
- salad-tycoon 3y ago
  What was that one that had something about “church of the screaming electron.” Wish I could remember the name. Many are clamoring for a Reddit killer. Maybe just need a Reddit model killer. Return to multiple forums, smaller and more specialized. Maybe part of the reason why people are increasingly at each other’s throats is because, online, everyone is subjected to everyone’s opinions. This leads to “Nancy “seeing “Bob” write an opinion about sexuality/religion/politics which infuriates her and she sends off a tweet storm to avenge herself, directing attacks onto Bob and his like. “charlene” sees her compatriot being attacked and launches a tweet storm at Nancy and all her followers which then “Charlie” sees and can’t believe the level of stupidity and hate and intolerance in the world so he sets out to make it right… by launching a tweet storm which then is seen by etc etc. Also, I think they’re used to an idea that the internet was like Las Vegas. What happens there stays there. Not so, now you have a bunch of angry people slinging electrons at each other, many of the just absolutely floored at how stupid and hateful other people are, their eyes are opened, they go into work or their family function with this knowledge and launch a tweet storm, or a brick, but in the “real world.” Like squabbling children or hen pecking, a little is necessary but sometimes you have to separate them before they destroy each.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > What was that one that had something about “church of the screaming electron.” Temple of The Screaming Electron (In original BBS incarnation, “& the Temple of the Screaming Electron”, only looking it up because of your comment did I find out that the BBS I spent a while with outlived the BBS era as an internet forum.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOTSE https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOTSE

garbagecoder 3y ago

I have had the same experience