I never liked Reddit. I used to only use it for an hour or less a day to follow tech and IT communities.

But now, after the blackout, I can’t leave Lemmy. I’m on it about 5-6 hours a day to find communities, read news about Reddit blackout and Lemmy’s future. I think going back to Reddit will be good for me. It will take less of my time, especially after a lot of people quit Reddit.

Edit: Thank you for your nice answers and advice. I think all the good people of Reddit are here at Lemmy and kbin.

  • JohnnyCache@lemmy.oneEnglish
    315·
    2 years ago

    6 hours a day just staring at a screen doing nothing? Sounds like you have other issues. Get a better hobby.

  • Faendol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    I would aim to find a healthy way to use Lemmy instead. Given you said you usually only follow it I might make an argument that there is just a massive it event currently Happening on Lemmy. As such your following it. I don’t know that going back to Reddit will make much of a difference to you if you already have those habits. Try to limit your social media use and find a healthy way to interact with social media.

  • mintiefresh@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’ve decided I won’t be installing the mobile app. Once Sync is gone, I will just use Lemmy on mobile for sure.

    As for desktop, I will probably use both. My reddit usage will go down for sure and Lemmy will go up as it grows.

    • levo@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      This is what I would have done had I not been permabanned for shitting on Spez and the admins.

  • Kriv@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    Only you can decide. Just evaluate why did you look elsewhere on the first place, and do you still hold those values.

  • Rhaedas@lemmy.oneEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    You’re probably more active now because it’s a major event and things are changing. Would it be any different if it was some breaking tech news happening that was interesting and Reddit was like before? Maybe you find Lemmy more involving because the content is different than Reddit had been providing.

  • arandomthought@vlemmy.netEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    5-6 hours seems excessive… If you have other issues that are the root cause, maybe deal with those first, but if it’s a self-control issue (which it was for me sometimes) there are great browser plugins to block certain sites after a certain amount of time. I use LeechBlock for firefox and after my “self allotted time” it locks down reddit and lemmy for me so I can’t access it any more. There are similar plug ins for other browsers, I can really recommend it!

    Ps: But to answer your original question, from an ideological standpoint, definitely stay on lemmy.