I find i’m doing more activities in the real world, sitting with my thoughts, and not constantly needing content to fill the void (as much)

thanks spez

  • Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org
    441·
    1 year ago

    Things have actually gotten worse for me. With how crappy Reddit has been over the last few years in terms of how engaging my feed is, I’ve been spending less time on it naturally. Now on Lemmy I find myself addicted again, spending 3 hours in a row some days, after having already used it throughout the day. I’m thinking about giving up Lemmy and Reddit all together, wondering if my comments are even valuable to society and what not. I think maybe I’d be happier without either. Not saying you would be, or that others shouldn’t be on Lemmy, just that I personally struggle with it and it interferes with my life sometimes.

    • Merulox@lemmy.world
      161·
      1 year ago

      This. Many people feel good about themselves for using lemmy, but not using big tech software doesn’t mean you’re doing better than before.

      Social media remains social media and still is a huge time waster and a detriment to your attention span

      Though I try to be more lenient on this view because not long ago I was reminded of the benefits of moderate social media use.