I got you
- add ebook reader app to phone
- download ebooks
- pretend ebooks are long-form Reddit posts
- become well-read while wasting time
If you can’t read, download picture ebooks instead
Added Mlem to the spot where Apollo once lived. Hope it can live up
This is the way.
Yeah I did the same with Jerboa a few days ago. I keep clicking it, and it’s actually building the “good” habit of using Lemmy instead of reddit. There’s less content here though, but maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. Filling the “mindless scrolling of the internet” time with something useful should be my actual goal. So having less stuff to browse might help with that.
Jerboa has been good so far. Somehow the discussions on lemmy feels more engaging than on reddit. Might be because there are no bots regurgiating comments. But the lack of my favourite subreddits have helped my phone addiction 😂 Hopefully this will be rectified soon 😉
The whole debacle made me realize how much of an addiction I had to reddit (not like dysfunctional levels, but still…). App checking is definitely a weird side-effect, as is all the free time I have haha.
For now, Lemmy helps in giving a similar vibe but the calmness (for now) makes it easier to set boundaries, I think. Hope to build healthier habits this time around!
Can always try replacing it with this TestFlight app Memmy. https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy/discussions/13
to be honest, I like lemmy. It’s a lot calmer.
Calmer?
While its does feel like reddit 10 years ago, the appeal to me became that reddit always had soemthign new no matter the hour of day. Hope Lemmy can get there.
For me Jerboa is now where Infinity for Reddit used to be.
I’m actually spending more time on lemmy, hacker news, and (gasp) 9gag as well now.
Haven’t been to 9gag since a decade ago. When I was still a teenager, I used to be addicted with 9gag. Young me found le comics so entertaining and funny. It was so addicting doom scrolling on 9gag.
When you see it, you’ll shit brix.
I went traditional and am reading books more and now I‘m also hanging out here. Excited to explore Lemmy a bit with all of you.
Physical or digital?
