Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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I feel like I'm spending less time on social media after switching to Lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Maybe it's just because there's less content on Lemmy as of right now, but I remember doomscrolling Reddit, but now I only briefly open Lemmy once or twice a day.

Could this be an example of the affects of addictive social media?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm spending way more time!

I didn't really like the community in Reddit that much. I used it more like a news feed. So I never read 'all', I just read my subs for a few minutes here and there, but I didn't post and comment much.

Since coming here I post and comment a lot more. There seems to be more proper discussion here, despite being much smaller and quieter.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah I also post and comment way more. I probably have more comments here during the last month than I had there combined since 2006.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think overall my social media time has gone down considerably, but my direct interaction (ie posting and commenting) has gone up.

For me it helps to know that somebody is actually going to read this comment and it won’t be buried under 1000 others. You usually had to get to a post pretty early on Reddit to have your comment be seen, and I mostly browsed /all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Less doom scrolling, more engagement in stuff you're interested in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just the feeling of people actually reading your comment and not just lookibg at the upvode/downvote to tell them how to feel does a lot for my motivation to engage.

Sometimes smaller numbers is good for the community.