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Lemmy is helping my scrolling addiction (lemmy.world)

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

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I used to be in reddit like.... All the fucking time. So much in there in so many niche subs you could scroll for hours and not see the same thing twice. Since lemmy is so much smaller and not as built up so much yet I'm not doom scrolling anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not the size, it's the content and format. When your goal is profit, you set up the system so that it fuels negative emotions to keep people hooked and addicted. Any time you weren't engaged is money lost. I can guarantee, if you go back and look now you'll see so much negativity on there that you accepted as normal before. The Fediverse is non profit and built for communication alone. No competition points, just people.

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

I dunno if it's just because it's new but it has the feel of a 2000s forum to me, but in a better format to read

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I can't go back to regular forums. The threading style of reddit/lemmy is so much better than just a long chain of comments.