Absolutely agree. I've not only created a Kbin account, I also now have a Tildes account, and I'm actually using my Mastodon and Substack accounts. I'm lurking some old sites I hadn't really visited in over a decade (Metafilter, Fark). Im also checking out other forums and microblogs. I'm having real conversations and finding meaningful links (as opposed to reposted TikToks and memes). It really feels like the Internet i used to love.
I feel this way too.
Ironically, connecting with others on these non reddit sites is making me ferl more in touch with myself.
Like, thinking before typing, and having better conversations, but also in terms of thinking more actively about what content I want to engage with.
I even started going to forums. I didn't find much activity on the fediverse for episode or Manga specific chapters, so I ended up going to Mal to actually see the discussions going on there instead of reddit like I usually did.
thanks for your view and experience .. It's the same for me .. enjoyment and engagement were definitely lacking whilst on reddit for me too.
I quite insta for that same reason (brainless scroller) , twitter well cuz Musk 'nuff said.
been lurking on mastodon and [ matrix ] a while figuring out where to go next but finally feel to have found my home here on kbin so a big thanks to @ernest
I'm on IG specifically for certain info. I can get lost in the scrolling there but I don't comment or really engage with anyone. It's just a resource for me. I prefer text driven forums for conversations. So kbin and Tildes have me. Im finding them more satisfying than Reddit for sure.
thanks for using Leebra!
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Hopefully my experience can help some people see the bright side of going off Reddit.
To me, Reddit has been a great platform in almost every possible way - except meaningful engagement. At some point, I realized that any somewhat big subreddit that I frequented for news and discussions of topic I'm interested in is plagued by dead-end threads: karma farms through reposts, lame jokes and similarly low-effort content that's breeds equally low-effort comments, and things that don't provoke any sort of discussion in general.
Joining the protest made me go to difference places, especially forums big and small, where the only real way to engage with the community was to actually reply to what they said. I quickly realized that Reddit has long turned into another brainless scroller akin to Instagram or Twitter, which all may have their place, but that's just not what I joined Reddit for back in the day.
Now that I've basically kicked the Reddit habit, I'm finally enjoying the Internet again - it's not the same as it was in the 00s, and it will never be, but it's much, much better than going to a single website, owned by a single company, for nearly everything I want to do online.
Today, I finally have a proper choice for the first time in years. A lot of that choice consists of the fediverse, with different scopes and goals, but some is just basic and mainstream places I'd forgotten because of the convenience that Reddit seemed to bring.
Today, I'm finally having actual conversations with people in the communities I choose to interact with, rather than just reading through the witty chains of comments.
I know that Reddit means different things to different people, but to me, it has lost its meaning long ago, and it's only with the protest that I managed to kick the habit of going there for basically nothing. As surprising as it is, the whole thing lead me to enjoy my online life much more, and actually engage with the topics on the old, deeper level of fun, rather than just being exposed to an absurd amount of things, each pretty shallow and uninspired.
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