• Gerryflap@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • Wren 🪐@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      That’s what I did and it’s been working. Haven’t accidentally (or intentionally) opened Apollo once since the black out started

    • StarManta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Exactly the same. If I’m gonna have muscle memory take me there, it may as well be an app that serves a similar function.

  • mvu@lemmy.world
    101·
    2 years ago

    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

      • gkd@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        Let me know any issues you run into or ideas you have! Will keep you guys all up to date

        Doing my part 🫡

        • BioMando@lemmy.ml
          1·
          2 years ago

          Consider, if you haven’t already, creating a community for discussions about the app!

    • qaz@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I just tried it and I like it a lot although it’s very barebones. It’s very similar to Apollo so my muscle memory carries over.

  • deroverda@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been thinking of deleting my Reddit account but haven’t gone through with it. This post motivated me enough to at least delete my Reddit app (slide for iOS). So many wasted hours I’ve been spending on that app just mindlessly scrolling like a robot.

    Now to my next addiction: watching YouTube videos which won’t make me smarter (gaming content) on my phone.

    • Unimpressionabletug@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      Now to my next addiction: watching YouTube videos which won’t make me smarter (gaming content) on my phone.

      Are you me?

      Jokes aside, I use(d) Apollo for my mindless scrolling of the internet. One feature that I loved was the option to turn off endless scrolling. You would reach an end and have to click to continue scrolling. Often I found myself on my phone without realising, and that feature managed to break me out of it each time.

    • malamignasanmig@group.lt
      1·
      2 years ago

      slide (ios) has the best interface among the foss 3rd party apps for reddit. was surprised that it looked different in android so i used infinity there, which isnt as nice.

  • aragon@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    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 😉

    • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      I just wish it was easier to explore other lemmy instances or do anything other than view already subscribed sections in jeroba. On android 11 and earlier you can at least go into settings and make it so that when people post links to other areas in lemmy it will open in jeroba but Google took away the ability to manually control which apps open what links in android 12.

    • const_void@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      Much less hate fueled comments and trolls over here. Hopefully it stays that way. If you looked at Reddit during the blackout most of the remaining content was ‘conservatives’ and hate.

  • Draksis@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Deleted Reddit and Twitter same day, I’m bored for sure but it’s kind of insane how addicted to information I am. Trying to break it is hard.

  • Ataraxia@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Polymer clay. My first attempts were utter crap but within a week I was making really cool stuff. My last thing was a totoro ornament. Any polymer clay communities?

  • donnnnnb@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 years ago

    Try an RSS aggregator app like Feedly and add all your favorite topics/sites. I filled mine up with web comics, car blogs and tech stuff. Also been getting into NPR lately, lots of interesting stuff and less of a focus on politics.

    • msdos622@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      That’s what I did at first. But for me the beauty of reddit isn’t with the post themselves, it’s in the comments.

      • ritchie@lemmy.one
        2·
        2 years ago

        Same here. I miss the sub with my countrymen, where we could discuss the daily happenings/news. I liked reading different experiences on the topics.

    • deroverda@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is Feedlys free version any good or do you recommend paying for it? Don’t know what I think about using an app when an rss feed could be easily read on a plain webpage.

  • Galven@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 years ago

    I still occasionally type re into my browser search than look stupefied at the search bar when nothing shows up.