Is anyone here so hardcore that they don’t even bother with mainstream social media? If its not on Lemmy or Mastodon it must not be important? Anyone that hardcore?

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
    21·
    1 hour ago

    I only use Lemmy since the reddit API Fuck up.

    Sometimes, if I am looking for information, I visit reddit, but I treat it like any other random forum I look up something, take the info and fuck off again.

    I use YouTube, if you wanna count that. I don’t comment there and use Newpipe or PipePipe, so only consuming and no participation there too.

    I haven’t used any other social media, like Facebook or Instagram, so nothing hardcore for me in just continuing not to do so.

  • immutable@lemmy.zip
    6·
    42 minutes ago

    I left Reddit 2 or 3 years back and have only used Lemmy since.

    I joined through Lemm.ee so recently had to move over to Lemmy.zip

    I think this was a net positive for me overall. Lemmy has a lot less content which helped me break the “I’m slightly bored let me pull out my phone and scroll Reddit” addiction I didn’t even realize I had. Now I check Lemmy maybe once or twice a day, still see the big important events and the couple communities I care about.

    I was never one for twitter, so I don’t bother with trying to find a replacement for that.

    Overall the less social media I use the better I feel. I think future generations will look back on our constant use of social media and dopamine mining the same way we look back on how people used to smoke everywhere.

    We know it’s bad for us, but we like the dopamine so everyone just does it everywhere, we give toddlers tablets so they can start dopamine mining as early as possible. I hope our descendants look back at this time with a sense of “holy shit they just let people smoke in the nurseries at the hospital?!”

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
    272·
    2 hours ago

    I had seven billion updoots or whatever on reddit. I haven’t used it for 2 years.

    Also, why is that “hardcore”? You might want to reevaluate your relationshio with social media and computing. If you can’t disconnect from it that sounds unhealthy.

    • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 hour ago

      I agree with your sentiment, and I am in a similar boat. I dont think stepping away from Reddit / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok is hardcore.

      I didn’t have eleventy billion updooterinos on Reddit, but I had a fair share. When they made their stand around 2 years ago, I nuked my profile and bailed.

      • BeBopALouie@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        56 minutes ago

        I got rid of 95% of all social media years ago. Was only using reddit and a bit of Lemmy. Got nuked off of Reddit a couple months back and have now been on Lemmy since then. Nothing hardcore about quitting. It will be better for your sanity.

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    3·
    34 minutes ago

    I don’t have a reddit account and only comment on lemmy. Although I do check the reddit frontpage every so often the actual communities I interact with are here.

    Other than that, I have a mastodon account which I’m quite active on and a letterboxd too. Last thing would be linkedin but I don’t post there and maybe login to it once a quarter.

  • Jomn@jlai.lu
    7·
    1 hour ago

    I don’t use any mainstream social media, but I don’t see how that is hardcore? I simply socialize in real life when I need it. And I feel like people mainly really use social media to entertain themselves.

  • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    56 minutes ago

    I haven’t looked back to reddit since I created my account. It’s better here

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
    1·
    24 minutes ago

    I use both several times a day. Reddit has more content. But the fediverse (and decentralization of communication) is important to me so I created my own instance. I’m hoping more people follow.