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Where else on the web does everyone hang out? (normalcity.life)

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

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I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy.

I myself am frequently on discord with my wife and friends playing games. I’ve also found myself in and around smaller blogs spaces like Kev Quirk and related people. Reddit used to be a place for me to hang out but I never found a community that I felt connected to. I don’t know if YouTube would be considered a place to hang out, but I frequently spend way more time there than I should. IRC used to be a great place for me.

So, where are your favorite places?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda hate that I waste so much time on it.

You watched some learning materials—programming problems, historical events, etc. That's educative. At least you learned something.

Also, time you enjoy is not wasted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem with YouTube is that is so easy to just default to letting it feed your brain. Frequently it's not even enjoyable, it's just straight distraction from anything meaningful. On the flip side, YouTube can be the absolute best place to learn anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem with YouTube is that is so easy to just default to letting it feed your brain.

True, a typical example is YouTube Shorts. I hate that 15-second trend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally had to disable YouTube shorts. My life improved significantly when I just didn't have shorts thrown in my face constantly.

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

How do you do that?

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

I used this video as a guide and it worked: https://youtu.be/WtFBrB4XqBc?si=635fN0fa7jN77evj

This disables the YouTube shorts suggestions, which is how I would get sucked into watching shorts all the time. You can still go to shorts if you want, but I guarantee you will mostly forget about them with the suggestions disabled. Shows how little value they really give.

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

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/WtFBrB4XqBc?si=635fN0fa7jN77evj

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Good bot!