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[–] Dvst 57 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Added Mlem to the spot where Apollo once lived. Hope it can live up

[–] Gerryflap 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jcb2016 1 points 2 years ago

Go to your communities/local communites or all in general and sort by new. or sort by new comments in the communities feed. you won't be disappointed

[–] grldaeg 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] c2h6 4 points 2 years ago

Do your part by posting. Or doing what redditors do best - repost!!

[–] StarManta 8 points 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.

[–] gawdahm 8 points 2 years ago

Writing from mlem now :D. Thanks for the tip

[–] brainschaden 4 points 2 years ago

Same but with Jerboa and reddit is fun

[–] PumpedSardines 3 points 2 years ago

Downloaded mlem now, worse than Apollo but better than Reddit. And the content on here is about the same as for Reddit so I'm not complaining!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Memmy is good too. It’s in TestFlight on iOS. I use both. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. Will keep using them as they update.

I believe this is the link:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD

[–] mvu 23 points 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

[–] TheGayDude 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interact with that weird green stuff on the ground

[–] Lemmyin 14 points 2 years ago
[–] _number8_ 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Sidhean 3 points 2 years ago

They're not bugs! Just tiny, cute, unintended features :3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy's buggy too yet I don't see you complaining

[–] AwkwardPenguin 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can always try replacing it with this TestFlight app Memmy. https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy/discussions/13

[–] DoakSteezy 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for this, I wasn't really liking Mlem a whole lot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

Doing my part 🫡

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] DoakSteezy 2 points 2 years ago

I’m the guy that reported the bug this morning and although I have next to no knowledge of react projects am trying to implement my requested feature :)

[–] qaz 3 points 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.

[–] hydra 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i need to heal my brain from mindless scrolling

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Now we can do it on Lemmy!

[–] jacktherippah 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me Jerboa is now where Infinity for Reddit used to be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Using Jeroba instead of Baconreader, but yep...

[–] aragon 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 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.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

to be honest, I like lemmy. It's a lot calmer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While its does feel like reddit 10 years ago, the appeal to me became that reddit always had soemthign new no matter the hour of day. Hope Lemmy can get there.

[–] Graphine 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah but back then the pro was that you could actually lead a productive fucking life off your phone lmao. Now if there's always something new on Reddit it just leads into habit/addiction

Personally the appeal for me has become the opposite. Because I have to wait for Lemmy to update, I can actually stay off my phone more and do more productive things.

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[–] Draksis 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Addicted to information, or (useless) scrolling through posts? It took me long, too long to be honest, that Reddit was mostly scrolling through useless information. I'm glad I'm done with Reddit now.

[–] gothicdecadence 2 points 2 years ago

Addicted to information, that's a good way of putting it. I feel the same! The constant stream from reddit took so much of my time. I do miss it and it's still a good way to stay informed about what's going on in the world. I much prefer the forum style to TikTok/Reels/Shorts/etc, which feels like brainrot if you spend any amount of time scrolling through

[–] exoplanetary 2 points 2 years ago

Likewise. Their spots are now occupied by Lemmy and Mastodon. I really hope the fediverse takes off more, it reminds me of pre-2010s internet before the mass corporate takeover of social media.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The whole debacle made me realize how much of an addiction I had to reddit (not like dysfunctional levels, but still...). App checking is definitely a weird side-effect, as is all the free time I have haha.

For now, Lemmy helps in giving a similar vibe but the calmness (for now) makes it easier to set boundaries, I think. Hope to build healthier habits this time around!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually spending more time on lemmy, hacker news, and (gasp) 9gag as well now.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Lemmyin 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

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

I'm still salty Google killed their RSS reader but glad to hear Feedly is still around. How is Feedly nowadays? Hope it didn't turn to shit.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

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[–] Ataraxia 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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?

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[–] CascadeDismayed 3 points 2 years ago

In solidarity with those post I deleted RIF from my phone. This is my home now.

[–] henry_rowengartner 2 points 2 years ago

Drop the apps my dudes. Browse the web, embrace Brutalists

Cheers

  • Henry
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] lhx 1 points 2 years ago
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