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Comment by smlavine | Hacker News Reader

Interesting how the author explicitly invokes the language of addiction here:

> Its MUCH easier to stop adding to Reddit than it is to quit cold turkey

I deleted RiF from my phone last night, but I don't think I need to replace it with anything, like a smoker switches to patches or gum.

I'm going to spend my time reading blogs (or books!), writing, or just being a bit more bored once in a while. People used to do that, right?

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I feel like Reddit filled gaps in times that books don't fit in as well, like a short wait at a doctors office, and it's good at that, far better than flipping through magazines from 3 years ago. The problem is it ALSO fills in the gaps where books could go and that's when it becomes a problem.

I too uninstalled RiF yesterday. Not sure where I want to go next, but I hope I read more as well. It'll probably be easier to put down my phone at night and open up my book.

So far I’ve been looking at my rss feed instead and have been experimenting with Lemmy, but Lemmy has some growing to do before it’ll be great.

I find the problem with Lemmy is it's too self aware. Most of the content right now is about Lemmy. Like you said, some growing to do.

I was subscribed to a pretty niche/narrow list of electronics-related subreddits and used a really heavy keyword filter list in Apollo

It was a great way to see what beginners were asking and hobbyists were brewing

I'll miss being able to easily keep a thumb on where the hobby side is heading

I’ve already noticed myself spending significantly more time here on HN honestly.

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