Tips to minimise/leave Reddit?
My social media universe has been facebook and reddit, I have never used any other social media sites. I’ve been on both of those sites for about 15 years, which is a haunting amount of time, and ideally the upper limit of my social media lifespan. How long does this go on?
These days, I maintain a facebook account almost exclusively for marketplace, so to be honest I don’t really have much problem with that, I don’t lose a lot of time there.
The big one for me is reddit. I’ll cycle between phases of steady daily use, then getting fed up, deleting my account and going without, until I eventually get sucked back in, because of the below.
The “problem” with reddit for me is that it has become the repository of useful information on specific topics or hobbies, information that in the past was more concentrated or prevalent on dedicated standalone forums. I’m a musician and av tech, and so rather than jumping from site to site about specific instruments or gear, there’s a sub for most everything on reddit.
The useful side of Reddit is undeniably helpful, but The problem is that I will always get roped into some god-awful front page trash, and before I know it I’ve lost a couple hours, day upon day upon week upon month… the accumulated mental energy and time spent by collective humanity scrolling random nothingness on social media over the last couple of decades is just staggering to think about.
Elsewhere, I notice that when/if I get sick, or if I’m on holiday sometimes, I’ll reach for my phone and comfy doom scrolling ensues.
I was wondering if anyone has had long term success leaving reddit behind, or has any reddit-specific tips? I would ask for tips on avoiding the bloated engagement bait on reddit but I think the best long term would be to leave it behind, for me personally if the door is open any amount it ends up letting everything in.
today I learned Sam Altman has a 9% ownership stake in reddit, things like that make it less appealing I guess!