I just catched myself looking at reddit again.

To remind myself not to use reddit in the next few days (or never again if I succeed) I added it to my uBlock filter list. Additionally I deleted all reddit apps from my phone.

What’s your strategy on how to avoid reddit?

  • goddamnpipes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lemmy seems to cover most of the content from larger subreddits. For the smaller, or more specific communities (such as local subreddits or those for hobbies/interests) they generally have a Discord server to join.

    So between Lemmy and Discord, I’ve eliminated the need to use Reddit at all. This isn’t without it’s flaws or drawbacks, but it ‘scratches the Reddit itch’, I guess.

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.itEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I uninstalled Sync for Reddit on my Android phone.

    I’m going to backup the content I created over the years and fry my account in the afternoon.

  • shapesandstuff@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Made a redirect command in Redirector on Chrome, moved Relay off screen and set the Lemmy Chrome “app” where Relay used to be.
    Got a slight headstart before the Blackout and Lemmy is already really growing on me

  • Jaximus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Reddit has a ton of useful knowledge on it, why would I avoid it? It is not just a platform to doomscroll on… As a social media platform it’s as good as dead for me, but it is still a hyper forum with many worthwhile communities.

    • axo10tl@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      why would I avoid it?

      To show your support to the blackout while it lasts?

      It’s a bit like going to work despite the strike.

      • Jaximus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Oh I thought OP talked about avoiding reddit in general. I have already visited it at least 3 times today looking for a solution to my laptop’s inability to connect to the internet :P I haven’t thought of avoiding it to send a message, I guess I will simply turn of the computer. I have already deleted Boost for reddit so I will simply not visit it on my phone…

        • Newwit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          1 year ago

          While reddit is used for troubleshooting, I’ve never encountered a solution to a issue that’s not available on other sites aswell. So I don’t see myself needing to use reddit even for the useful information it provided.

  • EvilBlackCat@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Kept a note at my home screen about Reddit Black Out. And logged out of Infinity. Now, everytime I unlock my phone, I see that note and open Lemmy🥂

  • rollingFlint@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Easy, I just deleted my 10+ years Reddit account.

    No regrets, and am now having fun exploring the fediverse.

  • psychothumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A simple low impact one I came up with is moving the Jerboa app icon to where the reddit one used to be and moving the reddit one to the end of the list, so my muscle memory reddit log on takes me here instead.

    • AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Same here as well. I uninstalled rif and replaced its icon with Jerboa. I don’t even notice the difference until the screen loads 😄

  • Newwit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I unsubscribed to every subreddit that didn’t acknowledged they’d take part of the blackout yesterday. I’ve opened the app once today and was greeted with a “Reddit is killing 3rd party apps (and itself)” post and got reminded to exit the app right away.

  • ratz30@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I uninstalled RIF tonight and keep finding myself searching for it on my home screen lol Will get used to it eventually I guess. I’m opening Jerboa every time I catch myself to retrain myself.

  • elavat0r@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I put the Jerboa app icon where Baconreader had been on my phone. I kept opening it by reflex. This seems to be working.

  • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Uninstalled the app, blackholed the domain in my Pi-hole servers, and removed the domain from my web search results on my SearxNG server. I use Wireguard from my phone when out and about, so I’m always usnig Pi-hole and SearxNG.