Why are you on lemmy right now?

Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.

Ditto
My favorite Reddit app was killed (RIF), but I stumbled into Red Reader. For some reason Reddit still allowed it to continue. It's not bad.
- I felt like I wanted to be part of the solution by stopping my usage of reddit. I didn’t want to continue to support a site I fundamentally disagree with on how they handled their monetization strategy by screwing over so many people.
  At this point, I no longer doom scroll reddit or even lemmy and it feels good to not waste my time doing so.
- Hmm, I was curious about this so I looked:
  It has been agreed that RedReader falls under the exemption for non-commercial accessibility-focused apps, due to the work that has been done to optimize the app for screen readers, and the app's high level of usage within the blind community.
- Revanced baby. If you get the urge to use rif again.

To help people realize that neoliberal capitalism is causing climate change and must be replaced with a planned economy to lessen the impact when society inevitably collapses.

U ok bro?
- Yes. I’m fine. I accepted this reality a while ago. I still have periods of denial and frustration, but absurdist philosophy helps. I’m just here to help others with their journey, if I can.
Everyone here has already reached that conclusion or they’d be on corporate social media. You must be doing a bang up job! Thank you for your service
- This allows me to vent about our situation. I prefer humor to doomerism. I’m actually quite optimistic about the future. We have the opportunity to evolve our interpersonal relationships and develop a world based on sharing and not selfishness. I’m confident we will succeed. The dystopian vision that is displayed in media is designed to make us hopeless and maintain the status quo.
Were prehistoric animals neoliberal capitalists? Because a lot of them died due to climate change.
One thing that hasn't changed from Reddit is the naive politics of all sides. Depressing.
- Your comment proves your thesis. This isn’t political, it is scientific. The science is settled with empirical evidence. To think otherwise is naive.

I'm bored.

Pooping.

Poop gang unite!

Toilet break

Why are you on Lemmy

Reddit refugee.

right now?

Shittin'

Same. Same.

Two types of people in this post:

Those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not doing something productive", and
those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not Reddit"

You forgot yourself. It's three

Fuck spez

I'm shy but I still have the human desire for social interaction. Written communication with anonymous strangers strikes a good balance between avoiding shyness triggers and fulfilling that desire to be social.

(Shy probably isn't the right word. I have no problem giving a formal presentation to a room full of my coworkers, but I won't initiate an informal conversation with a coworker in the break room.)

Poor impulse control

I came here because of the reddit strike. I am one of those idiots that used the official app anyway but i did not like the way they handled the change. I changed to lemmy and after a couple of days I deleted my reddit account. I actually don`t remember when I had this much fun exploring a part of the internet. I just love the community. Sure there could be more content and especially discussion in the comments but I take the slower content generation over the toxic cesspool most large online communities have become any day of the week.

Reddit refugee. After Spez spazzed out, and I couldn't use Sync anymore, I was gone.

As for this second? Same reason everyone is here. On a break looking at a phone.

EDIT

Also, my first post! Also, fuck /u/spez

Also Sync is back baby!
- How do you think I sent this message? :)

Because fuck spez that’s why. Deleted my 10+ year old mod account back when they killed Apollo. Haven’t been back (and don’t plan to either).

Procrastinating on work, as usual.

Here, here.

Morning routine.

Standard issue poop break

But is the poop standard?
- Asking the real questions.
Military issue poop explode

My code is compiling.

Aren't you supposed to be sword fighting on an office chair?

My discomfort while being bored

Reddit killed my app 😭

Looking at Lemmy so far I see no reason to return to Reddit, especially with them monetising karma and whatever that crypto thing is they introduced

especially with them monetising karma
wtf? what happened? I deleted my reddit account, so I'm ootl.
- In some communities, users can give other users tips in addition to upvoting
  https://midwest.social/comment/1249736

Doomscrolling

You mean at the very moment? I'm waiting for my gf to come to sleep. In general? Boycotting Reddit and I still like to get my news curated

💩 break

I'm not.

Because Reddit got boring af. And annoying. Spambots everywhere because of API shutdown.

Fediverse is a healthy alternative I don't need to feel bad about. I feel shameful and don't want to talk about it when I use Reddit, which I stopped using anyways.

Reddit really

i was even using the official app but i switched to fatbird before going to lemmy

Reddit doesn't work on my phone and my PC takes ages loading Baldur's gate 3

Cuz I got nothing better to do.

bus ride home

Definitely not procrastinating at work, honest

Same reason I was on Reddit at work before. I’m taking a dump and need something to do. And now my bowel movements are free of corporate interests

Because I used boost for Reddit and I wasn't going to use Reddit without it. Now I just like the concept of Lemmy.

Trying to reinvigorate !superbowl@lemmy.world and !anime@lemmy.ml .

SuperbOwl migrated from Reddit but nobody was doing anything with it. I try to post at least one owl a day. Currently I'm posting one owl rescue a day for each US state so people can visit and support them in person. Today is #11, Hawaii.

Anime communities seem so dead in Lemmy. There was finally an active thread last weekend, so I wanted to try to start another one this weekend.

Checking my Lemmy messages. I love going back and forth with people in comments.

Reading leftist memes and LGBTQIA+ basic tips for like daily life. Oh and the Autism/ADHD community tips, too. I'm pretty burnt out on commenting on news posts, and hope to make more original posts around culture and tech stuff.

died on counter strike. Waiting for next round :D

I am riding da bus

That makes 2 of us

As in right now? Sitting outside in the city center on a Friday night watching people having fun with friends and trying to feel the same vicariously through them.

Don't want to appear staring so I'm typing on my phone.

I prefer not to say.

I don't even know

It's a whole new world.

thanks for that. now my brain is 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵
It's a magic carpet ride

Because it’s an outlet for my non-grumpy, cheery personality.
During the day I can be too serious, mostly because I don’t feel safe to express myself fully in public. So I use Lemmy to have some fun, leave a silly reply if I feel like it and post some nice images.
I haven’t done this in years. Before, I spend most of the time just lurking around. It feels good to just let go and be myself with strangers :)

I very much enjoy it here. It feels like the first non toxic social media that has existed in terms of its personality. People seem friendly and willing to face discussion. It's also nice to interact without ads and idiots like Zuck and Musk.

If there's people there will be toxicity. Look at all of the down voted comments in major threads, it's just reddit with less people. Still a public communication platform.

Rougly 43 seconds before seeing this post, I was looking to some really cool artworks and photography pieces, on dedicated communities.

read some articles

because I'm taking a shit

Gotta get those stimmies

Wasting time while I wait for my girlfriend to hand in her notice 😂 she got a better job 👍

Wasting time and I fucking hate reddit

I don't use reddit on mobile (and use it much much less on desktop with RES, Old reddit, and an adblocker, I still like the computer oriented subs)

Mental outlaw/kenny.

Discount Drake
Oh has he talked about Lemmy? I watch some of this stuff sometimes, haven't seen that I don't think tho. I'm mostly herr because I didn't like what reddit was doing even though I used the official app the whole time

It was during the mini-exodus, gotta start somewhere

Can't sleep and I need a distraction

Interest over much how it's picking up steam in relation to the alien site. Pleasantly surprised!

Apollo stopped working and Voyager scratches that itch.

Insomnia.

That's a good chunk of why I'm here. Any post at 3am is this. I'm in a timezone, so who can guess when that applies. If you do the work to figure it out, you have no life.
ETA: Also, solidarity with fellow insomniacs. If this is a consistent problem for you, look into seeing a for sleeping pills.

just signed up, i'm here to check things out 👀

Beans

right now? always

My daughter and her netball team are having a session at flip out. It's 4pm and I want to go home. I have things to do. We've been out since 8am.

Just passing time. That's why I'm currently browsing.

Scrolling when I should be sleeping

While also debating myself on sharing some art I recently made

Checking my communities.

Because I was banned from all of Reddit for ban evasion in a sub I wasn’t even banned from. Not coincidentally, it was right after speaking out against the the treatment of 3rd party developers over API use.

I'm having a coffee before I drop the kids off at the pool.

Looking for world and culture news in bed before starting my day

Spez stabbed baconreader in broad daylight so now I get my dopamine fix through Liftoff.

On the bright side, with smaller communities I have cut my time on lemmy in half from what it was on reddit to the point my wife has even brought up how less frequently I am staring at my phone.

Why am I on lemmy right now? Because it's Friday so I am doing as little work as possible. I think I'll go make some eggs.

How were the eggs?
- So good

I'm driving a school bus. (just kidding)

bored, slightly hungover. just scrolling through.

Caught up on discord.

Figuring out whats up in the world. I open the all feed and sort by top in past 12 hours. Thunder client ftw.

Kbin, but I’m bored and procrastinating

Because Reddit is just crap anymore.

Post nut clarity?

I'm not.

to help grow the fediverse community, help kick start critical mass

To answer the question asked in this post...

It's Friday afternoon and I am experiencing a Brain Full Error.

dota game coordinator is down

bored in class

Bored and sleepy. I'm so glad it's Friday.

Because my normal iceshrimp instance broke and im waiting til i get home to swap it to akkoma

Just finished for the week and catching up on my social media.

News, soccer, and some memes.

Because I'm waiting on someone from headend to get to a ssag, so I can trouble shoot why this light level is so low.

on my way home

Morning coffee.

i should be writing

Commercials on tv

Work is lame and this passes the day along...

Waiting on the bus.

Depressed & can’t sleep

Procrastinatin'

I’m bored and lonely. Used to go to Reddit but Apollo shut down, so now I’m here.

What app are you using at the mo?
Curious since i'm only aware of two and haven't heard about them in a while
- I’m an iPhone heathen so I don’t have access to the Android apps. I’ve been using Mlem and it’s pretty similar to Apollo. Not as feature rich yet, and sometimes it’s a little quirky, but not bad for a relatively new app.
- Not the commenter but I'm using Voyager

Because my direct is very wordy and I'm maybe not the best boss.

Just woke up and wanted to have a leisurely scroll.

Because my roommates dumbass mother keeps waking me up after 5 hours of sleep and I'm too livid to fall back asleep

Just taking a break from work and wanted to browse a bit while I am relaxing.

Because I can 💪
Anyway mostly to screw reddit.

You ever spent a day working on a personal project where you absolutely blazed through the work and are excited about jumping back in the next day but being so excited you can't sleep and just browse. Yeah

I'm in the carpark at the shops and I got distracted after picking up my phone..

I am in hospital and bored out of my mind. I keep scrolling and scrolling and...

I rent a server and like to self host stuff.

Waiting for the rest of Reddit to follow. [Drums Fingers Impatiently]

Like you, we’re all bots.

well I was on lemmy to avoid redditors

For some fun times

Hoping to see news that the US government has finally decided to stop the economy from melting down.

I keep being disappointed…

Today I'm scrolling and cleaning up my feed, banned chap traphouse and a few toxic commenters enjoying my first month on lemmy

Because the reddit official app suck. But reading comments in news subs I feel like the majority here are tankies. And I'd rather use dumb official reddit app than be with tankies

You couldn't even properly answer the question.
It was "why are you here?"
The answer you provided was why you don't want to be here.
Yet here you are.

I really like the UI of the jerboah app