Is anyone here so hardcore that they don’t even bother with mainstream social media? If its not on Lemmy or Mastodon it must not be important? Anyone that hardcore?

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    26 minutes ago

    I’ve only ever marginaly used reddit, ages ago.
    What’s so hardcore about preferring social media over algorithms?

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    11 minutes ago

    I only go to reddit when it comes up on a google search, all my posts and comments are replaced and deleted

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    haven’t used reddit once since Spez’s mod-melting-bullshit. don’t anticipate ever going back. bluesky + lemmy is more than enough distraction for me.

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    48 minutes ago

    I haven’t used reddit since they removed the free API that FOSS apps were using. Lemmy is the only “reddit like” that I’ve used since. As for other social media, I left Facebook over 10 years ago, never used twitter, or anything newer that isn’t FOSS and federated. I’ve used mastodon since 2017. So I guess that makes me hardcore?

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    29 minutes ago

    About the “hardcore” and msm, I do check msm, and try to use multiple sources and more balanced media sources. News on lemmy definitely isn’t neutral.

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    I check Reddit like 5-10 minutes a week max and usually only if i land there via searches and just do a quick gloss over anything ive potentially missed. But compare that to the hours a week in habitually using lemmy (for better and/or worse i guess haha)

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    1 hour ago

    Depends what you mean by social media. I watch YouTube similar to watching TV. Doesn’t feel anything like Mastodon or Lemmy to me, you know what I mean?

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    2 hours ago

    I’ve stopped contributing on Reddit a long time ago and only visit niche communities as a news feeds mostly.

    I’ve actually been working on scraping powered rss feed generator of my own to avoid visiting reddit all together but turns out its a bit more than a weekend project to put all of the pieces together.

  • I use Lemmy and Mastodon (and sometimes Pixelfed), but have currently a Bluesky-phase. I also noticed a lot of anxiety when using bluesky regarding current events, so i’m thinking of dropping it again, i can cope better with lemmy, much less hectic.

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    1 hour ago

    The only thing I have that’s mainstream is Bsky. Outside of that, I’ve been fedi exclusive for some years now. I tried to make a Tumblr, but I forgot just how much corpo ran networks suck. The moment I was hit with adverts for their crappy membership and shop, I tapped out. I have a Facebook that’s only occasionally used to get contact information from old friends and family, but aside from that I’m always logged out.

    That’s about it, I think. I consume Youtube through the web client and 3rd party mobile clients without an account, and I get around other sites with similar methods.

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    2 hours ago

    I don’t have an account on other social media.

    Once in a while I do searches like “alternative to X site:reddit.com” for software, movie recommendations, etc. So I do use it, just don’t participate. Mostly because it’s designed to breed hate and distrust.