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?
I only use Lemmy since the reddit API Fuck up.
Sometimes, if I am looking for information, I visit reddit, but I treat it like any other random forum I look up something, take the info and fuck off again.
I use YouTube, if you wanna count that. I don’t comment there and use Newpipe or PipePipe, so only consuming and no participation there too.
I haven’t used any other social media, like Facebook or Instagram, so nothing hardcore for me in just continuing not to do so.
I had seven billion updoots or whatever on reddit. I haven’t used it for 2 years.
Also, why is that “hardcore”? You might want to reevaluate your relationshio with social media and computing. If you can’t disconnect from it that sounds unhealthy.
I agree with your sentiment, and I am in a similar boat. I dont think stepping away from Reddit / Facebook / Instagram / TikTok is hardcore.
I didn’t have eleventy billion updooterinos on Reddit, but I had a fair share. When they made their stand around 2 years ago, I nuked my profile and bailed.
I got rid of 95% of all social media years ago. Was only using reddit and a bit of Lemmy. Got nuked off of Reddit a couple months back and have now been on Lemmy since then. Nothing hardcore about quitting. It will be better for your sanity.
I don’t use any mainstream social media, but I don’t see how that is hardcore? I simply socialize in real life when I need it. And I feel like people mainly really use social media to entertain themselves.
I left Reddit 2 or 3 years back and have only used Lemmy since.
I joined through Lemm.ee so recently had to move over to Lemmy.zip
I think this was a net positive for me overall. Lemmy has a lot less content which helped me break the “I’m slightly bored let me pull out my phone and scroll Reddit” addiction I didn’t even realize I had. Now I check Lemmy maybe once or twice a day, still see the big important events and the couple communities I care about.
I was never one for twitter, so I don’t bother with trying to find a replacement for that.
Overall the less social media I use the better I feel. I think future generations will look back on our constant use of social media and dopamine mining the same way we look back on how people used to smoke everywhere.
We know it’s bad for us, but we like the dopamine so everyone just does it everywhere, we give toddlers tablets so they can start dopamine mining as early as possible. I hope our descendants look back at this time with a sense of “holy shit they just let people smoke in the nurseries at the hospital?!”
Reddit still comes up when I’m searching for info/insight on specific topics, but for scrolling and commenting it’s Lemmy all day er’yday.
I’m on lemmy. I’m an artist so I also have an account on Pixelfed.art because it has a portfolio view I can show people.
Otherwise I am a non-participant in social media.
Yes I uninstalled everything except Lemmy and it feels like 2007 again
I haven’t looked back to reddit since I created my account. It’s better here
Left Reddit almost a year ago and haven’t looked back.
I’m banned from Reddit and since the appeal process is bullshit, I didn’t bother to appeal.
I only post or reply on Lemmy.
I don’t have a facebook, instagram, snapchat, or twitter account.
I deleted my two reddit accounts after RIF stopped working.
I do have accounts on a couple of car forums so I can ask questions about fixing my car, if that counts.
I don’t use reddit aside from reading search results. I never post and never explicitly seek it out.
I deleted Twitter years ago. I never used Facebook or Instagram or tiktok. That shit’s bad for you.
It’s annoying that some places will make announcements only on shitty platforms. None of my friends are this “hardcore” , so sometimes I find out about stuff like a concert or protest or whatever because one of them sees it on Instagram
Is that considered hardcore? I know plenty of people without any social media, but all of them are >40yo, we learned to socialize before gafam
I have never posted on reddit. I guess I dodged a bullet there.
Yes. 🤷♂️
It’s not even hard core. Escape that corporate screaming.
