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[–] mvu@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I got you

  • add ebook reader app to phone
  • download ebooks
  • pretend ebooks are long-form Reddit posts
  • become well-read while wasting time

If you can't read, download picture ebooks instead

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me Jerboa is now where Infinity for Reddit used to be.

[–] TheInsane42@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Using Jeroba instead of Baconreader, but yep...

[–] TheGayDude@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interact with that weird green stuff on the ground

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

there are bugs in it

[–] AwkwardPenguin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can always try replacing it with this TestFlight app Memmy. https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy/discussions/13

[–] DoakSteezy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for this, I wasn't really liking Mlem a whole lot.

[–] gkd@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let me know any issues you run into or ideas you have! Will keep you guys all up to date

Doing my part 🫡

[–] BioMando@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Consider, if you haven't already, creating a community for discussions about the app!

[–] hydra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i need to heal my brain from mindless scrolling

[–] Ado@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Now we can do it on Lemmy!

[–] donnnnnb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try an RSS aggregator app like Feedly and add all your favorite topics/sites. I filled mine up with web comics, car blogs and tech stuff. Also been getting into NPR lately, lots of interesting stuff and less of a focus on politics.

[–] Lemmyin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's what I did at first. But for me the beauty of reddit isn't with the post themselves, it's in the comments.

[–] Dvst@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Added Mlem to the spot where Apollo once lived. Hope it can live up

[–] Gerryflap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I did the same with Jerboa a few days ago. I keep clicking it, and it's actually building the "good" habit of using Lemmy instead of reddit. There's less content here though, but maybe that's a blessing in disguise. Filling the "mindless scrolling of the internet" time with something useful should be my actual goal. So having less stuff to browse might help with that.

[–] brainschaden@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same but with Jerboa and reddit is fun

[–] grldaeg@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] c2h6@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Do your part by posting. Or doing what redditors do best - repost!!

[–] narwhal@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually spending more time on lemmy, hacker news, and (gasp) 9gag as well now.

[–] HerculeanTardigrade@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Haven't been to 9gag since a decade ago. When I was still a teenager, I used to be addicted with 9gag. Young me found le comics so entertaining and funny. It was so addicting doom scrolling on 9gag.

When you see it, you'll shit brix.

[–] kerbo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

to be honest, I like lemmy. It's a lot calmer.

[–] Space_Racer@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

While its does feel like reddit 10 years ago, the appeal to me became that reddit always had soemthign new no matter the hour of day. Hope Lemmy can get there.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] philoko@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago
[–] CascadeDismayed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

In solidarity with those post I deleted RIF from my phone. This is my home now.

[–] deroverda@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’ve been thinking of deleting my Reddit account but haven’t gone through with it. This post motivated me enough to at least delete my Reddit app (slide for iOS). So many wasted hours I’ve been spending on that app just mindlessly scrolling like a robot.

Now to my next addiction: watching YouTube videos which won’t make me smarter (gaming content) on my phone.

[–] Unimpressionabletug@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now to my next addiction: watching YouTube videos which won’t make me smarter (gaming content) on my phone.

Are you me?

Jokes aside, I use(d) Apollo for my mindless scrolling of the internet. One feature that I loved was the option to turn off endless scrolling. You would reach an end and have to click to continue scrolling. Often I found myself on my phone without realising, and that feature managed to break me out of it each time.

[–] deroverda@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Hehe who knows? Brother or sister from a different mother.

Cool feature, wish slide had that feature. So how do you deal with spending hours watching YouTube videos? The thing about YouTube is that you don’t need an app. You just enter YouTube in your web browser. Avoiding logging in to that site will require a huge amount of self-restraint and since I’ve got an addiction personality that isn’t easy.

[–] malamignasanmig@group.lt 0 points 2 years ago

slide (ios) has the best interface among the foss 3rd party apps for reddit. was surprised that it looked different in android so i used infinity there, which isnt as nice.

[–] aragon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Jerboa has been good so far. Somehow the discussions on lemmy feels more engaging than on reddit. Might be because there are no bots regurgiating comments. But the lack of my favourite subreddits have helped my phone addiction 😂 Hopefully this will be rectified soon 😉

[–] Draksis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Deleted Reddit and Twitter same day, I'm bored for sure but it's kind of insane how addicted to information I am. Trying to break it is hard.

[–] Megaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Would you care to give Mastodon a try now?

[–] LostCause@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I went traditional and am reading books more and now I‘m also hanging out here. Excited to explore Lemmy a bit with all of you.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] LostCause@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Both in a way, digital at work or on the go and physical at home.