I, much like basically everyone here, have been avoiding Reddit when possible, and the content here just doesn’t hit the same. My fried dopamine receptors were certainly screaming for stimulation early on but now I feel an urge to touch grass and breathe fresh air. What is this? Am I dying? I still hate the angry lightbulb in the sky.

In all seriousness though, I’ll admit that I was kind of addicted to Reddit and now I don’t want to go near it. Maybe this will turn a new leaf for me. If not here, I’ll probably find some other way to satiate my dopamine receptors through more productive means.

  • razorwiregoatlick@kbin.social
    12·
    1 year ago

    I am feeling the same thing. I left Reddit completely but Kbin and the Fediverse does not have the same addictive qualities. I see it as a good thing though I think it’s only a matter of time before it gets there.

    My biggest issue right now is that Kbin does not seem to hide or blur NSFW content. It’s getting awkward to explain to my wife why the occasional hard core porn comes across my stream.

    • Jee@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      It might get more addictive but there’s still not the same incentive to design for more engagement like on mainstream social media.

      About NSFW content randomly popping up, I actually haven’t seen any of it yet.
      But still I wouldn’t scroll any of the fediverse (or Twitter if I was still there) around people. Never know for sure what will pop up.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      There are Kbin styles and scripts being shared.

      This one blurs NSFW domains which helps a bit (among many other features): https://kbin.social/m/kbinStyles/t/27201/kbin-enhancement-script-QOL-updates-for-the-kbin-UI

      There may be others in that Mag: m/kbinStyles/ (I’m on kbin.social so the link goes direct to there; I’m still not sure how to share fediverse links in a less server specific way!)

      Also obviously you need to tick “Hide adult content” under settings, but that currently relies on people flagging content appropriately when posting. Hopefully Kbin and Lemmy will move rapidly to autoflagging content in whole communities as NSFW to make that better.