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I will uninstall Reddit so i don’t use it anymore.
We can use the website to use it anyways!
This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use an app to limit your use of another app, you’ve fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don’t need a timer, you don’t need to remove the app or get yourself banned, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
What a goofy take. “Having trouble with self control? Have you tried having self control?” Obviously there’s something more going on or life would be a whole lot simpler. Sometimes externalizing a decision through a tool like a timer is part of how a person indirectly exerts self control.
This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use rehab to limit your use of heroin, you’ve fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don’t need rehab, you don’t need to stop buying heroin or cut off ties with your dealer, just stop using it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
Using a website app and being chemically addicted to a strong substance, same thing really if you don’t think about it
This to me reads that you have a serious self control issue. If you need to use therapy to limit your gambling, you’ve fucked up. Learn and practice some self control. You don’t need therapy, you don’t need to stop gambling or cut off ties with your dealer, just stop doing it. This is like needing to have your parents tell you to do your homework or something. You are in control of your life. You will feel much more empowered if you do it yourself.
Not the same, but they share are both serious behavioral disorders and share the same (or at least similar) physiological and psychological mechanisms. Some people who struggle with self-control will absolutely need outside help getting out of these kinds of addictive behavior loops. “Internet addiction isn’t real, get over it” has the same vibe as “depression isn’t real, it’s just in your head”.
Sometimes people need help starting good behaviors. Trying, and failing repeatedly is extremely demoralizing and can cause people to give up.
Don’t shit on people for trying to make a good change in a different way that what works for you. They are not you.
Here’s a fun trick to stop using Reddit - simply install and use a VPN.
Just like that, Reddit blocks itself for you!
It’s easy. Just be yourself and say whatever the fuck you want instead of trying to adhere to their stupid ass rules.
You’ll get a free ticket out of there in no time.
I found it really easy to quit Reddit. The trick is to engage in conversation with a maga, say exactly what you think, and let the permaban system do the rest! 😉
Just delete the app, trust me
Delete all your comments and posts so Reddit can’t profit off them, then delete your account.
I quit. It was simple. The fediverse is a great replacement.
When they killed off the app I was using, I refused to install their BS.
Web only, especially on my phone was enough to make me stop.
Now I only end up there through search results and that’s only when there’s no other option.
One of the dumbest things they did was remove the mobile sized webpage. I only need to check one subreddit sometimes and I’m never going to install the app.
I was on reddit for well over a decade, and performed a lot of free labour, not just as a mod but putting real thought into posts and comments.
Anyway, I requested all my data so I could have an archive of it, then ran my comments through PowerDeleteSuite a couple of times for good measure, and honestly was shocking how quickly I stopped having feelings for my old account.
I’ve also had no use for the “archive” of posts and comments over the last 10+ years. It just made pulling the plug easier.
You put a ton of thought into a comment nobody notices and then “Exactly!” gets 2000 upvotes.
I as lucky enough to use Apollo. As soon as it stopped working, Reddit became useless to me.
(Or not useful enough to use their horrendous website, old.reddit website or official app)
Boost just stopped working for me yesterday
Yupp, as soon as i could no longer use RiF, I was done. Trying to mod a small community using the official app was basically impossible.
It’s an addiction. Don’t tell to go cold turkey. Have an alternative in place and then gradually reduce your timer for Reddit. Look at how much you use each day on average then set the timer for that. So first your getting rid of your high usage days. After a couple of days reduce it by 5 mins. Keep repeating this. Also, trim down the subs you’re subscribed to so there’s less new content showing up.
What’s your alternative? Been meaning to use Lemmy less, but since I started using social media in place of idling/skin picking/bad thoughts when I don’t have the energy to do anything else, that’s what I return to when I put my phone down. (I have adhd)
Oh Lemmy is the alternative, this was just for getting off Reddit lol
I have a timer app for blocking Instagram and it works pretty well—I use ScreenZen
Pretty simple: start asking controversial questions until you get permabanned.
Weird, I just deleted my account, uninstalled the app, and moved to Lemmy with no desire to go back.
