I put the Jerboa app icon where Baconreader had been on my phone. I kept opening it by reflex. This seems to be working.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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This is the way.
Pretty much! I still haven't even deleted Boost, but the icon has been replaced and I've already all but forgotten about it.
Me too. Sorry Boost, I will miss you.
I deleted my account
A simple low impact one I came up with is moving the Jerboa app icon to where the reddit one used to be and moving the reddit one to the end of the list, so my muscle memory reddit log on takes me here instead.
Literally did the same.
Same here as well. I uninstalled rif and replaced its icon with Jerboa. I don't even notice the difference until the screen loads π
Ive been here a few days the content is already a lot. Sub to communities. Start a community. Get to commenting, posting or even lurking! Be the change @havilland@lemmy.ml!
In /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 old.reddit.com
Make it the pornhub IP
Hmmm will this work on my work laptop too?
In school, the first thing I did on my Arch Linux Laptop is to put google.com to the pornhub ip. Don't know why it should not work on any device.
The ol switcheroo
Once Apollo is gone for good, Iβll delete the app and thatβll be it. Reddit has too much useful info for me to block it entirely similar to Twitter. But also like Twitter, once the app is gone from my phone my usage pretty much drops to zero. Iβve already replaced Apollo with Mlem on my homepage, but Iβm leaving Apollo installed until the end.
If we could implement reddit scrapers (I think stealth for reddit is one of them), it might help us to acess reddit without using the shitty app or even an account. Scrapers aren't exactly great if you want to post stuff on reddit, not that you would want to...
Paused rif and moved Jerboa to the spot where it normally is on my launcher
I uninstalled RIF this morning. I saw when I commented on it saying that I loved using the app for reddit that I had recently started using... September 2011... Geeeeez. The feels.
rif and Relay were the two I used depending on how I was feeling that day. Excellent apps. Paid for both and I'll be sad to see them go.
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Uninstalled Apollo and put Mlem in its spot
The fact that I'm digging lemmy is helping. Feels new and adventurous.
I added reddit.com to my uBlock Origin blocklist!
I uninstalled Sync for Reddit on my Android phone.
I'm going to backup the content I created over the years and fry my account in the afternoon.
I've set a privacy redirect from Reddit to https://libreddit.pufe.org. Now I can't log in, but if people send me links then I can see what they sent. If I want to comment on things, I'll come to Lemmy.
I logged in to Reddit this morning for perhaps the last time, to extract my list of subreddit subscriptions. While I was there I noticed I had a bunch of "Reddit Coins", didn't even know that was a thing. Missed opportunity for "Creddits" IMO.
Thanks for the reminder. I need to get my subscription list. I like the redirect idea too.
Uninstalled Apollo (Christian plz forgive me). Deleted my account.
Don't worry, he feels just as bad as you for all of the evil Reddit has done to all of us.
That's... why I'm here.
I uninstalled RIF tonight and keep finding myself searching for it on my home screen lol Will get used to it eventually I guess. I'm opening Jerboa every time I catch myself to retrain myself.
Easy, I just deleted my 10+ years Reddit account.
No regrets, and am now having fun exploring the fediverse.
I deleted the app I was using to browse reddit (Infinity) and have blocked reddit.com system-wide on my computer. Admittedly this is a bit overkill for me but it's an easy solution.
Keep using it if you want to, don't treat it like a tiktok challenge.
I spend an unhealthy amount of time on reddit. So I realized I have to make changes. The timing of things helped me to make the decision easier.
I'm not really concerned about avoiding it. Most of the subreddits with content I'd want to read are or will be closed. I only am using the old site, logged out, and with an adblocker. I'm a negative value visitor.
Put a 1 minute usage limit a day, this makes the icon greyed out and reminds me
I deleted my account and blacklisted reddit in my Pi-Hole.
Reddit has a ton of useful knowledge on it, why would I avoid it? It is not just a platform to doomscroll on... As a social media platform it's as good as dead for me, but it is still a hyper forum with many worthwhile communities.
why would I avoid it?
To show your support to the blackout while it lasts?
It's a bit like going to work despite the strike.
Oh I thought OP talked about avoiding reddit in general. I have already visited it at least 3 times today looking for a solution to my laptop's inability to connect to the internet :P I haven't thought of avoiding it to send a message, I guess I will simply turn of the computer. I have already deleted Boost for reddit so I will simply not visit it on my phone...
Lemmy seems to cover most of the content from larger subreddits. For the smaller, or more specific communities (such as local subreddits or those for hobbies/interests) they generally have a Discord server to join.
So between Lemmy and Discord, I've eliminated the need to use Reddit at all. This isn't without it's flaws or drawbacks, but it 'scratches the Reddit itch', I guess.
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With most subs gone dark there's basically no content anyway. I'll probably keep checking until RiF stops working. I'm never going to use the official app or website.
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I deleted Reddit from my phone, and the mobile site is shite, so I won't be going on there.
I occasionally look at old Reddit on my computer, but I just put Lemmy in it's place on my tab bar. Works great so far.
I'm just slowly lessening the amount I read there and try to read here instead
Not having a mobile app will automatically curtail a lot of my usage. I'll probably keep using the desktop site though until they kill off old Reddit.
I just deleted/hid the Apollo app and put Mlem in the same spot in my app list. Now when my muscle memory goes to open up Reddit, Iβm on lemmy instead
So is mlem just for apple? I tried searching for it and only found jerboa which I do like just fine.
Kept a note at my home screen about Reddit Black Out. And logged out of Infinity. Now, everytime I unlock my phone, I see that note and open Lemmyπ₯
I just deleted my app. All the subreddits I used are gone, so there's really no temptation to use it.
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