Why are you on lemmy right now?

Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.

To help people realize that neoliberal capitalism is causing climate change and must be replaced with a planned economy to lessen the impact when society inevitably collapses.

I'm bored.

Pooping.

Toilet break

Why are you on Lemmy

Reddit refugee.

right now?

Shittin'

I'm shy but I still have the human desire for social interaction. Written communication with anonymous strangers strikes a good balance between avoiding shyness triggers and fulfilling that desire to be social.

(Shy probably isn't the right word. I have no problem giving a formal presentation to a room full of my coworkers, but I won't initiate an informal conversation with a coworker in the break room.)

Two types of people in this post:

• Those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not doing something productive", and
• those answering "Why are you on Lemmy and not Reddit"

Fuck spez

Poor impulse control

I came here because of the reddit strike. I am one of those idiots that used the official app anyway but i did not like the way they handled the change. I changed to lemmy and after a couple of days I deleted my reddit account. I actually don`t remember when I had this much fun exploring a part of the internet. I just love the community. Sure there could be more content and especially discussion in the comments but I take the slower content generation over the toxic cesspool most large online communities have become any day of the week.

Because fuck spez that’s why. Deleted my 10+ year old mod account back when they killed Apollo. Haven’t been back (and don’t plan to either).

Reddit refugee. After Spez spazzed out, and I couldn't use Sync anymore, I was gone.

As for this second? Same reason everyone is here. On a break looking at a phone.

EDIT

Also, my first post! Also, fuck /u/spez

Procrastinating on work, as usual.

Morning routine.

Standard issue poop break

My code is compiling.

My discomfort while being bored

I'm not.

💩 break

Reddit killed my app 😭

Looking at Lemmy so far I see no reason to return to Reddit, especially with them monetising karma and whatever that crypto thing is they introduced

Doomscrolling

You mean at the very moment? I'm waiting for my gf to come to sleep. In general? Boycotting Reddit and I still like to get my news curated

Definitely not procrastinating at work, honest

Fediverse is a healthy alternative I don't need to feel bad about. I feel shameful and don't want to talk about it when I use Reddit, which I stopped using anyways.

Reddit doesn't work on my phone and my PC takes ages loading Baldur's gate 3

Because Reddit got boring af. And annoying. Spambots everywhere because of API shutdown.

Reddit really

bus ride home

Cuz I got nothing better to do.

Checking my Lemmy messages. I love going back and forth with people in comments.

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Reading leftist memes and LGBTQIA+ basic tips for like daily life. Oh and the Autism/ADHD community tips, too. I'm pretty burnt out on commenting on news posts, and hope to make more original posts around culture and tech stuff.

Same reason I was on Reddit at work before. I’m taking a dump and need something to do. And now my bowel movements are free of corporate interests

Because I used boost for Reddit and I wasn't going to use Reddit without it. Now I just like the concept of Lemmy.

died on counter strike. Waiting for next round :D

Trying to reinvigorate !superbowl@lemmy.world and !anime@lemmy.ml .

SuperbOwl migrated from Reddit but nobody was doing anything with it. I try to post at least one owl a day. Currently I'm posting one owl rescue a day for each US state so people can visit and support them in person. Today is #11, Hawaii.

Anime communities seem so dead in Lemmy. There was finally an active thread last weekend, so I wanted to try to start another one this weekend.

As in right now? Sitting outside in the city center on a Friday night watching people having fun with friends and trying to feel the same vicariously through them.

Don't want to appear staring so I'm typing on my phone.

I am riding da bus

read some articles

Rougly 43 seconds before seeing this post, I was looking to some really cool artworks and photography pieces, on dedicated communities.

Because it’s an outlet for my non-grumpy, cheery personality.
During the day I can be too serious, mostly because I don’t feel safe to express myself fully in public. So I use Lemmy to have some fun, leave a silly reply if I feel like it and post some nice images.
I haven’t done this in years. Before, I spend most of the time just lurking around. It feels good to just let go and be myself with strangers :)

I don't even know

It's a whole new world.

because I'm taking a shit

I prefer not to say.

I very much enjoy it here. It feels like the first non toxic social media that has existed in terms of its personality. People seem friendly and willing to face discussion. It's also nice to interact without ads and idiots like Zuck and Musk.

Interest over much how it's picking up steam in relation to the alien site. Pleasantly surprised!

Gotta get those stimmies

Insomnia.

I don't use reddit on mobile (and use it much much less on desktop with RES, Old reddit, and an adblocker, I still like the computer oriented subs)

Wasting time and I fucking hate reddit

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Apollo stopped working and Voyager scratches that itch.

It was during the mini-exodus, gotta start somewhere

Can't sleep and I need a distraction

Wasting time while I wait for my girlfriend to hand in her notice 😂 she got a better job 👍

Checking my communities.

I'm driving a school bus. (just kidding)

Looking for world and culture news in bed before starting my day

right now? always

bored, slightly hungover. just scrolling through.

I'm having a coffee before I drop the kids off at the pool.

Beans

Mental outlaw/kenny.

Kbin, but I’m bored and procrastinating

Because I was banned from all of Reddit for ban evasion in a sub I wasn’t even banned from. Not coincidentally, it was right after speaking out against the the treatment of 3rd party developers over API use.

Spez stabbed baconreader in broad daylight so now I get my dopamine fix through Liftoff.

On the bright side, with smaller communities I have cut my time on lemmy in half from what it was on reddit to the point my wife has even brought up how less frequently I am staring at my phone.

Why am I on lemmy right now? Because it's Friday so I am doing as little work as possible. I think I'll go make some eggs.

Scrolling when I should be sleeping

While also debating myself on sharing some art I recently made

Because Reddit is just crap anymore.

Figuring out whats up in the world. I open the all feed and sort by top in past 12 hours. Thunder client ftw.

Just passing time. That's why I'm currently browsing.

Caught up on discord.

My daughter and her netball team are having a session at flip out. It's 4pm and I want to go home. I have things to do. We've been out since 8am.

Because Reddit destroys all free third party clients!

Just woke up and wanted to have a leisurely scroll.

Work is lame and this passes the day along...

To answer the question asked in this post...

on my way home

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I'm in the carpark at the shops and I got distracted after picking up my phone..

Because my direct is very wordy and I'm maybe not the best boss.

Post nut clarity?

Procrastinatin'

Because my roommates dumbass mother keeps waking me up after 5 hours of sleep and I'm too livid to fall back asleep

I am in hospital and bored out of my mind. I keep scrolling and scrolling and...

Commercials on tv

Because I can 💪
Anyway mostly to screw reddit.

You ever spent a day working on a personal project where you absolutely blazed through the work and are excited about jumping back in the next day but being so excited you can't sleep and just browse. Yeah

I rent a server and like to self host stuff.

I’m bored and lonely. Used to go to Reddit but Apollo shut down, so now I’m here.

News, soccer, and some memes.

Just taking a break from work and wanted to browse a bit while I am relaxing.

I'm not.

Waiting on the bus.

Bored and sleepy. I'm so glad it's Friday.

Waiting for the rest of Reddit to follow. [Drums Fingers Impatiently]

Because my normal iceshrimp instance broke and im waiting til i get home to swap it to akkoma

i should be writing

bored in class

Just finished for the week and catching up on my social media.

Because I'm waiting on someone from headend to get to a ssag, so I can trouble shoot why this light level is so low.

dota game coordinator is down

Morning coffee.

to help grow the fediverse community, help kick start critical mass

It's Friday afternoon and I am experiencing a Brain Full Error.

Like you, we’re all bots.

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Today I'm scrolling and cleaning up my feed, banned chap traphouse and a few toxic commenters enjoying my first month on lemmy

well I was on lemmy to avoid redditors

Hoping to see news that the US government has finally decided to stop the economy from melting down.

I keep being disappointed…

For some fun times

Because your mom is busy.

Because the reddit official app suck. But reading comments in news subs I feel like the majority here are tankies. And I'd rather use dumb official reddit app than be with tankies

I really like the UI of the jerboah app