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.

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

Doomscrolling

💩 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

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

Cuz I got nothing better to do.

bus ride home

Definitely not procrastinating at work, honest

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.

I am riding da bus

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

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.

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

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.

died on counter strike. Waiting for next round :D

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

I don't even know

It's a whole new world.

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 prefer not to say.

read some articles

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

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.

because I'm taking a shit

just signed up, i'm here to check things out 👀

Apollo stopped working and Voyager scratches that itch.

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

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)