• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Users’ testimonies i guess. Me and anyone else on lemmy will tell you that they prefer it to reddit, twitter, and instagram.

    The rate at which people get banned for hate speech or bullying could also be used as an indicator, in my opinion.

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      Yeah, the rate of posts here is such that I can check in once or twice a day and see pretty much everything. So if spending less time on social media is healthier…

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      I’ve never used twitter or instagram. I would say reddit’s big turn-off is in the creep factor of Spez etc. Its communities are way more interesting than Lemmy’s, mostly because the userbase is much bigger.

      I don’t completely understand the addictive social media thing or how it’s supposed to be different from television, adventure or science fiction novels, or whatever. But I’ve always managed to stay away from the worst parts of it, so I haven’t really seen what it’s like.