My main reason is that I don’t give a fuck about the person behind the content in most cases. Other sites put a much larger emphasis on following content creators, not content categories.
I’ve never discussed social media with an average Joe. People I know can call, text, or email me. Never met anyone that wasn’t sufficient for that I’ve cared to stay in contact with.
Yeah I also don’t talk about social media in my daily life. I find myself frequently not understanding references to mainstream media memes or topics though. This is were the discussion normally begins because most people is like surprised that I don’t use social media and they don’t seem to understand how bad those big platforms are.
Hard to understand what you’re asking, but really the only thing I use is lemmy.
Just started it though.
I like the customization and flexibility the platform offers, and I like the decentralization.
I don’t know what will happen in the long run but I appreciate the lack of materialism. It’s just people talking, and memes.
Sorry if I didn’t phrase my question correctly, english is not my native language. I’m also new to Lemmy and I love it so far (there had been some issues but it is expected from a newish platform with a rapidly growing user base). The lack of materialism is very much appreciated indeed and I think it is very lacking in our capitalist/cult of personality driven society.
I don’t, I guess. I don’t really have a lot of conversations in real life about my social media activity. My wife knows I’m mad at Reddit, and that I installed a new app on her phone to scroll memes. 😂
All the average Joes I know use facebook and whatsapp, some of them don’t even know what reddit is, no point in discussing with them lol
tho Lemmy is not the only one I use, I also have discord and accounts on a few forums (not sure you consider those social media).
I just tell them that I have a really bad attention span, and sites like Instagram or TikTok would eat me alive. Hell, I can’t even use the real Youtube App because I get sucked into Youtube Shorts very quickly (have to use ReVanced with all shorts and community posts turned off).
Which is why I gotta stick to boring niche nerd sites lol
