Reddit is my TikTok and it’s bad

[u/Straight-Mud-1150]

We all hear about how addicted people are to TikTok nowadays. Well, Reddit is my TikTok.

I catch myself opening this app every 5 minutes like something important happened. Half the time I’m just reading random posts and comments.

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[u/duck_duck_zombie]

Rather follow a sub than a person

[u/Straight-Mud-1150 → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Yeah, I feel like Reddit has a certain level of realness to it. With TikTok and Instagram, so much of what you see feels fake or staged.

[u/Runamokamok → u/Straight-Mud-1150]

Yes, I prefer words over chaotic videos or heavily filtered photos.

[u/BaronSamedys → u/Straight-Mud-1150]

Reddit is like James O'brien's Mystery Hour. A lot of mindless drivel, a guaranteed laugh, and the occasional Ray Liotta.

You'll scroll for hours, rummaging through the bottomless well of mediocre musings until you stumble upon a comment written by someone with decades of knowledge in a particular post. I love those moments.

Someone, somewhere, said that Reddit was the front page of the Internet. I like that. It's the first place I go to see what's going on around the world at the beginning of my day.

[u/Thonatron → u/Straight-Mud-1150]

Reddit has more than it's fair share of bot activity too.

"certain level of realness" is a delusional thought regarding any major social media website.

[u/Astra-Fang → u/duck_duck_zombie]

I miss websites and dedicated forums.

You had to seek out a topic to find it, it wasn’t thrown in your face

[u/FoggyFallNights → u/duck_duck_zombie]

Great call.

[u/Straight-Mud-1150]

Doesn’t help that I deleted Instagram and Facebook, and got rid of TikTok a long time ago. Now all I have left is Reddit and LinkedIn. Guess Reddit just took over.

[u/OkBrilliant8092 → u/Straight-Mud-1150]

It could be worse… if you were on LinkedIn all day you’d just die from being so upbeat and inspirational… stay down here… with us…. Mwahahaha

[u/Farts_constantly → u/OkBrilliant8092]

Haha so true. LinkedIn is full of toxic positivity and bot commenters.

[u/Lanky-Intention9390 → u/Farts_constantly]

Nice name

[u/OkBrilliant8092 → u/Farts_constantly]

Yup. You’re n the best place for now - it just so happens that all of out there can seem a little kuh-er-razy - I never let this echo chamber in too far…. Coz life is always a little crazy…. :)

[u/OkBrilliant8092 → u/Farts_constantly]

Go read about this man’s dogs rancid chicken farts - puppets always improve the day i find https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/comments/1xc0i61/here_is_a_picture_of_a_fully_sighted_dexter

[u/lost_bunny877 → u/Straight-Mud-1150]

Stay in the dark side. One of us. One of us!

At least on reddit, you get to choose what u want to consume. On TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, everything is just shoved at you. Having choices are so nice.

[u/Professor_Mommypants]

Same with me. I love Reddit because it’s text-based, it reminds me of my early Internet experiences with message boards, also feels more like how social media felt when i first joined (2006-era Facebook

[u/minderbinder49 → u/Professor_Mommypants]

Yeah I really don't like videos and I feel like that makes me an alien lol. It's just too much, I don't need a constant barrage of sound playing at me all the time

[u/Astra-Fang]

For me it’s less that I like Reddit.

It’s more that I have thoughts I am trying to avoid, and 5 minutes to think is enough for them to come back.

[u/No_Actuator_5149 → u/Astra-Fang]

Seriously though. A lot of them time I jump on Reddit as a means to escape whatever the fuck I'm trying not to think about it.

[u/endlive]

Same here...no other social media, and lately I'm on reddit nonstop. All the hatred and negativity is seriously affecting my real life!!

[u/SoftSects → u/endlive]

I'm in the exact same boat. It's my only form of social media and I just open it to scroll. I recently moved to a new area with less nature and actual seasons, so I haven't been doing my normal outdoor rec hobbies so I've been inside on my phone :(

[u/affectionateanarchy8]

Mine too and i go back through my comments to see how many up or downvotes Ive collected 

[u/No_Actuator_5149 → u/affectionateanarchy8]

Yep, I am guilty of this as well. To be honest, I think most of us are. It's kind of a natural reaction, you know?

[u/eleyezeeaye4287 → u/affectionateanarchy8]

I used to do that all the time! Now I have so many years and so much karma on here that I don’t care if comments get downvoted.

[u/affectionateanarchy8 → u/eleyezeeaye4287]

I get banned once a year, this is like my 6th reddit account. I dont mind downvotes, sometimes i post a response so bad I just know itll collect downvotes lmao builds character

[u/TinyMoonAndStars]

I like reddit too, reminds me of the old internet forums in the 2000s. Reels and short form videos are annoying and kinda overstimulating. Too much to keep up with. I like how Reddit is more go at your own pace.

[u/Mx-Adrian → u/TinyMoonAndStars]

I can't stand the short-form stuff

[u/Bigmupo]

I have no other social media.

[u/thejoeface]

Trim the subs you follow to the most important ones and turn off recommendations in your feed. 

[u/Straight-Mud-1150 → u/thejoeface]

That’s actually a really good call. I follow way too many.

[u/gumdrops155]

Having a reddit addiction will always be better than a tiktok or IG addiction. Short form video content causes brain atrophy and reduces attention spans. At least with reddit you are using your brain to read through posts and commenting.

[u/lone_wolf1580 → u/gumdrops155]

Reels didn’t cause my short attention span. My attention span has always been short.

[u/AffectionateWallaby2]

Reddit is my social of choice too… it just feels more natural. I don’t know why.

[u/ThatResponse4808]

Same I could and do just sit and scroll Reddit for hours haha. Everything else is so overwhelming

[u/OGstanfrommaine]

Pshhhh im on day 879 of my journey to the 1000 day streak badge whatchu talkin bout willis?!

[u/whatsnextwithus]

GIRLLLLLLL

IM ADDICTED!!!!

But these moderators aka “Agent Smith”

Are ruining my funnnnnnn!!!!

[u/Straight-Mud-1150 → u/whatsnextwithus]

Yeah, the moderators are annoying sometimes. Some of these rules need to go

[u/beezyss]

I’m addicted to both tbh

[u/Straight-Mud-1150 → u/beezyss]

I just had to get rid of the other ones because the doom scrolling was just out of hand.

[u/No-Butterscotch8032]

I am all or nothing with Reddit and TikTok. I’ll spend all my free time on Reddit for a week or two, then somehow get stuck on TikTok for a week or two without touching Reddit. A vicious cycle. Actually leaving for a vacation today and the plan is to open neither!

Edit: obviously not touching either AFTER I leave. Haven’t left yet. Still bored at work 🫠

[u/Nocturnatron]

Gotta have atleast one app addiction, reddit is mine as well; used to be facebook but it was turning me into an unbearbly toxic person and i was constantly seeing red when id open it lol im still.working on not being an asshole here as we speak, its a whole different culture from facebook

[u/SweatyChancho]

Same. Reddit is my only social. I got rid of all the others. It’s not as addictive as TikTok to me but it is still addictive. I miss the positivity I found on TikTok but it was like crack 😂

[u/WiggingOutOverHere]

I fall into this too.

I’ve found screen time apps/settings to be helpful to me in being more mindful of the time spent. If you’re in the feelings phase, I won’t give annoying unsolicited advice on the matter, but let me know if you’re curious what things I’m referring to. :)

[u/theinjun]

Ah, a true Redditor then! Turns out the Narwal does bacon at midnight and it’s pretty kush here. Remember we were the real OGs before the other social medias started popping up, aside from Facebook I believe.

[u/CougarPanther83]

That’s why I only do Reddit in bursts. I will use it for a few days or a week, then make myself quit for six months when I realize how I’m rotting brain. 

[u/vinnybawbaw]

I’m also doomscrolling on Reddit. Helps me a lot with English because it’s not my primary language.

[u/moldboy]

I am in fact reading this thread because it had been 5 minutes

[u/bagelsforeverx]

It’s like it replace my cigarette addiction, take a break from work just to tik tok.

[u/justtire]

I like Reddit because I don’t care to see everyone’s random pictures of shit anymore

[u/Long-Page-4234]

This is me 100%. You are not alone

[u/abiggerbanana]

How many years have you been using Reddit, OP? I do the same. Its been a few years now that i catch myself sometimes just wonder why tf am I wasting my time on this app. It used to be better

[u/starryeyedluv]

I use the screen zen app to monitor how many minutes I can be on certain apps / websites and how many times I can open it throughout the day. Right now I have it set to 5x in a day for 15 min max

[u/mindylynx]

got rid of tiktok as soon as i saw that certain thank you message pop up to a certain orange 🍊 cheeto. i knew the app was over. reddit is all we have left

[u/Mx-Adrian]

It took me so long to join Reddit, and it has become oddly addictive and maybe my favourite social media. It's so strange, but someone below pointed out something about it being text-based and reminiscent of early forums, so maybe that's the allure for me. I love the reading and typing and various communities, and it's both entertaining and educational.

[u/Rhianna83]

In the same boat. I only have Reddit and LinkedIn but I’m on this app for hours. I need to remove it from my phone.

[u/ABSTRKTAPPRITION]

Depending on the post, you can get some good reading in...unlike TikTok.