Not Lemmy. Not Reddit.
Most normal people? Instagram, tiktok, facebook. Maybe twitter.
Yeah I used to go on the reddit app and now its just fb and insta
Open phone. See if new email. Check here. Check YouTube subs. Adds up to less than an hour a day. Unless I feel like sudoku. Thats my time sink.
YouTube. Also that stupid mobile Pokémon card game for like 3 minutes, twice a day.
Short form videos and social media?
Is anybody truly “normal?” Whenever I pick up my phone to waste time, I bounce between:
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YouTube
Email
Excel spreadsheets
Amazon shopping app
VA app for appointment reminders, medical records, messaging with my doctors
Add a bunch of app to look for home properties or fishing spots and that’s me as well. Maybe add kindle app if I forgot the device home.
Pornhub and redgifs.
Oh yeah and occasionally emails.
Local current and future weather forecast
What plants do well in my zone this time of year.
Contemplate on getting another rain barrel
Read patch notes for whatever game I’m currently playing
Check forums for posts about patch notes complaints.
Mostly tumblr, Lemmy, reddit, and occasionally Wikipedia for me. Most people I know would be on Instagram, but I can’t stand it.
Read articles I’ve saved to my self hosted readeck.
Oh you said normal people …
2048 set to a 7x7 grid.
RSS
i don’t do anything on my phone. it’s a flip phone with data and wifi disabled on the device, and sms disabled at the carrier. it’s quite literally just a ‘telephone’.
if i go somewhere where i might expect a long wait alone (like to a doctor’s appointment), i’ll take a paperback with me.
Idk. Goon.
Why not Reddit? I’ve found more reddit users irl after I left than anytime before. Seems plenty normal. Otherwise, facebook/tiktok/Instagram/YouTube scrolling. I assume Tumblr and Twitter, too. A myriad of endless mobile games based around bubbles, blocks, or tower defense. I’ve also seen cross stitch and paint by numbers type apps. I’m sure there’s people that doomscroll regular news sites.
I’m guessing you’re looking to use your time better and want recommendations though, not just a list describing how every cohort is doomscrolling their little diminishing dopamine box.
Moonreader or play books, when reddit removed 3rd party api access, I never installed the official app, so I replaced it with reading. That is, until I found Lemmy ;) I still read more than I scroll tho.
Hackernews & lobsters
