It’s freeing in a way, I don’t have to do any extra processing in my head, and I can just see the posts and comments for what they are. You should try it too!

  • Bags@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    I’ll have to figure out where to do that, it sounds like what I’m looking for. (Edit: Well, that was easy. Found it in the settings. Love that it’s so simple.) I finally decided to let my reddit account drift off into the void a couple weeks ago, it was really hurting my mental health. I’d had the account for over 10 years and have high 6-figure post and comment karma, but like… I recognize that doesn’t really mean anything, but the way it’s gamified, whenever I’d make a controversial post or say something stupid or wrong and get even -1 karma, it’d ruin my day in a serious way. I felt tied to the platform, like I constantly had to “perform”.

    I was getting kinda lonely after leaving, since I also don’t really have any social media outside an instagram that I just post my photos on, which is when I stumbled across Lemmy. I am feeling really nostalgic for the old days of forums, but sadly it seems outside super niche communities, forums are dead.

    Anyway, very long story short, I’m a reddit castaway looking to just chill and talk with a smaller community of strangers for a bit. This casual conversation community seems nice.

    • gay_sex@mander.xyzOPEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I’ll have to figure out where to do that

      If you are using something like a third-party client (may be an Android/IOS app that you use to access lemmy), it depends on the app.

      If you use lemmy from a website, i.e the official https://lemm.ee/ site, you can navigate to your settings and disable it, just click on the settings button:

      then scroll down and find these:

      Edit: I see you’ve found it, Welcome to lemmy!

      • Bags@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Thanks for the detailed response! I’m really looking to keep Lemmy as no-frills as possible to try and prevent myself from getting addicted to something again. The default web skin and interface is pleasantly bland, I’m liking it so far.

    • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I recognize that doesn’t really mean anything, but the way it’s gamified, whenever I’d make a controversial post or say something stupid or wrong and get even -1 karma, it’d ruin my day in a serious way.

      Seems like you made the right decision by leaving it behind. Welcome :)