Lemmy fires just the right synapses... at least for me. Reddit was becomming more like "scroll, scroll scroll, oh here's something interesting... no, it's not that interesting... scroll, scroll, scroll".
It's not as good, but it's still a lot better than I expected it to be before I joined. Once it has 5-10x the current userbase I think it'll be just as good.
One of my favorite things on reddit was being able to click on an interesting post, then just read dozens and dozens of other peoples' comments. I find that like 70% of the posts I find interesting here have like 0-3 comments.
There are some growing pains too - for example, I wrote this reply up, then upvoted you, and upvoting you deleted my message so I had to retype it.
Personally I use Hot rather than New because of the sheer volume of posts that exist. It's kind of a disincentive to keep scrolling if the content gets generally less interesting and less commented on as you scroll.
I dont think I'm addicted yet, but I'm certainly been checking Lemmy more often than I used to check Reddit. Also I'm active on Mastodon while I barely used to touch Twitter. It's because its something new and fresh and active. I'll probably tire of it soon.
Fuck me sideways I had no idea I actually liked microblogging until I got on Mastodon. I always thought "Twitter just wasn't my kind of site" but I really really enjoy Mastodon
Yeah, this is something that ticks people off for some reason... like they expect you to be married to the social network or something. It's not interesting for me any more, I don't visit it, get over it.
No. It still doesn't have all the communities and engagement that Reddit has. I used ReVanced on my app to keep using Reddit. But I am on it less as I try to spend my time on Lemmy first and only after then fall back to Reddit.