Taking a break is a good idea but I came here from reddit because I enjoy selfhosting and believed in this alternative. I don’t know where else I’d go. I enjoy the forum style community.
The beauty of this kind of platform (Lemmy) is you can leave one instance that has affiliations you don’t like and move to one that has affiliations you like.
For example I have alts on other instances that aren’t federated the same so particular instances I see as quite problematic I never see their comments or posts. It makes the whole thing more pleasant.
There’s also having multiple accounts that are focused on different things, like one that’s focused on memes, one that’s focused on news, one that’s focused on hobby things, so that you can keep them all separated and isolated from each other. That way, if the account you have for news is going to be particularly in a knee-deep-of-dread situation (like political content) afterwards you can switch to your hobby account and not see that content until you’re ready again.
IMO it’s good for your mental health as you can take breaks from the dread.
Taking a break is a good idea but I came here from reddit because I enjoy selfhosting and believed in this alternative. I don’t know where else I’d go. I enjoy the forum style community.
The beauty of this kind of platform (Lemmy) is you can leave one instance that has affiliations you don’t like and move to one that has affiliations you like.
For example I have alts on other instances that aren’t federated the same so particular instances I see as quite problematic I never see their comments or posts. It makes the whole thing more pleasant.
There’s also having multiple accounts that are focused on different things, like one that’s focused on memes, one that’s focused on news, one that’s focused on hobby things, so that you can keep them all separated and isolated from each other. That way, if the account you have for news is going to be particularly in a knee-deep-of-dread situation (like political content) afterwards you can switch to your hobby account and not see that content until you’re ready again.
IMO it’s good for your mental health as you can take breaks from the dread.
That’s a good idea! Also gets people off your back when they’re rude.
Exactly!
Compartmentalizing your online presence is always a good thing.