Exactly what I thought! I deleted the Reddit Apollo app when I realized I was using for over 3 hours a day. Now I catch myself sometimes using the mobile version. But the fact that they keep going out of the way to make it work and worse everyday means I actually get to stay away from it.

What are your favorite alternatives to stay in tune with what's happening now? I browse r/all multiple times daily for a bit. I don't get a lot of need-to-know information from it, but some things I like to see are movie trailers, big tech announcements (Xbox Series X yesterday), and in general, things that everyone seems to be "in the know" of. It's my main pop culture news outlet, but I feel like it shouldn't be.

I think you'll find that if you just quit worrying about "what's happening now," you'll find that you aren't actually missing anything.

That's a pretty good point. Thank you.

Sounds ass backwards, and I've been signing up for newsletters in addition to a little more HN to ween off of Reddit. Read some curated headlines in the morning, sure there's usually a "word from our sponsers", but it's a better experience overall than social media imo.

Any newsletter recommendations? I've been thinking of going down an RSS/Email&&Procmail route myself, but haven't done the research on quality sources yet.

The Download - MIT Tech Review

The Hustle - Business/Tech

Daily Programming Problems - Interview style questions that are language agnostic (mostly).

I also have language specific news letters for Java, Python and C# that are ok, but nothing special.

i haven't used reddit for a couple years now. I remember r/all being the worst. I just checked it now to verify. Too... soft? feminine? Not to mention the small drip of political propaganda.

Maybe i outgrew the typical user demographic, but i think its just corny (I'm talking about r/all).

Too feminine is an unusual critique for Reddit. Maybe things really are changing fast.

The only social media I really like is Pinterest. It always gets ignored in these conversations and besides a few minor things, there development never seems to bother the base.

I’m sure Reddit has nice parts but for me it was completely terrible and anything they can do to keep me away is good.