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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been lucky so far, but ever since leaving reddit I've been in an infinitely better mood. Sometimes reddit would bring out the worst in me as well, and I'd be short with people or needlessly confrontational. You could tell when I was in a shitty place mentally because my post history would shift from light-hearted and sentimental to easily annoyed with frequent cursing. Reddit's algorithm really fine-tuned its way under my skin, and I found myself increasingly angry as the years went on. US political issues really got me going. I was never more irritable and mad at the world than I was over the past few years on reddit. Now all of that is just gone, and my Lemmy usage is about 20 minutes per day. I'm in a much better place.