I’ve been on Reddit for over a decade. But I’m done with that site and want to do something else. What do normal people look at on their phones? Is it all social media? Streaming?
Libby. If I am sitting for awhile, then I’ll make progress in whatever book I’m reading. I keep my library card churning with novels, science fiction, cookbooks and whatever book a friend has recently recommended. I mix in audio books while I’m driving. Average about two books a month or so.
Occasionally I’ll browse recipes and silly cat videos on Instagram if I’m just killing 30 seconds in line at the grocery. And then lemmy about once a day just for current events.
I practice chess on lichess and look up sports scores. Or else I go on Lemmy. I look at my phone a lot less now. Finishing games I never got to finish. Talk to my family more. Stuff like that
I’m reading ebooks with ReadEra (adfree and unrestricted in the free version, bought it during some 50% sale to support the dev).
Else I’m reading news (news.google.com with a highly curated blocklist of >150 sites) and play a bunch of word games like Wordle, Dordle, Quordle, Octordle, crosswordle, fibble, symble, thirdle, warmle and whatever else.
Dunno about normal, per se. I have adhd and when I’m not forgetting what I was about to do in the time between having the thought and picking up my phone, I am often diving down some rabbit hole. This might be a quick Google search in a definition, or to figure out where I heard a word. For example, a friend recently mentioned acid reflux. So my brain thought “GERD?”, “GERDY??”, “THE HERDY GERDY?!?” which led me to Wikipedia, then to a handful of rather cool videos on Youtube of people playing the instrument.
Er…
My point being: Use it as a helpful miscellaneous tool. Like a physical widget that can go along with near any activity.
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