I’ve never used twitter or instagram. I would say reddit’s big turn-off is in the creep factor of Spez etc. Its communities are way more interesting than Lemmy’s, mostly because the userbase is much bigger.

I don’t completely understand the addictive social media thing or how it’s supposed to be different from television, adventure or science fiction novels, or whatever. But I’ve always managed to stay away from the worst parts of it, so I haven’t really seen what it’s like.