I totally relate to this. I didn't like the environment on R*ddit, but here people are much nicer, so the addiction is even worse!
My only complaint is it's a bit more meta here, but that's understandable given its growth and why it grew (reddit's poor decisions)
Yeah, I wasn't really using Reddit much before Reddit had its meltdown and the threadiverse exploded onto the scene. I've had a lot of fun here. Frankly I think I understand how the threadiverse works more than I understand how Reddit works.
I've had a similar experience with Mastodon. Wasn't a big Twitter user, but now I'm more active on Mastodon than I ever was on Twitter. On each of multiple Mastodon accounts.
Yeah, i really thought I'd spend a lot less time scrolling without reddit
First couple days, sure... then i started to find more and more axtive communities, and couldn't help but keep logging in