Honestly I think I spend a similar amount of time on lemmy overall but at least a decent portion of it is now things like learning rust to try and contribute. And getting backups figured out for my hosting so I don’t lose data for my two users. It’s a bigger learning opportunity than reddit mostly.

The lower content rate also means things are less addictive, mostly. I do find the smaller community more engaging though, for better or worse as it relates to my content consumption.