I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.
The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.
Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?
Thanks for hearing me out.
TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.
Make the posts you want to see. I’ve posted some questions in some niche communities here and I get well thought out responses and discourse.
Best answer, Lemmy, like all social media follows the 90-9-1 rule of social media. Of 100 people, 90 will lurk, 9 will comment, and only 1 will actually post anything.
There are people in the communities that want to talk, but you gotta be the one to post.
Hey take it as your opportunity to become a name in a community!
I don’t know how someone can lurk without the urge to post something or comment, that must take willpower
Was on Reddit 15 years, left in June. It was definitely a build up, but I eventually posted every day.
Not healthy, so I scaled back. I post when I have something worthwhile. Otherwise I just contribute comments. And even then I erase half of them because they aren’t helpful or contributive.
I don’t know what our percentages are, but I think we’re much more content skewed then the rest of socal media
Sounds like a motivational speech and I love it.
Don’t let your dreams be memes as they say it today
A lot of people (like myself) need to step out of their comfort zones if we want Lemmy to get more conversations going. Yesterday I made a game thread in the community for my favourite NFL team; I was the only one who commented. But I’m going to try and make one for the game next week.
Not at all. The only thing taking time to build here are the art communities, but they’re growing. So I’m patient and am trying to contribute
Doesn’t matter how good the content is if I have to fight the interface to get to it.
EXACTLY
there’s just not enough in depth stuff on here. i love shitposts, i love memes, i love a chill tone. but we need people posting interesting posts, you know. i’m not even sure how to put my finger on what’s different or why, but there’s just less…stuff here. it needs to be seasoned, or something.
Lemmy has enough to keep me entertained, and I did successfully finally break my years-long habit of going to reddit. However there are still some subs I look at occasionally since they can provide valuable information, like city-specific and subs about certain video games.
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For me the same. It also acts as a really strong reminder that I just wasted so much valuable time. It’s good that Lemmy for now is not as addictive.
because low density of content, i browse lemmy by all and just block spammy communities im not interested, my home looks too empty for now, but still don’t feel the need to hang out on reddit
I understand it but personally I got so disgusted by the owners behavior that I will never use that site again.
So yeah, I’m missing out on some things I guess but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.
Nah, it’s true that Lemmy has less content, no matter how many communities I join. And I also feel Lemmy has slowed down a bit in the last days/weeks. But I still won’t return to reddit. It feels overwhelming, and also I think I got over FOMO. Lemmy will keep growing, I’m in no rush. Leaving reddit was definitely good for me.
I really am wondering if there’s some sort of sorting issue, or even a self inflicted feedback loop.
If you keep Lemmy on “active”, you end up with a bunch of 1, 2, even 3 day old content. This seems to be noticeably worse in the last few weeks.
However, if you use top 12, there’s enough content to keep it fresh. Not a lot of comments, but that’s alright
I’m gonna give that a try.
The thing about social media, is that once enough content and eyeballs are on a platform, it pulls in even more. Posters and audiences are drawn to wherever everybody else is, like a massive object draws things in with gravity.
Currently reddit is drawing people in by its mass, not because people care about the platform. This can shift to lemmy, but it will take years. And dedicated posting😉
I’m not having trouble giving up Reddit. I’ve given it up. And I’ve definitely noticed the lower volume of content here on Lemmy/the fediverse, but:
- it’s getting better pretty much daily; and
- the percentage of good quality content here far exceeds Reddit, so I still feel better off.
Exactly my experience as well
Haven’t gone back to Reddit since. But what I do miss most is the sorting algorithm. I don’t know if it was just the abundance of posts, or better sorting. But on lemmy I keep seeing the same posts over and over again, regardless of my sorting setting. But I’ll be patient and hope that it gets better.
I’ve been using relay for the past month or so since it’s still up, and honestly a lot of content on Reddit feels like bot posting now. The communities seem to have gotten nastier as well, with incel type posts and hateful propaganda being the main themes I’m seeing there. I hope Lemmy can become a last bastion of content for me, but maybe I should just touch grass lol
I am of the opinion the algorithm is fine, these are just the dominant posts both in subject and engagement. And this is the problem. The place just isn’t big or diverse enough.
Its still early. This is the first time there has been a legitimate alternative to reddit and thats honestly only because 3rd party apps like sync have made it usable.
Reddit started when Digg changed its site and everyone went to reddit. There has also been multiple attempts to leave reddit, but no similar alternatives. Now there is a good alternative and there will be more things reddit does that will make people look for alternatives.
But the Reddit switch happened fairly quick. And there was content doesn’t seem to be the same with Lemmy. It’s all just memes and complaining about Reddit. Most of the communities I followed are a couple posts a day now and some are dead now.
I’m experiencing the same thing, so I’ve been doing the following:
I made a new main account on a different instance so I can get content from communities that were defederated from lemmy.world
I regularly toggle my main feed sorting from “active” to “hot” to get new posts
I actively post to some stagnant communities that haven’t taken off yet on Lemmy in the hopes that it starts to snowball
The preponderance of Lemmy users are currently disenfranchised former redditors (myself included) who have been able to figure out the fediverse. Memes and complaint discussions are relatively easy content to produce, and Linux/FOSS posts just come with the territory when a user base is technically savvy. No complaints on this front from me, however!
Really the only communities I’m currently missing are posts from my fellow JDM and German car enthusiasts and a few podcast communities.
What are your interests?
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No, I don’t use reddit anymore. Kinda. I sometimes visit Reddit due to search results. Otherwise there is not much I miss or care about.
The content isn’t as plenty here, but it is still giving me my mindless scrolling fix.
My reddit usage is 99% mobile app and 1% desktop. Since there are no more suitable reddit mobile app. I stopped. The only time nowadays that I visit reddit on desktop is google search and reddit is on top result.
