I still use reddit from time to time, but I find the stuff i find here is of higher quality and more thoughtful. I would use Lemmy exclusively if it had all of the communities that i frequent on reddit, many of the things on here are tech-related and most things outside of the tech world don't pop up in my feed. I feel I engage more, use more and actually learn more from Lemmy so overall I am quite impressed!
There are a lot of Linux talks, but I can't stand all the people who keep saying all this place talks about is Linux. They are the ones who are everywhere here.
By the way, I came back to reddit briefly for a very specific community and ever since the stock sale started getting this:
whoa there, pardner!
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It could just be my VPN since I also see this on my tablet/phone but I gave reddit another chance and they didn't want it.>
yeah, they are blocking VPNs; cant get there using Mullvad currently. whatever, i'm using LibRedirect to use privacy friendly frontends for Youtube/Reddit/TikTok/Maps, so i can still read stuff there anyway
It's okay. I still peruse reddit sometimes because the subs here aren't sufficient enough. Also, reddit has more variety. Lemmy is a bit too political. Like /c/news seems to only post political stuff. And it's mostly liberal leaning (which I am), but too liberal occasionally. People hate nazis here but curiously, they also hate Israel. I'm looking for more communities that are less intense and charged. Stuff about crafting, plant rearing, literature, etc. The other big fediverse site, Mastodon, has a similar prevalence of charged stuff, but I've found a bit more silly things both on my own and with suggestions over there. I suppose I could start some new communities here but I'm doubtful I have the fortitude to make them get increased traction.
I don't mean to start an argument about it, but hating Nazis and hating Israel are not mutually exclusive. Hating Israel is antizionism, not antisemitism.
I feel ya. I tire of the politics here, and it can get extremely left leaning, like pro-communism/pro-socialism/pro-fascism and very anti-American to the point where it's a little sus. I get it, there's always been anti-America sentiment surrounding conversations and in media all my life, but it's a bit extreme here.
I go onto social media to turn my brain off, not do elaborate research on the past 500 years of colonialism so that I can make sure I'm accurately arguing my point cohesively on this one comment. At the very least, I'll engage with conversations about tech when I'm not turning my brain off, but I hate politics/debate. I want a DDR/Stepmania/Etterna community where we can discuss new themes released, new songs on various cabinets, etc.
Fascism is not even close to left lol. But I agree there's too much politics sometimes. I don't mind arguing about it but it could be good to talk about other stuff.
I suggest subscribing to communities that advertise other communities so we can help them.
I know just finding a new community doesn't guarantee it will have people in it, but we have to start posting in those empty communities and filling them with content. It's something I need to do a lot better with, too. I lurk too much.
Not seeing my reply show up, so doing it again in case the previous one got lost in the abyss: Subscribed to all 3 just now and I'm looking forward to enjoying some new communities! Thank you!
Glad to help! I wish us both luck finding and reviving our favorite niche communities! I don't want to have to go back to Reddit lol. I want this whole fediverse thing to work out.
Well said, I agree with you. The politics/debates can be so intense that it can prevent Lemmy from being a place where people go to just relax and switch off. Even the meme communities have so much political content.
And I suppose it’s only going to intensify during the U.S. election later this year.
Just start em, and post what you want to, steal posts from reddit if you like too (but not automated like the annoying ass bots), and if it grows it grows. I'm one of like 4 people posting in c/comicbooks, and if it grows great but if not that's ok too, all we can do is try.
Same in some of my hobbies. I'm like one of 3 posting in !leagueoflegends but if people like us don't post, it won't grow at all, so got to try! I do need to do it more often.
For me the best thing about reddit was the niche subs. I was there only for niche content, on lemmy there's hardly anything happening yet, so i end up either looking at memes, which don't really interest me (i blocked most politics talk), or look at nothing at all.
I'm still a bit confused about the instances and the political alignment of people on certain instances. I'm on Lemmy.ml but apparently people can be quite toxic on that instance.
Having to subscribe to the same subject on different instances feels a bit weird. I always wonder what I'm missing out on.
It also seems like we're missing some critical mass but I'm over Reddit, that's the bottom line.
I still have my Reddit account but haven't logged in since the Rexodus began and the only reason I haven't deleted it yet is laziness.
Lemmy provides me with links to news I'm interested in, Linux information and memes whilst satisfying my scrolling itch.
Most of the political stuff that pops up isn't really my bag and some communities are too US centric for me but the beauty is you can just block the communities you don't like. Also, there isn't as much new content posted daily but it's much smaller and niche than Reddit so I'm happy for that trade off.
I'm glad that Reddit gave me the push I needed to finally join the fediverse. I absolutely love the technology to the point I don't care so much about the content.
I deleted my Reddit account and have not gone back. That said, I’m not particularly fond of Lemmy either. I’ve found… maybe? two communities here of interest that may have migrated from Reddit and they aren’t even active; and even as a socialist, the politics are tiresome and pervasive.
Aside from fascists getting the smacking around that they deserve, the one thing that’s nice is that there are far fewer cringey “yay lemmy is the best isn’t it guys” circlejerk posts now than there were back then. I don’t spend nearly as much time on here as I did on Reddit, so that’s a plus.
I use it less, which is better for my mental health. I still find there are similarly depressing posts and attitudes here. People are nicer, but the breadth of topics is far more limited. I won't go back to reddit, but lemmy definitely doesn't hold a candle to the number of communities they have. I've been using Tumblr as well and quite enjoying that.