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.
I’m using kbin, lemmy, and reddit for context. IMO reddit has started to turn sour. Kinda hard to explain, but it’s like nobody reads what you say for context anymore. They immediately twist what was said or use specificity (or lack thereof) as some way to discredit your point while ignoring the whole. It’s getting frustrating to try to have a conversation there.
It makes the content in reddit far less enjoyable.
OTOH cruising around lemmy and kbin I get shocked by the extremists posting fascist, pro-russian, or other political extremes, yet you can find a lot of the (reasonable) people here actually want to have a conversation.
I’m using kbin, lemmy, and reddit for context. IMO reddit has started to turn sour. Kinda hard to explain, but it’s like nobody reads what you say for context anymore. They immediately twist what was said or use specificity (or lack thereof) as some way to discredit your point while ignoring the whole. It’s getting frustrating to try to have a conversation there.
yup, this is what drove me away the most. I was even in one of those private subs that only invites people who are active on reddit and you have to stay active to stay in the sub - but even there, the people who claimed to have a nice little community were doing exactly that. They would hone in on one phrase or one term and twist everything that was said. No one was reading anything it seemed.
So I just stopped going on there. Now I’m gonna delete my account when I get a chance. Apparently you can’t do so on mobile? Just another dumb reddit feature.
i consider myself a ecofashist but i pretty much don’t rub it against you’re face when you want recommendations for cheese
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I only open reddit when something there comes up in a search result, and even then only through Libreddit.
Honestly I’m still suprised that Lemmy communities are this active, but I’m very happy.
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.
It’s a matter of numbers. Like sports. You get the best by having a large pool of possible posts to rise to your attention. Reddit gets a bunch of posts that never get read. Lemmy we read pretty much all of them. There are some good posts here and there in Lemmy but not to the level of reddit. And until Lemmy gets reddit numbers it will suffer from “athletes” from small towns vs athletes from big cities. No contest.
A decade of user generated information is a treasure trove that’s hard to replace. Without reddit, you often get click-bait articles answering your questions.
Only problem i have with lemmy is that after scrolling for a bit i end up wading through posts with 0 comments and 2 upvotes, which are inevitably just links to something i do not give a singular toss about.
But that’s honestly kinda just good, it forces me to not just stare at my computer nonstop.
There are a couple of subreddits that I still visit. My usage has dropped to a tiny fraction of what it used to be. In fact I think Reddit shitting the bed has been good for me overall as I’m spending a lot less time scrolling random shit.
When I finish watching a tv show, I go to the related sub to see best memes. Nobody can take that away from reddit.
I’m using it much less than Reddit for that reason but less social media is a good thing in my book, so not complaining.
I never left. What I did is I browse and do what I did regularly on Reddit on Lemmy, except when I want to search for a really specific information about a thing, which can’t be done here.
If I want to post something, that’s on Lemmy (even if it doesn’t get any reaction) and also Reddit if I need replies
There were some niche subs that I miss but I haven’t looked back since migrating here. It’s really not an option anyway. They removed any usable way to view their content so that is that.
Nope, checked out July first and never looked back.
I intentionally locked myself out of reddit to make good on my social media detox and switch to the fediverse fulltime; but I find myself spending more then 5x lurking on reddit as unregistered user then all of the fediverse instances I’m registered to combined everyday.
I wish the fediverse wasn’t so vanilla so that it could have some content.
Be the change you want to see.
I literally only ever use it if I do a search and a Reddit link pops up in the results. Even then, I try to avoid it if possible. I don’t post on Reddit or interact with it in any other way.
Yes, it is a bit frustrating… I also don’t really understand how it all works. I know that for some reason I need to make the same account over and over.
You definitely shouldn’t need to do that, one account is enough.
Maybe you’re confused because communities can be on different instances (servers). But you don’t need to make an account on those instances, because all the instances are federated together. That means you can just have your account on one instance and follow and participate in all your communities from there.
Unless they arbitrarily defederate. Which you wouldn’t be aware of unless you’re following specific communities, which you may or may not be able to follow without making separate accounts.
And like, I understand the intention. The fediverse is a good idea. But let’s not pretend it’s “easy”. Average users are subject to the whims of admins as much or more than on Reddit, because here, admins can effectively hide /r/piracy, and you’ll never have known it even existed. Understanding the mechanics that allow that process is more complicated than learning reddit. I’m not prepared to say it’s worse, but it’s different.
I’d say that’s part of the reason I still go back to reddit. It’s so easy to pull up any community and be signed in. With lemmy it’s a hassle.
The instance I’m on (eg smaller ones) doesn’t defederate. I see everything. lemmy.ml, beehaw, lemmynsfw. .world isn’t a great instance to home account on. They’ve already blocked like 30 instances https://lemmy.world/instances
Eh? You shouldn’t need more than one account.
