Those kind of arguments are so weird. There are more people on Lemmy than I could ever speak with in my lifetime.
Exactly how many people do these folks need?
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For any niche sub, it really depends, like comicbooks id get 50 replies on reddit, 0-3 here
Crazy high engagement
I feel like post wise it's quite slow but even if you make one post to a dead community, you'll get tons of engagement
If you want some replies just post against the hive mind. Lemmy is absolutely big enough for some hive activity. We did it!
I commented on like ~50-60 threads a day on reddit, when I had it.
I would get like 3 notifications, and half would be about votes.
I commented on a hexbear thread about defederating with feddit.uk (my instance) over transphobia. It's been a busy day.
Well you do post a lot here, I mostly just comment but I do get a bit on my inbox
They just want more bots to play with
I honestly think that there is more direct activity here. I asked the same question on reddit in 3 different places, but had more replies here than there.
It depends if you want to have a conversation with bots or other people
Less bots. Reddit is all bots now
Dead Reddit theory Explains the popular subs' comments
Take my updoot, buckaroo! 🫵🤠👍
I wonder if all the bot activity on reddit makes it look so busy that people are confused when they come somewhere with far fewer bots around?
I notice significantly more positive interaction with (at least what I believe to be) real humans here than I did on reddit in my last couple of years there.
theres also the fact your comment rarely gets buried here.
People always talk about wanting to grow Lemmy, but honestly I like it a lot more the way it is. You can comment on a post that's been on All for 6 hours and still get plenty of thoughtful responses. On reddit, there was so much noise - especially on major threads - that commenting was like pissing into the wind.
I find the current Lemmy perfect for general news and discussions, but I sure do miss some of the more niche hobby communities reddit had to offer.
I also choose this guy's comment!
Now make people restating it 800 times half the thread. Switched a few weeks ago, and honestly the fact I have yet to see the words heckin or wholesome, nor the annoying as fuck story style of banal metaphor they think is relatable and super clever, sounding like a chimichanga doused in tabasco making its emergency 3AM exit be known, has all sold me. Reddit seems to be a bunch of people who think they're super unique and progressive as they salivate over Marvel movies and rehash the same 9 political talking points, 50 posts, and 4 philosophy quotes they don't understand ad infinitum. It is reddit without redditors, and doesn't feel like it is curated by the DNC's PR department. What's not to love?
I think lemmy'd be ideal if it was double our triple its current size. Maybe just large enough to convince r/askhistorians to jump ship.
I would say "^This" in jest but didn't want to traumatize you, so wrapped it in this sentence:-). But yeah, I decided to leave Reddit for good around the time of the protests. Fortunately I had Kbin (a now-defunct alternative to Lemmy, the project carried forward by Mbin and somewhat in spirit by PieFed which I am on now) to jump to, but seriously I was going to leave all that trash regardless. I did not enjoy what it was doing to me - like how argumentative and defensive I was having to become upon saying ANYTHING at all, and more often choosing not to respond in places like r/pop(ular) bc of the feedback that would inevitably come.
The Threadiverse (threaded-style defederated forum software, currently Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed) isn't perfect, but is so much better! It requires a ton more effort to set up than Reddit did (well, Lemmy does - check out PieFed's setup wizard and you'll never look back!:-P), yet unlike corporate enshittified Reddit is worth it. Breathe the free air here!
Also an interesting article to read about the addictive effects that such platforms engender in their unwitting participants: https://medium.com/@max.p.schlienger/the-cargo-cult-of-the-ennui-engine-890c541cebcb .
Nice article, but god medium is getting annoying to use.
I'm tempted to make a custom frontent for it now.
The solution on that on Reddit has been, retreat into more niche communities, remove default subs from your feed. Right now the way to make Lemmy usable is to browse All, because otherwise there isn't enough content, but I bet as it grows it will go the same way.
I sub to smaller comms I don't see much on, and use all as a generic feed.
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I've noticed the same. I've also noticed it become slightly more combative and strawman-y with the influx of new folx, but maybe getting better again lately? Anyway, this is just going by anecdotal/vibes, and it's definitely better than mainstream/commercial socials.
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Yeah, what the hell?
I was a prolific reddit commenter for over a decade and myailbox would be empty each day
I have 600+ comments waiting for me now iny Lemmy inbox. Something is different
You were shadow banned most likely
601 now >:)
Because if you didn't post to small subs or be one of the first 20 or so comments on a big sub post, you'd get buried.
I did a couple of stupid posts with my monkey brain and I got a very high number of useful comments! Monkey happy 🐵
The people who say there's no activity tend to be lurkers and they mean post activity not comments.
If you're on a big community that's usually not a problem but for the small ones it is. If you have a hobby, then chances are its biggest lemmy community still doesn't see enough new activity to feel alive.
Agreed. I have more than enough responses in political subs to be satisfied on Lemmy, without all the bullshit that makes up 3/4 of any political post on Reddit - bots, trolls, puns, Russian propaganda farmers, idiots, etc.
But i really miss the active guitar subs. Lemmy's go days or even months and years between posts. I'm so desperate, I'm starting to browse guitar forums on Facebook (gag!).
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I wish I could check a box "No notifications" when posting
I feel like Lemmy has reached a critical mass of user base at some point in the last year.
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