I really love community-driven social media like Reddit. Lemmy feels… too small. I really loved that Reddit let me jump into any niche hobby, and instantly I had a community. Lemmy, you’ll be lucky if that community even exists, and if it does, chances are nobody has posted in ages.

On the other hand, Lemmy is full of political content lately. I’ve basically been doom scrolling everything US election-related, and it’s really starting to take a toll on my mental health.

I know I can filter content. I know I can post and be the change I seek. Yet, it feels like an uphill battle.

Not sure what the point of this is, or if it’s even the right community to vent about this. I just really want to replace Reddit, but I find myself going back more and more (e.g. r/homekit is very active compared to Lemmy version).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I'll post and respond all day, but if nobody is interacting, it's going to stay quiet.

Well I just wanted to respond because I'm also trying to comment as much as I can and even post every now and again. But the issue I've seen is Lemmy draws a certain kind of person, which means a lot of like minded people in the comments. I see your response here, read it, like it and then think: "Yes I agree, nothing to add". So I don't respond, which makes it feel pretty quiet.

Another thing I've seen is not a lot of people even bother opening posts, they just scroll through the feed, get their dopamine and that's it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I see your response here, read it, like it and then think: “Yes I agree, nothing to add”. So I don’t respond, which makes it feel pretty quiet.

On the one hand, upvotes are there. On the other, they're not really the right took for the job, Lemmy (and the Fediverse in general) needs some sort of "same" / "mood" / "this tbh" tag.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

and the Fediverse in general

A significant number of the not-Lemmy-or-Mastodon servers support emoji and custom emoticon tags, not just 'up', 'down', or 'star'. I wish that was more widely adopted.

[–] atomicorange 5 points 4 days ago

I’d like to see us really embrace the improv mantra of “yes, and”. Agreement is great, but add something before you go. Upvote and comment.

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