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I really want to like Lemmy (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really want to like lemmy, but it's difficult. I'm new to all this fediverse thingy, and I might just have old habits and perceptions how things should work but... I keep seeing the same posts more than once, iOS experience is not that good really, sometimes I see dead posts from 2 years ago for some reason, despite having subscribed to like 30 communities there aren't that many new posts to read.

Part of it probably that subreddits had millions of people so a lot of posts every minute, but it still feels underwhelming.

It's not as doomscrolly. Maybe I should find something else to waste my time on haha

What is your experience with lemmy? Maybe I just do things wrong. Let me know

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[–] JerkyIsSuperior 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The community and the app is still relatively new. To be honest, I prefer smaller communities where I can leave for a few hours without half the posts sliding to page 5 and beyond. Instead of uncritically consuming digital content, try to contribute to smaller communities, post a couple of cool links, or even (Gasp! Horror!) do something else for a while.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy encourages me to go touch grass because there isn't as much as a new influx of comments, which is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn some communities are huge and extremely participated. Such as the Gaming community (I don't remember the instance 🤓) - I've reached more than 170 upvotes and more than 150 long and articulated comments regarding how fucked up battle royale games are. I feel like there's more of a human sense here than reddit, where people are more focused on the quality of the shit they consume

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a huge influx of content, just in topics I'm not very interested into (like tech news and memes). I liked the cozier subreddits where you could have a discussion in lighter topics (like pockets vs purses in trans subreddits). People seem more patient around here, though.

[–] Little8Lost 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

you mean touch grass?

[–] samus12345 3 points 2 years ago

I've always found that expression annoying, but it just occurred to me that considering most people use the internet on their phones now it's kind of nonsensical. Trivially easy to touch grass while doomscrolling or whatever.