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Anyone else noticing engagement and post quality issues? (self.lemmy_support)
submitted 1 year ago by j4k3 to c/[email protected]
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This is just my basic perspective as a daily user since June 9th.

I was able to use just my subscribed communities feed up until a couple of weeks ago. I subscribed to a lot in the first 2 weeks of this thing exploding. Those initial communities are very engaging, but several have slowed down or are dead. I expected that. I've been using the "All" feed to try to engage with people and find new stuff. I've used it a lot, but there is a lack of engagement. I use the "new" sort priority to try to find active participants, but it seems lacking as viewed from .world. I have other instance made accounts, but I have not seen any differences. Anyone have suggestions about finding better engagement with positive people?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hah, thanks I appreciate it! Re-reading my post, it sounds pretty glum, but that wasn't really my intention. I fully appreciate that Lemmy is still in alpha development, and I didn't have great expectations that it could compete with reddit in its current form.

And I don't mind the smaller communities, nor my own diminished usage. Since breaking away from Reddit, I find myself spending more time exploring the small web, rediscovering niche blogs, working on websites within my own circle, and generally just enjoying the break from doomscrolling and getting overwhelmed with the lack of humanity displayed in that worldview.