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Lemmy needs more text posts (self.general)

submitted 1 year ago by _number8_ to c/general

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seems like it's 97% memes or news articles. i love a good shitpost but this site would be even better with in depth nuanced discussion -- especially with a higher quality userbase than reddit

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[–] ZephyrXero -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I disagree with this sentiment. Lemmy, just as Reddit before it, is a link aggregator, not a forum. This is not a glorified bulletin board, even though it has comments. Text posts are fine, but they are not what I'm here for generally. Discussions can be great on sites like these some times, but if I want to have nuanced conversation with people there are better platforms specifically designed for that.

And honestly, I only see memes taking up like 5-10% of my feed. It was far higher back when I subscribed to [email protected] originally, but that's why I unsubscribed from it. Your experience is going to vary by what community topics you follow

[–] MargotRobbie 3 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse.

It's literally in the first line on the Github page.

[–] TheTetrapod 2 points 1 year ago

What better discussion platforms are you using? Threaded comments with an upvote system are my ideal for this sort of thing.