I had been feeling a bit drawn in to reddit for the past few months before the divorce. I feel like the slower pace at which content comes out on Lemmy is good for me in that way. I can’t just scroll and scroll and scroll my entire day away.
Does anyone else feel similar?
I definitely find the content to be deeper and more meaningful. I like the slower pace but I find myself excited to see posts with lots of comments.
There also seems to be a deeper sense of community, at least in a few instances and communities, than I’ve experienced in a long time, excluding some of the more niche-er subs
I’ve engaged more with posts on Lemmy than all of my years on Reddit due to the deeper sense of community.
It’s really cut down the amount of endless doom scrolling I’d do throughout the day as well
It sort of feels like the old days of reddit. I had forgotten how nice it was.
- Hot Saucerman ( @dingus@lemmy.ml ) English15•1 year ago
deeper and more meaningful
Ah yes, like the “how do I not poop for 3 days?” post.
Instant classic
I definitely see it as a double edge sword. On one hand I don’t mindlessly scroll as much, on the other, the lack of content is just because I’m figuring out the quirks, and I have a feeling finding new and weird communities could be a McGuffin quest.
I’ve been constantly going on https://browse.feddit.de/ to see if there any new communities that I’d like to join. Really do wish it were easier to discover communities but it is what it is
You could try sub.rehab for a list of sub equivalents.
I made https://lemmyverse.net for this reason 😊
Great site but list view for communities looks like this on my phone, the instances list view worked fine though.
Yeah I noticed that, the grid view is better on mobile, that’s for sure. the list view needs a bit of work to make it reactive, I’ll see what I can do.
Oh wow, specially the communities view is gold. Thank you! This will be great to share people also when reddit third party clients disappears.
Not sure if the privacy settings would allow such a thing, but would a recommended feature based on your account be a possibility for the future?
The issue is getting access to your account and figuring out how to “reccomend” communities. The way reddt etc do it is by analyzing other user data, which I don’t have. Perhaps we could manually tag communities somehow. 🤔
Idk about everyone else, but I sort by new on Lemmy and “all” WAY more than I ever would on reddit. Even sorting by new or all on reddit it just shuffles around the same 100 posts they want you to see. Here people post about all kinds of stuff!
I feel like sorting by new on reddit for many years has just kinda been a cesspool. Like 1 post worth seeing per page lol
No, honestly.
I hate that the algorithm is super broken and the only meaningful sort option is “TopDay”, which means Lemmy is only good for me to look at once every day at the same time.
Admittedly, I’m so bored, I open Boost for Reddit for more content.
Really hope more content comes to lemmy before third party apps shut down.
Since the 0.18 update I find that the sorting is working pretty well. I also like that there are now options for Top 1 Hour, Top 6 Hour and Top 12 Hours.
Agree. I find the slower pace or lack of an algorithm or whatever it is is leading to me opening lemmy, then kbin around once or twice per day (have 2 accounts and slightly different subs between them which is frustrating in itself).
Then I find myself back on reddit for a bit more scrolling, particularly of the communities I haven’t found an alternative for or that are still more active on reddit.
I suspect this will change come July when the Relay app that I use on mobile presumably ceases to function due to the API changes. And my routine will just be kbin/lemmy (hoping for a unified app soon on android). But I’m not sure that’s necessarily a bad thing and might reduce my overall screen time a bit.
Still, I am sad the reddit golden age is effectively over at this point.
- bdonvr ( @bdonvr@thelemmy.club ) 1•1 year ago
And my routine will just be kbin/lemmy (hoping for a unified app soon on android).
Eh - you can join Kbin Magazines with a lemmy account, and Lemmy communities with a Kbin account.
Honestly It’s been way worse for me lol, the discussions here are actually meaningful so I can sink way too much time reading threads instead of getting bored after looking at 5 consecutive reposted memes on reddit
Edit: I’m not complaining though, this is definitely better
i hope the bulk of reddit stay where they are now. we dont need those really. also so many instances to read from. we dont seem to be running out of content here any time soon.
The only thing that somewhat bothers me is that, if I Google something 8/10 times I’ll have a reddit thread(s) as the top result. I don’t feel like giving reddit revenue or clicks though. (I do have adblock on PC and revanced on the reddit app so I try to minimise it).
But instead of using reddit every 1hr or so for 15min, I now use reddit 1 a week maybe for 10mins.
well they brought it on themselves. mods and users are the ones who made it what it is. Denying users third party apps is a straight spit in the face. best way is just consume their media with null telemetry and 0 shame.
I work in IT and reddit is (and will probably remain) a huge resource for my job. So I don’t think that’s going anywhere any time soon. Not using them as my main “feed” is a huge boon though.
Yep! Slowly we’ll eventually get rid of it. Just like any migration :)
Yeah, it feels like having a much smaller community harkens back to earlier internet days. I remember spending hours on the world of warcraft off topic forum back in the day. Always had great conversations and met some awesome interesting people.
I’ve become used to the endless stream of content from Reddit, so a part of me says no and the other says yes
Yup, when i mindlessly open lemmy something in my brain doeant jive.
But i really hope i get away from that quick dopamine chase.
It’s definitely something we need to train ourselves out of. How depressing that a few years of social media has changed us that much
The lack of unwanted rage bait posts and karma farmers has improved my mood by a lot. I gotta be honest though, I’m still scrolling through Apollo and giving myself my last dopamine hits before July 1st. Won’t miss that place
Yes, kinda, sorta. It’s like an addict going cold turkey. I feel the urge for a faster paced feed from time to time. It’s unsettling how much I’ve been accustomed to this kind of BS.
Exactly! It’s like I didn’t realize how much I was itching for the next blue link until it wasn’t readily available. It really helped out things in perspective for me.
No. I really hope a few million users move over to lemmy and make it a bigger platform. I want to see more diverse content more frequently. I don’t need infinite content like on Reddit but I don’t want to see the same posts days in a row.
give it time and keep being active, it will come naturally. this is clearly a game-theoretic problem. let’s reach the Nash equilibrium that keeps us all happy with the amount and quality of the content!
That’s fair, but have you contributed much yet in terms of posts? I think we all need to remember that we are part of the problem if we’re not posting threads/generally being active.
I am trying to lurk less and post more but it can be difficult if you haven’t found the right communities/magazines yet. Ultimately though it’s still early days
I feel more the lack of my favorite communities that haven’t made the jump. Some alternative attempts exist here but are dead. I miss the variety of topics and random discovery as well.
I miss the /r/legaladvice drama and the fun on /r/bestoflegaladvice. That was my go-to “take a break and feel better about my life” sub where I would also learn things occasionally.
I’ll add I miss r/aspergirls dearly.
I also miss AskScience and AskHistorians and CongratsLikeImFive and dadswhodidntwantpets and Epilepsy and excatholic and HobbyDrama and HomeschoolRecovery and lotrmemes and TIFU and OutOfTheLoop and outside and Random_Acts_of_Pizza and SubredditDrama and sysadminhumor and WotchesVsPatriarchy 😔
They are still there, you can still participate if you want. Lemmy isn’t a religion, and I promise you will not be shunned and sent to hell if you hang out on Reddit for the subs you miss.
I’m not worried about being shunned or anything, my desire to open reddit just hasn’t overcome my distaste for the company yet.
Yeah that is always a shame. There are a few communities that I am missing still as well.
I do, but sometimes I get a feeling that I’m not seeing all the content I should be seeing.
I think that’s the feeling that I don’t miss. It was like with reddit I could always get that fix. There was plenty of blue links left to satiate my dopamine drip. With Lemmy, the content is a lot less so I don’t feel the need to just scroll and scroll. I hope on, get my kick, hit the end for that day, then go back to doing stuff IRL.
Being used to high-traffic subreddits it’s definitely a change one needs to adapt to. But I slowly start enjoying it. I just wish there was more non-meta content. Most of it is directly or indirectly related to Lemmy oder the Fediverse in general.
Yeah, I think that will settle with time. It’s fresh on everyone’s minds right now. As Lemmy continues it will become more of its own thing.
I don’t know. Feels like a lot of content is mirrored from reddit, just with less engagement. That being said the quality is a lot higher. I also like that there are less comments trying to be comedians with quirky one liners
I think that’s also due to there being no visible karma score on your account. I really like that.
I think I find it a bit harder to find exactly what I’m looking for on Lemmy for support and help on various topics. So, it’s good and bad. When it becomes easier to search for content Lemmy will definitely improve on that front.
I’m still discovering new instances every day and it has been a much more slow paced browsing experience due to load times and the frequency of new content.
It’s definitely a different (but in no way worse) experience to what I’m used to on Reddit, but there’s a whole lot less upsetting content (like personal stories of abuse and such) that show up on Lemmy, so I think it’s been better for my mental health, even if I feel a bit less connected to the internet than before.
And let’s be fair, it’s probably for the best.
For the popular communities, yes. For the smaller niche communities it just feels empty and sad. Hope this platform catches on so the “there’s a subreddit for everything” quote could be a thing here too.