Left reddit during the api snapfu as well, been mainly a lurker with a few comments, but I'm definitely glad I made the shift, everything feels better here for a social environment. The only thing I go back to reddit for is the porn haha. (Which lemmynsfw instance is slowly catching up on)
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I’m a comment leaver more than a poster, but I’m doing my part!
Reporting for duty, sir!
Oh man, I need to really increase my activity. I am very behind.
Fellow REST exile here. It took some getting used to at first since the engagement was lower, but I prefer it over Reddit now for sure. For one, it still feels like the early days of Reddit, most posts don’t just go unreplied or ignored. Most of the content is fresh and not a repost. Meme posts are a steady stream but not overwhelming and recycled.
It’s like living in medium sized town and I quite like it.
It’s like living in medium sized town
I really like that analogy and think it fits quite well! There are by far too many users to know them all, but as you scroll through your feed and all, you keep recognizing users who you once had a discussion with or who keep posting or commenting interesting stuff to your favorite communities.
I ran a BBS back when the computers had to screech at each other and I always described the feeling of the rise of the internet as "moving from a small town to the big city."
I very much appreciate this analogy.
How are you able to use this more than Reddit? Do you think you have any background that might help explain it? I'm honestly confused as to how people are able to enjoy this thing.
I just arrived here recently, but I was blown away by the sheer joy of having an actual social space again. Lemmy gives me early 2000s feelings and, given the underlying technology, it might just stay that way.
I realized how little I wanted to go back to reddit after about a week, uninstalled the app, blocked links to reddit in lemmy and never looked back.
Lemmy gives me early 2000s feelings and, given the underlying technology, it might just stay that way.
why do you all have to be so stuck in the past?
nice work!! i just got here. better late than never ! . i like it so far , my reddit usage will decline.
Welcome sunnytimes :) Im sure you will settle in nicely. Things get even better the more curated your sub feed and block list become.
I don't post much but I'll sure comment just like I'm doing now! wow. look at me go!
Please post more
well done, well done
Engagement is way up in normal forums like politics etc. compared to 2 years ago.
Oddly, since the community is so small I get some news articles way faster than if you were on Reddit. By a few hours in most cases unless it’s some crazy event.
But the niche ones are still struggling. The initial boom from the api exodus was good, but momentum quickly faded after ~2 months.
This stuff will grow eventually. There was a metric on Reddit ages ago that listed the top 1% of contributors were responsible for 99% of the content. Most were lurkers or non account holders.
The 90-9-1 rule holds for most stuff like this, and while the early adopter crowd like the current Lemmy population might conceivably skew the numbers slightly, I wouldn't expect it to be by much.
57k MAU is still small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. Niche subs still rely on single users doing almost 100% of the posting and will remain that way until probably way over 100k MAU. Maybe 200k?
You and me both, cousin! Well, not the "hundred posts" part. I'm more of a comment guy.
No uh
Cool, I also joined recently and I find Lemmy to be much nicer than reddit. Every community seems just more positive.
But there are many people here that want this to be the next reddit and that worries me a little. Every now and than, when I scroll through the feed, I see a post that reminds me of the bad old times on reddit. Thankfully it doesn't get as much engagement as on reddit, and the responses are a lot more reasonable.
But I have to say: if you want this platform to be reddit, and you succeed, you've just rebuild the platform you were running away from. That should not be the goal
Nice going! You made me check and I realize I was at 200 posts myself.
Lemmy is a great place to discuss stuff, I've been enjoying talking to most people here.
Yes it's really friendly and nice here, people don't want a fight like they often do on reddit. There's less hysteria.
Wow, congrats! I just checked my profile and realized I have hit the 100 mark too.