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Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DolphLundgren@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

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[–] victron@programming.dev 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah, it's true that Lemmy has less content, no matter how many communities I join. And I also feel Lemmy has slowed down a bit in the last days/weeks. But I still won't return to reddit. It feels overwhelming, and also I think I got over FOMO. Lemmy will keep growing, I'm in no rush. Leaving reddit was definitely good for me.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really am wondering if there's some sort of sorting issue, or even a self inflicted feedback loop.

If you keep Lemmy on "active", you end up with a bunch of 1, 2, even 3 day old content. This seems to be noticeably worse in the last few weeks.

However, if you use top 12, there's enough content to keep it fresh. Not a lot of comments, but that's alright

[–] victron@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna give that a try.

[–] sugarcake@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The thing about social media, is that once enough content and eyeballs are on a platform, it pulls in even more. Posters and audiences are drawn to wherever everybody else is, like a massive object draws things in with gravity.

Currently reddit is drawing people in by its mass, not because people care about the platform. This can shift to lemmy, but it will take years. And dedicated posting😉