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[–] satnififu@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll probably get hate, but the content just isn't there. I tried using Lemmy as my main, but most of the communities I'd follow on Reddit just weren't on here, and if they were, they would have a couple hundred of subscribers at most, and there would be 7 different versions of the same community on different instances with no way to measure quality at first glance. Lemmy thrives for geeky hobbies that surround the FOSS space that gave birth to it, so communities like Linux or Unixporn have a strong enough presence, but for pretty much anything else it's just not there yet. Is this a negative feedback loop? Yes, but there isn't much to be done about it until shit REALLY hits the fan

PD: As an added, Lemmy can get incredibly circle-jerky at times, even more so than Reddit already is. Like seriously at times 90% of the content on my feed is just shitting on Reddit plebs

[–] creed10@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah that's honestly what I found as well. once I discovered you can patch RIF to use your own personal api token, I've been continuing to use reddit. it's such a subpar experience compared to what it used to be tho

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m surprised they let you use your own API token. During the API apocalypse, Spez specifically said that was “not allowed.”

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's usable for bots and such, I've seen reports of some users getting banned for using it in patched clients when detected

[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I was banned several times. Now i moderate a private subreddit and it's fine.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

New communities, you'll just have to yell into the void for a while until people start to yell back.

[–] deltree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ehh, I'll just wait and check back in a few months or so.

[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Lemmy can get incredibly circle-jerky at times

I always assumed that since both upvote and downvote counters are visible, it won't be the case. But boy I was wrong. The political/news posts are always a constant shitshow reminiscent of T_D.