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.
deeper and more meaningful
Ah yes, like the “how do I not poop for 3 days?” post.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Yeah that is always a shame. There are a few communities that I am missing still as well.
No. I feel like I’m stumbling in a desert.
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 do! Reddit had turned into a sort of TikTok, mindless scrolling and no time to enjoy actual, original and intelligent content.
I’ve become used to the endless stream of content from Reddit, so a part of me says no and the other says yes
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.
I feel that. I’m finding myself gravitate back to going directly to individual blogs. Just in the past couple of weeks, I’ve been introduced to new blogs on these smaller, more slower-paced niche communities. So it feels reminiscent of how I used to use the Internet 10-15 years ago before Reddit and monetization of everything. I had a handful of places I’d rotate through. It was just enough that there was usually something new everyday, but not an infinite sea of content. And I’m finding now that I’m actually reading the links being posted instead of just reading the comments. It kind of makes me think of how people used to watch TV. A show would release one episode a week and you had to wait for next week’s show. And there was a limited number of shows. Now with all the content on all the streaming platforms plus YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc. there’s an endless amount of content to consume and no built-in breaks so you can literally binge non-stop.
With Reddit or other fill-in-the-blank service where your attention is the end goal to sell ads, the incentive is to get you to never pause, never take a break, never leave. It was exhausting. Here, it feels more relaxed.
Yes, I get that. I have a few fond memories of old old forums. With that said, Reddit’s ease of discovery for niche communities and my ability to instantly join the discussion without signing up to yet another website is something I will miss.
I think you need to move to medium-sized communities for a little bit. like /android instead of /myspecificphonemodel, or /electriccars instead of /myspecificelectriccarmodel.
The great thing about small communities is that you only need to convince a handful of people to jump ship to get them started again.
Personally no. I used the scrolling to escape stress and just be mindless.
Now I don’t do it as much since there isn’t as much. When I try, it’s not the same since it’s slower and just not as much stuff. Also too many posts either about reddit or the fediverse. Honestly I’m tired about (metaish) posts of either of those.
Also the comments were better on Reddit (for me) just mainly because of higher quantity leading to semblance of quality.
I personally hope it goes faster over time with more variety and niches… I miss posting a comment on some places and getting more responses/conversations.
I agree, when you just want that escape it can be a bit of a doldrum of content. The meta stuff is a bit annoying now too but I’m hoping that will pass once the reddit refugees (like myself) settle in and start to find their Lemmy voice.
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
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
Yes. Truthfully for the last 2-3 years I have been dismayed with the direction social media in general were going, not only Reddit. Here were the 3 major issues I had: 1- lower quality of content & the volume of bad content drowning out the good, 2- the corruption of the companies themselves, and 3- the toxic social environment with nasty behavior becoming the norm. I think that fragmenting the web into smaller and more distributed communities, with a slower pace, will probably be a good thing at this point in time.
PS I’m happy to admit the web has always had a dark side, but it had gotten noticeably much worse in recent years.
3 is the biggest thing about pivoting more towards Lemmy / traditional forums for me. It’s been really nice feeling like I’m not drowning in a sea of trite idiocy and unempathetic rage every time I open a comment section. It’s genuinely refreshing to feel like I’m actually engaging with normal people again.
The thing with reddit is you would scroll and scroll and not find anything interesting, just little blips of dopamine in sea of inane content. I don’t like everything posted on lemmy but I find it far higher quality overall.
Tthe sea of most upvoted content in r/all always come from the same handful of subs anyway. I don’t miss that one bit at all, but I do worry about my Google results showing empty Reddit links when I’m looking for reviews and answers about some niche products. Reddit is seriously the only place I trust in finding genuine reviews.
Man I don’t know, I loved my homepage. Just so much shared passion for my hobbies and everyone was so positive and happy.
I might just have to stay on Reddit, the equivalent communitues are absolutely dead here.
Fully agree with r/popular though
IMO, the pace feels slower because you aren’t seeing any ads, and as a result, scrolling less and receiving more posts you really want to interact with.
Sure, the userbase is still coming together, but that’s just a matter of time.
