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Yeah, things have definitely dropped off. I'm still getting engagement on my cat posts but most of my feed has been news with no comments and tons of memes. I'm hoping things will pick back up as we head into fall and winter. Just wanted to let you know I saw your comment from my instance :)
Hah, thanks I appreciate it! Re-reading my post, it sounds pretty glum, but that wasn't really my intention. I fully appreciate that Lemmy is still in alpha development, and I didn't have great expectations that it could compete with reddit in its current form.
And I don't mind the smaller communities, nor my own diminished usage. Since breaking away from Reddit, I find myself spending more time exploring the small web, rediscovering niche blogs, working on websites within my own circle, and generally just enjoying the break from doomscrolling and getting overwhelmed with the lack of humanity displayed in that worldview.