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What are your thoughts on the Lemmy ecosystem?

I've been trying it out for the last week. I have my own opinions, but I'd like to hear others and see if we have common ideas on what is good/bad/indifferent about the Lemmy ecosystem.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

No. Reddit has a userbase that allows it to be all things to everyone.

Lemmy has a userbase that allows it to be a pretty good linux disscussion forum.

Once you venture away from technology, its crickets. There's a community here specifically for the Cleveland Guardians. It's dead quiet. The Guardians are even in the ALDS right now......granted they're down 0-2 in the best of 7 series......but the ONLY post since they started the playoffs, is me asking why the community was so dead. That topic has 0 replies despite being posted days ago. On reddit, I wouldn't have even needed to make that post, because there would be topics on almost every minute thing the Guardians have done right, and wrong, since the playoffs began.

And then I'd get heckled for saying that Ketchup is the hot dog derby champion. Now and forever! But on here? Nothin.......

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Start posting updates for your team. Even if it's lonely talking to an empty room. Try to post a couple times a week with news or trivia or.... old players new restaurants or whatever they do when they retire. We're so little here that we can't afford to lurk. Be the content you want to see.

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not true! Besides Linux, there's also ⭐Star Trek:-) ✨

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah. Yes. I do stand corrected. Lemmy is home to MULTIPLE subject matters that I equally don't care about.

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[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yeah all of my hobbies are ghost towns here. I don't care about Linux, US politics or Communism so I filtered them out. Now all that's left is general interest posts and AI generated porn.

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[–] wick@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

The only reason I use it is because Reddit killed the mobile app I was using. Lemmy is less useful to me by every metric, and I still use Reddit when searching for stuff on desktop, never Lemmy.

[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It works for me because I'm into a lot of the stuff discussed on Lemmy. My biggest problem with reddit was that at some point they seemed eager to smoosh all the subs together into one big Basic Betty fest. For example having r/all be a mandatory sub and having a million default subs...It kind of felt like towards the end everyone was discussing the same stuff on every sub, and it was basically the same stuff being discussed on Twitter (and many posts were just pics of tweets).

I know Lemmy kinda has some similar issues, but because the whole ecosystem is its own niche it still works for me.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Partially. I think it's a good drop in replacement for:

  • Anything technology oriented, from software to hardware to what different open source projects are up to, to what tech corporations are doing, and various discussions around ecosystems (the internet itself, specific services like Discord or Reddit or LinkedIn, app stores, social networking, etc.)
  • Funny memes or other humor

It's got pretty good coverage of certain topics:

  • Politics, at least on specific sub topics
  • Science and specific scientific disciplines

It has a few pockets that work for very specific things:

  • Specific TV show or movie franchises (looking at you, Star Trek)
  • ADHD or neurodivergent support/advice
  • Noncredible Defense is actually here. Love it.

And it's just missing a bunch of things I loved on Reddit:

  • Sports, especially the unique culture of the NBA subreddit
  • Other specific interests in television, film, music, or other cultural interests.
  • Local things in specific cities
  • Finance and economics stuff
  • Lots of specific interests/hobbies are missing, or just aren't as active.
  • Advice/support for career/work life, especially specific careers (in my case, the legal industry and life as a lawyer)
  • Advice/support relating to personal relationships, from parenting to dating to very specific support forums for things like divorce or cancer. Even what does exist here is disproportionately neurodivergent, so the topics of focus seem to be pretty different than what would be discussed in other places.
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Less niche topics, but higher quality content

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[–] snack_pack_rodriguez@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would say no to me it's more like IRC. Its small enough to be not noticed by influence operations as much and each instance has its own personality just like IRC networks. It's a great mix of local community and access to a wider view points.

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[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Been on Lemmy a few months now and it feels like moving from shitty Digg to fresh Reddit. I had canceled my account on Reddit even before the last enshitification, and kept just reading. Lemmy feels good enough to participate in posting and commenting. Small is good.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It’s feels to me like how the ancient redditors said reddit worked.

Some servers come closer to reddit like world which copied all the popular subs.

Others are definitely smaller communities, maybe a post or two a day and plenty of discussion.

I feel great about it all so far.

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[–] Kryptonidas@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 day ago

Yeah on Reddit at this point it feels to me by bots for bots. Maybe the bots here are just better but it feels more human.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Nah. Lemmy is nothing like Reddit, it's actually good.

[–] bashbeerbash@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

kinda so-so, so far. shows promise but I've also run more immediately into what could be called 'reddit rot'. For example mod behavior that resembles russian bot farms, etc.

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