I’ll try to dial back my time on lemmy because I’ve noticed that I spend way, way more time here than I ever did back on reddit
Frankly there isn’t as much content. So, no.
But if I’m really honest it’s about equal because all the content is on bluesky and tiktok.
Yes.
I have an app on my phone for usage limits, and for social media I have that set for 1 hour. I rarely hit the limit nowadays, but Lemmy is more than capable of taking up that time unless I have a super specific question in a niche hobby
Yes, I realized there was/is a lot of rage-bait on reddit that kept me typing. Lemmy is more chill, like it’s an actual forum with real people with real engagement.
Lemmy is 1000x more real than reddit, but I have found it to be very susceptible to echo chambers. I agree with a lot of the echos in the chamber, and yet I find a lot of people taking nuance out of discussions or believing falsehoods from headlines alone. It’s annoying to me, because many if these topics are extreme enough as is, there’s no need to hyperbolize. But there is not a lot in the way of difering opinions (when it comes to big topics)
I think any place with moderation is going to have an echo chamber. And then ironic thing is a place without moderation also leads to an echo chamber, since people who don’t like the vibe leave.
I try to link to articles or cite something when making bigger statements for that reason. But ofc you can’t please everyone.
like it’s an actual forum with real people with real engagement.
Because it’s small.
The only bots are from people hobby botting to learn about. If it grows then we’ll see intentional bots like anywhere else.
Federation gives unique challenges tho. A big open instance will have a huge bot problem because of how many instances could host the bots. A locked down instance won’t see any bots.
Like early Reddit, when we migrated from Digg
I try to because I want to support the FediVerse
Same. But honestly reddit was more fun than here.
I’m stuck here & loyal now. Because am irreversibly permabanned from Reddit.
Let’s make Lemmy fun.
Most of the “fun” on reddit was fake because 85% of all posts & users are bots.
So Lemmy is a breath of fresh air from all that mental manipulation.
Same! Wild how they went from throwaway accounts being part of the culture to banning people forever and employing techniques beyond what Facebook does to control accounts.
I’m pretty sure they ban anyone who says anything remotely human, and only bots are allowed on Reddit anymore.
I spend more time engaging on Lemmy, but I consumed more content on reddit
No. But I can’t post on reddit anymore since they banned me for updooting Luigi posts. So lame and anto-free speech.
Nope. Making Reddit as mildly addictive as it was likely took more than just a generic application of the type.
In that way, Lemmy’s development motivations make this platform (IMO) a lot healthier, because it wasn’t purposefully tweaked into something addictive by a group of sociopaths holding boring dystopia meetings looking to appease the shareholders or the ownership.
I’m on lemmy BECAUSE there is less. Trying to become and ostrich.
Lemmy is really growing on me as I can see there’s discussion when it comes to the current events, I like to read real opinions and viewpoints on from others outside of my bubble, reddit and X both are too bot riddled for me to personally for that use. I still do go on reddit often for local content as it’s a better source of upcoming events and whats going on around the city than the actual local news agencies.
I read comment sections to the end on lemmy, which I haven’t done on reddit in probably a decade
Actually less and for a good reason, the doom scroll is not endless.
We have a fraction of the population and a few good posts and discussions on the places I have not blocked. Over all its a lot healthier and I still get my fix of feeling informed-ish. Also Jeboa does not display total votes an account gets meaning there is no “must have X karma to ride” pages that, while attempting to remove bots (it didnt), fills a room with crowd pleasers instead of those seeking discussion or answers.
Less time on Lemmy cause there’s less to see. I spend more time on other websites now, when previously reddit used to take up all of my web browsing time.
Deleted my reddit account a couple days after discovering Lemmy. I’ve been to their website a couple times since because it often appears in search results and if I don’t see a less shit option I’ll dig through the comments of whatever post my search pulled up, but that’s the extent of my activity there.
I will never make another reddit account. Fuck spez.
Greedy little pig boy
I have to admit. Reddit can be handy for finding solutions from other people for problems.
I wish Lemmy was comparable for this purpose. Perhaps someday.
Let the people cook - I’ve learned quite a bit from the technical communities ;)
I do feel bad for the few users that have found some niche lemmy communities and asked a genuine question, only to get no replies. If it were in my sphere of knowledge I would answer them.
I try to join communities that have some of my hobby interests, even if super small, for exactly that reason. It can make someone’s day! :)
Short answer, no.
There just isn’t as much content to scroll, and there’s no accomodations for separating communities by interest. Allegedly, piefed fixes this but I haven’t tried yet.
I’d like it if I could keep my news feed separate from my technology feed separate from my porn feed separate from gaming feed separate from you get the idea. Since it’s all blended together, it’s harder to stay on the platform. The same complaint applies to yourube, by the way.
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