I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

  • relative_iterator@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Make the posts you want to see. I’ve posted some questions in some niche communities here and I get well thought out responses and discourse.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Best answer, Lemmy, like all social media follows the 90-9-1 rule of social media. Of 100 people, 90 will lurk, 9 will comment, and only 1 will actually post anything.

      There are people in the communities that want to talk, but you gotta be the one to post.

      Hey take it as your opportunity to become a name in a community!

      • austin@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        I don’t know how someone can lurk without the urge to post something or comment, that must take willpower

        • expatriado@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          idk where these statistics come from, but the 90/9 ratio may come from the fact we don’t comment on every thread we read, and not that 90% of users never comment

        • TheLemming@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          Or, like, not really knowing how to express oneself. I’ve got a lot on my mind to share in specific subs communities though it’s difficult as I don’t feel like knowing who I’m talking to

        • freebee@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Sometimes just trying to avoid “someone on the Internet is wrong!!!” anger engagement tbh. Lurk, think react, think again and just scroll on instead

        • sparky1337@ttrpg.network
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          1 year ago

          Was on Reddit 15 years, left in June. It was definitely a build up, but I eventually posted every day.

          Not healthy, so I scaled back. I post when I have something worthwhile. Otherwise I just contribute comments. And even then I erase half of them because they aren’t helpful or contributive.

  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t say it’s a problem for me but I see what you see. We have to be patient, building a community is one of those things that you have to do carefully, taking your time.

    I don’t know if you tried in other instances. I just subscribed to many more communities than I did in Reddit, no matter the instance.

  • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A lot of people (like myself) need to step out of their comfort zones if we want Lemmy to get more conversations going. Yesterday I made a game thread in the community for my favourite NFL team; I was the only one who commented. But I’m going to try and make one for the game next week.

    • VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve noticed the same thing and it certainly has helped me skip Reddit more. The front page is 50% or more are validation parts from pretty people on rate me, am i ugly, roast me, outfits, weddings, etc. There are still fun drama threads for people like me who like those, like AITA or TIFU, but a lot of them seem somehow faker and more bot-filled than before.

  • GenBlob@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I browse on lemmy now but I still use my reddit account for a few subs like r/crtgaming and r/toonami

  • Rylyshar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I will bounce in every week or so, but since I can’t use Apollo for quick, clean, ad-free, non-intrusive browsing, I get sick of it all pretty quickly.

    I am trying other sources for news. Someone mentioned GroundNews app, and it’s pretty nifty, even without going to pro version. I am also using The Guardian app more often.

    Even FB just sux so bad, I can’t stay on it for long.

    Except for the damn reels. Argh.

    Anyway, we all need to post more here, and also on other new playforms. Discuit is pretty cool.

    • DNOS@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I use stealth from fdroid from time to time its a front end with no advertising… Worth trying it out

  • paddytokey@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I frequently go to the soccer subreddit in a browser because there’s nothing like it out there, the speed with which people upload highlights, the match threads, the official announcements are all there if you care about high level soccer. It’s the only thing I really couldn’t replace

  • Landrin201@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I agree 100%. I set up a home server after reddit fell, and unfortunately I’ve been having to use reddit to ask a lot of my questions. The communities for the stuff I need to ask here on Lemmy just don’t exist, and on reddit they do, and you’ll get responses pretty quickly.

    For any kind of programming questions reddit has been far better than lemmy simply because it is significantly more populated.

  • normalmighty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m of the stance that it doesn’t actually matter at all if you give a platform up, it’s just the overall amount of time that does. So imo there’s no reason to not keep going to reddit for the stuff you can only find there.

    Hell, if everyone on Lemmy never went anywhere else, all we’ve done is doomed the site to die off as no new people ever hear about it.

    • Max Demon@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      But is inevitable there was a time when facebook was the first thing I opened after getting back from. School

  • mr_sifl@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A little. I miss the movie and show discussions. Also the smaller community subreddits for specific things/people I like to follow there’s not nearly as much or in some cases nothing on Lemmy.