I’ve been on Beehaw and Lemmy.world for the past two weeks now and while people seem to be posting content that isn’t about Reddit or Twitter or how great federated platforms are, such content does not receive as many comments/discussion as topics about the Reddit API controversy, or the current Twitter controversy, etc.
I prefer to sort by “new” when on the main page of either Beehaw or Lemmy.world. Most posts scarcely get a few upvotes and almost no comments. Without comments, I feel far less inclined to leave a comment unless there’s a discussion already going on.
It feels like the gravity of discussion is still mostly centered on complaints and discussion about Reddit (or Big Tech in general), despite this platform being billed as a Reddit replacement. Hopefully that changes with time but there’s a reason I haven’t left Reddit yet.
It will blow over. It’s just that the whole Reddit debacle is the most relevant thing right now. Check back in a few months.
It might seem that way (especially if you subscribe to the Reddit-discussing communities here; I did that at first, but got tired of seeing the same five convos happening a gazillion times, so I unsubscribed them, and that mainly solved the problem).
I went out into the community search, found a bunch of stuff I’m interested in, joined those places, and have been having some good interactions so far. So that’s what I’d recommend.
Obviously it’s also the hot topic right now, with a bunch of confused redditors coming over. Should die down more and more
Nope, I’m seeing discussions unrelated to Reddit every time I’m on here. And there’s often more comments than I care to read! The main hurdle for me is the long load times and the inconsistency of the buttons.
But remember!
There’s never going to be a perfect alternative. No Reddit alternative is going to function the same as a massive 18 year old site from Day 1. It takes some time, some stress tests, some development, and some dedication. Just remember the shit they pulled to bring us here.
Can you recommend some communities? I used the community browser to join the most active ones but I only see a few new posts every couple hours and most of them are reddit-related 😔 I feel like I’m not looking in the right places
Check out [email protected] and maybe sort by top past week to see what’s gaining traction over there.
So far I’ve seen lots of discussion in AskLemmy and plenty of memes in 196 or 195
It is to be expected. Once more communities get established, conversation will shift to other topics. I mostly just skip past all the reddit posts. I’m sure they will go down over time.
You have to skip the bigger communities and just sort ‘new’ on your subscribed view. That way you’ll only see content about other topics. It helps me to stay away from the reddit and twitter storm. But people are happy and proud of themselves that they left, so they need to vent.
- Install the wefwef app (optional)
- Click the Posts icon at the bottom
- Choose ‘All’
That way, you’ll see all posts on the fediverse and not just the posts in your subscribed communities or the local communities (registered at your instance).
(All posts from the fediverse that at least one person on your instance has subscribed to at one point(
Yup. I discovered a lot of new communities like that.
There’s also [email protected]
I saw android and selfhost/selfhosted has many content unrelated to reddit there. You can check it.
Exactly, this is just the “current thing” people are talking about, like the submarine fiasco and the Twitter drama
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You are welcome. I only know these subs because I frequent them but I think if you search deep enough and ignoring any community that has reddit in its name, you will find good content. 😁
Why wouldn’t people talk about the thing that is going on? What do you want them to talk about, how terrible the name beehaw is? The world isn’t ready for that discussion.
If you want discussion about something else, you gotta post. The Reddit thing is maybe the number one common interest among basically all Lemmy users right now, so of course it’s going to be the most upvoted thing. But making a post complaining about that fact just exacerbates the problem. If you post about literally anything else then you will be helping the ratio of reddit-related to non-reddit-related posts.
You have to subscribe to more subs, right now my page is showing scenery, sports talk, and Mac vs Windows talk. Feels like old reddit.
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Here’s a good place to start https://browse.feddit.de
As early adopters, it’s important for us to be active on the platform. You see posts without comments, and then don’t leave a comment yourself because of it.
Be the change you want to see! Leave that first comment to spark a discussion.
I have taken this attitude very much to heart. Only slightly embarrassing to look at my comment count lol
Completely correct. Its not great at thr moment opening it up 12 hours later and still having this meta news.
It’s either Lemmy/reddit drama or memes for my all feed.
Like posts about other stuff exist but don’t get the votes to elevate high enough.
Reddit is the big news right now, so that makes sense. It’s news even outside of our own circle of technophiles and ex-redditors.
It’s up to us to spread things out. A whole bunch of us are just waiting for someone else to take a step. If we take the step ourselves, people will join in, AND new users checking out the platform for the first time will see familiar things that make them feel like they’ve come to the right place.
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I do wonder how new communities will reach critical mass. I don’t understand how fediverse searches and tags work yet. How do people discover a new community about cute seals or Toledo or Fortnite?
Do the creators of these communities need to be using tags in a certain way?
Lemmy Explorer filters also through the descriptions: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
and there’s also still Lemmy Community Browser: https://browse.feddit.de/community promo: https://lemmy.ca/c/communitypromo
wow this Lemmy exists! https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists
a few more search-sites turn up with this filter: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=find+communitiesafaik Lemmy does not have a tag recognition yet.
@[email protected]
We need to give it time. We are so used to things working instantly that it feels strange to have to wait. Enjoy the moment and do your part!
It’ll take time. There’s also a variety of services now: Tildes, Mastadon etc. Plus the reddit apps seem to be working again.
I started [email protected] about 2 weeks ago, and now it has an estimated 3.4-4k subscribers (depending on how the subscriber statistics work) and people are posting stuff.
It takes time, and it takes some effort on the part of the creator.
But you’re right, some communities will grow faster than others. I think there’s a balance between creating communities that are too broad vs super-specific communities for now!
Click the menu in the top left and filter out exploding heads and lemmygrad.
What is fun about this post is that continues the conversation about Reddit. :)
I agree with many. It will take time to grow and fill out. I look forward to seeing the growth.
