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.
Yes.
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
I am on kbin, and no, I do not feel this way. Maybe lemmy filters posts differently by default? Maybe local lemmy.world posts are like that?
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
So far I’ve seen lots of discussion in AskLemmy and plenty of memes in 196 or 195
Check out [email protected] and maybe sort by top past week to see what’s gaining traction over there.
While I agree, I can understand why it’s so Reddit-oriented. Mostly everyone who came here came from Reddit so news/ drama/ discourse about Reddit is relevant for the vast majority of people. The other reason is a lot of people just joined, so this whole topic isn’t as tired out for them.
I think too a lot of us are still in shock that a major communication platform we’ve used for over a decade is just up and gone in 30 days. I’m on the Connect for Lemmy app now and because it’s all been developed so fast it’s almost hard to remember I’m not still on reddit. And this is coming from someone running their own instance!
Click the menu in the top left and filter out exploding heads and lemmygrad.
At the moment I definitely don’t look at
LocalorAllvery often on the homepage because of this. There’s plenty of communities out there that definitely just want to discuss their niche, or are at least trying to make sure this is where the focus is. I’m sure people will eventually get to the point where they don’t want to share that content and it will pass, but no idea how long that will take.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
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.
To be honest, no lol. I think up to this point, yeah that’s been the case but with Reddit’s API change coming in to effect and Twitter’s issues the Fediverse has blown up and even my non-techie friends are starting to talk about it in real life. As a result of those changes we’re seeing all sorts of discussion occur. But people, all of us, are still learning how this works and so far the thing that unites the most discussion IS the exodus so that’s probably going to be top of mind for users initially.
I saw android and selfhost/selfhosted has many content unrelated to reddit there. You can check it.
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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. 😁
Exactly, this is just the “current thing” people are talking about, like the submarine fiasco and the Twitter drama
Yeah, just a glance at the posts is what I see from what you describe. I find myself over at Squabbles.io and the community is a lot different with discussions on various topics.
I still come here to glance, but I’m not engaged because of what you said.
Nope, because I subscribe to lots of different communities and for the most part none spend much time talking about Reddit.
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.
Go and find the magazines that are interesting for you! You’ll fill up your subscription queue in no time
