• autumn_rain@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    I uninstalled it. I can’t stand the “r/Hegetsus” promoted religious ads. It said it could not be blocked.

    • NotSpez@lemm.eeOP
      90·
      1 year ago

      I will. But I do want to say that it’s my personal opinion, that yes, we definitely should grow as a community with more reddit refugees, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing to grow relatively slowly. On the technological side, we need the infrastructure growth to match the user base growth. Maybe even more importantly, I think most of us will agree we want to take the good of reddit with us, but definitely not the toxicity. Copy pasting the whole user base to the fediverse could lead to also copy pasting the culture that exists over there now. The thing I most enjoy on Lemmy is definitely the general vibe over the content for now, and that is pretty special on the Internet.

      • Smk@lemmy.ca
        591·
        1 year ago

        Also, we don’t necessarily need a big userbase. Just a good active one. More is not necessarily better in my opinion.

        Smaller is also much more manageable.

        • charlytune@mander.xyz
          5·
          1 year ago

          The only thing I’m missing so far is the diversity. I used to follow lots of different ‘Ask’ subs for countries and regions around the world, and some others for different communities. So far I haven’t seen that here.

        • seeCseas@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Also, we don’t necessarily need a big userbase. Just a good active one. More is not necessarily better in my opinion.

          Unfortunately, the main benefit of having a large userbase is that you can always find a community for any obscure interest you have! That’s not really the case with lemmy now.

        • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
          36·
          1 year ago

          We don’t need to be REDDIT big but…ayo you people need to post more so i can scroll an unhealthy amount all day.

        • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee
          7·
          1 year ago

          Bluesky is super-fun right now, because it’s got just enough folks to generate varied content, and everyone is playing ball on the same level.

          • tryagain@lemmy.ml
            3·
            1 year ago

            And that’s largely because they’ve kept it invitation-only, so the users are all approximately simpatico. That can’t last though. Eventually they’ll have to open it up and let in the shills, the grifters and the racist uncles.

          • BoB@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            Bluesky is proprietary garbage, not free and with limited access.

            If we want to be free we have an alternative to twitter/bluesky called nostr.

            Let’s not encourage golden cages and we won’t have to regret it later when the obvious happens.

            The nostr community reminds me a lot of the current state of lemmy, I hope with the growth of both communities it doesn’t get lost.

        • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
          10·
          1 year ago

          Absolutely, I would be happy if we stayed where we are on the main subs with niche ones growing a bit. Game specific subs are still pretty barren with most of the content being three or four people. I could use some of that growth for sure.

          A few hundred comments and consistent uploads are all I think we really need to keep chugging along.

    • tryagain@lemmy.ml
      361·
      1 year ago

      notes to self:

      • no, that did not say “hornie”
      • check system font settings on this computer
      • maybe start a c/keming
    • MissJinx@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      tbf Boost was still working until yesterday so today is my first day without reddit and this time using both plataforms I really came to apreciate Lemmy.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I moved over on the 30th when the app I’d been using for over a decade (the only way I ever accessed reddit) shut down and haven’t felt the need to discuss it. Until now, of course. It’s really silly and as newcomers to this place, we should be mindful that there are many longtime users that have made this space what it is. Here’s hoping the pollution ends soon.

  • Bongles@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    I actually haven’t. I went there for a bit to see if boost was getting a lemmy app (it is).

  • LightofNew@lemmy.world
    30·
    1 year ago

    Content is slowing drastically, r/all isn’t updating for most of the day from low engagement, reddit uses a differential for upvotes which doesn’t reflect total users well.

    • Hardeehar@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 year ago

      I agree, I studied abroad with a 12 hour difference and during the day there, when I browsed Reddit, most of the posts were lower quality because most people were asleep. (Sorry euro peeps)

      It’s when the evening came that the posts picked up quality and engaged me.

      Now that I’m stateside, I feel like Reddit posters are completely and perpetually asleep (or just gone).

      It’s really wild to see reposts over and over. Like some Redditbot constantly spamming the same thing hoping to get some traction going for conversation.

    • ojmcelderry@lemmy.one
      4·
      1 year ago

      reddit uses a differential for upvotes

      ELI5? I’m genuinely interested - just wonder what this means? I’d always assumed +1 on a post meant 1 user clicking the “upvote” button.

      • socphoenix@midwest.social
        5·
        1 year ago

        It’s some sort of weird percentage once you get past a certain number. I’m fuzzy on the numbers but 1.2k upvotes shown on the website was worth a different amount than actual. Something like 1.5k = 1.2k upvotes for your personal karma.

        • AEsheron@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 year ago

          They “fuzz,” votes, and it starts after only 10 or so. It will return a value within 10% or so of the true vote. It is to obfuscate the totals to make it harder for bot accounts to tell if they are shadowbanned or not.

  • Elden_Potato@reddthat.com
    8·
    1 year ago

    I think it’s also a boom and bust factor here. Take Elden ring for example, that subreddit popped off when the game released and still has a decent yet not nearly as active user base as before. It’s unlikely that cultural influences (aka meme potential) is strong enough currently to move that here to Lemmy. That might change with the exspansion coming out later. I think this example applies to most other organic communities on platforms like Lemmy. There needs to be some type of “buzz” and social interest in a given topic. Over time, I think we will see that happen more and more on Lemmy as well. Reddit was not built overnight and had to undergo the same process taking many years to be as robust on content as it is today.

      • Syrc@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        The other day I literally saw a Cereal Guy Reaction. I hadn’t seen it outside of deep-fried memes for probably 8 years.

  • Baka_Mitai@lemmy.world
    431·
    1 year ago

    yeah, this is not true. some subs are gone. there are still tons of people there. HOWEVER, the level of shitheadedness is increasing across all subs, even ones that were once relatively free of it. I’m seeing fewer thoughtful responses and more of the kind of reactionary kneejerk bullshit you expect from the front page subs or youtube comments or something. As ever, niche content remains your best bet, but I’m noticing a sharp decline in quality. This has been happening for a long time now, but this event has certainly been a(nother) tipping point. People have constantly compared reddit to digg in this instance, implying that the same kind of replacement is nigh… but I don’t know. We are kind of in uncharted territory on this. In the earlier days of the www there was always a new thing, but the Digg collapse happened (or started happening) like 15 years ago, the internet is an entirely different beast now. I don’t know what’s going to happen with reddit, but I’m on permanent lurker status over there until I suss it out.

    • TownOfSalemRulez@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      I agree with everything you said, but I have a few additions that I’ve noticed in terms of Reddit going downhill. I’m seeing a ton of anti-copium in this thread, but ngl, I Reddit has gotten a LOT worse for me as a whole as someone that uses it regularly. it’s the reason I came here, even though I actually didn’t stick with Lemmy originally after the blackout (due to lack of content).

      -Like you said, shitheadedness has gone up

      -Reposts and unserious posts have gone up (replacing actual interesting and varied content, which has gone down)

      -Content farming has gone up (related to the above point)

      -“Subtle” advertisement like astroturfing has gone up (once again, reducing visibility of any actual worthwhile posts)

      -The NSFW side of reddit is legit worthless at this point.

      In addition the the app being unusable and the APIs no longer allowing for third party apps. I’m a bit surprised there are so many people in this thread that claim not to have noticed. Like, Reddit has legitimately turned into IFunny quality material seemingly overnight from my perspective. I’m not sure how people could not notice, but maybe I just use it differently from others.

      This may not affect the shareholders at the end of the day since it will probably just turn into a low quality garbage machine that still makes money, but from an actual social media perspective I think there will be a significant number of others like me who need to find a new home that’s not full of shit content.

    • ProfezzorDarke@feddit.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      I did, I only check the very niche subs once very few days, but it’s like returning to the still smoldering ruins of your burnt down home town, talking to the survivors…