I think it’s a boon that we’re a tiny fraction of Reddit’s size. Reddit is something like 30+ million MAUs and Lemmy dropped recently from 62k to ~50k. We’re a grain of sand compared to Reddit, and I think the community is better for it.
Lemmy isn’t really a Reddit alternative. We’re too small to have niche thriving communities, and depend 100% on sorting your feed by “all” or “local” to get new content. What’s nice is it feels like one close knit community vs closed off micro communities inside of subreddits.
I get exposed to more things this way oddly enough- viewing content I normally wouldn’t in favor of my smaller selection of subreddits. People are more polite, more informative, and far more original with their comments.
Keep on doing your thing, everyone! We’re building something different here.
I like that I can make a comment and have it seen and not buried under hundreds of other comments.
Yes. Can feel this sentiment coming from reddit.
Huh, maybe I’m just damaged by reddit, because I rarely ever comment exactly because of that. I was active on smaller subs, but why bother writing a comment on anything on r/all when literally nobody is ever gonna read it. That sentiment stuck so far, maybe it’s time to rethink this attitude