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.

  • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
    33·
    1 year ago

    I just want a place where I can learn interesting new things. So far this is filling the void that Reddit left. Reddit was already starting to suck at that anyway and the social aspect of it was never something I cared about. I’m definitely not look for a recreation of Reddit.

    • ursakhiin@beehaw.orgEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      I like the niche communities for hobbies. Reddit was a good place to get an introduction to a new hobby or activity one upon a time. You could go to a community and their wikis had a getting started section.

      I hope we get there at some point. I do think the worst thing we took from Reddit is the over active meme pages, though.

      • maiskanzler@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I agree, but memes are honestly what I look for while idly scrolling during downtime. It’s the necessary fluff and filler that gets people to come back regularly and makes it all less dry.

      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        At least the memes are (mostly) better on lemmy. I haven’t blocked any of the main meme subs here and that was one of the first things I did on Reddit. It drives engagement so if they’re gonna be here then they may as well be decent

      • Deebster@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The niche interest groups are what I miss from reddit - I’m out of the loop for several things now I don’t lurk in the respective subs any more. I think I’ll start using their RSS feeds so I don’t miss out too much.

        Memes are just easy to consume and upvote, so I understand them becoming popular. I’ve got multiple duplicate accounts with different communities added/blocked so can get the memes only when I choose.

      • spaduf@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think wikis could be integral here. I can’t believe Reddit never capitalized.

    • PeleSpirit@toons.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I have had better than awesome interactions with the ancient coin and 3d printing communities. The 3d printing one set me up completely and I’m printing as I type. I started out as a total noob. The ancient coin took a couple of days to send me down the right the path. There are niche communities already here, I love lemmy.