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.
Which community is that? I’m having the same issues on the community I’m trying to grow
[email protected] (pictures of owls)
Was a fan on Reddit, saw it was already on Lemmy, but then nobody did anything with it.
I’m on day 3 of The 50 States of Owls, trying to show off a bird rescue org in every state that people can visit and support.
I remember SuperbOwl! Unfortunately I don’t have owl pictures to contribute or anything intelligent to say about owls.
Well it’s here on Lemmy now too for you to enjoy if you wish.
I’m no means an expert, just a wildlife fan. My SO loves owls, so that’s gotten me to be quite the fan in return. They also love orcas, but owls are easier for me to find and photograph!
Oh that’s you! I liked those pictures, but indeed there seemed to be very few comments on the posts…
Yup, plenty of others posting all the doom and gloom environmental stuff, so I stick to sharing pics of happy fluffballs to balance it out. Love for our fellow beasties is probably what got many environmentalists into it to begin with, and it’s important to remember the fun part of it.
Just realized. Did the owls on r/SuperbOwl get lots of comments? If not, many upvotes with little discussion should probably just be expected for that kind of post.
I followed cute animal subs on Reddit but it totally slipped my mind about how often people would comment. I just looked, upvoted (after all, cute animals are on topic in a cute animal sub), and moved on.
The ratio is probably the same or better technically. They have about 400k subs and the posts get like a dozen comments. I didnt post there though, because there were a good number of daily posts. It’s dead here so far, so I decided it was up to me to be the change I wanted to see.
I do feel good breaking into the 100+ likes, but it’s just kinda one sided feeling. Like if you say hello to someone and they smile, but don’t say hi back ever, if that makes sense.
How many people join thinking it’s going to be about the Super Bowl, I wonder.
That would only be useful a few days a year though. They end up with something much better and fun all year round, so it serves a valuable purpose!
For more fun: [email protected]
[email protected] is like this too. I actually thought it was empty/abandoned so I started posting there about conserving wildlife.
Turns out it had one person posting there already, only they are blocked so I can’t see them. Anyway that person was disgruntled and held a poll, but the poll result was most people there want it to be about the environment.
Hah, I do remember hearing something like that about one of the conservative forums last month. I think Teddy Roosevelt would approve.
It’s been funny mentally adjusting to the overton window here.
On reddit the US democrats vs conservatives fight, on the fediverse it’s more often the US democrats vs marxist leninists etc. I find it comparatively relaxing.
I haven’t decided if it’s any better yet. I’m pretty far left, but radicals on both extremes get pretty weird. At least it’s different propaganda!
Totally, at times I can’t even work out what they are saying.
As a New Zealander I used to be mystified by references like “don’t tread on me”. In the fediverse it’s more… weird images of geese.
It’s kind of fun.
I’m using a different account to grow the community. Because I’m one of a few posters there and I’d rather not make life easier for potential doxxers, I’d rather not give out the community name. Don’t want to link two different accounts together as owned by the same person.
No worries, that makes perfect sense!