I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it’s because I am limited to using the desktop and can’t aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.
I’m trying but it’s pretty low quality stuff here
For me, the worst part is actually the duplicate communities. Sure, it’s nice that newbies can have these duplicate subs so they don’t have to learn how to traverse the Lemmyverse, but it would be really nice if duplicates could be avoided. Like, maybe if Lemmy instances kept better records of communities on other instances.
I really hate to say it but I feel the same. The first 1-3 days of the blackout were amazing. Every response was a thoughtful paragraph. Then it suddenly grew exponentially, was overtaken with shitty memes and stupid horsebeaten jokes in every comment section. The fall of Lemmy was like the fall of reddit but in 7 days instead of 7 years. I really hope it was a temporary adjustment and the userbase evens out and the community management/search tools improve.