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theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
One thing I’ve noticed with Lemmy is that it feels way more like a social bookmarking and commentary platform. I see fewer posts that are “original content” here than for example Reddit.
JabbaTheThott@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This and just so much negativity. I’m not saying the posts are wrong, but I often leave this site feeling worse than when I got on. It has the shortest daily app timer on my phone. Not good for engagement or growth
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 1 day ago
I have kind of the opposite experience. When I go on reddit, I feel depressed and angry, when I go on Lemmy I laugh and learn stuff. Probably the communities I subscribe to though. I get political and regional news from Reddit (and don’t have an actual reddit account anymore). I get funny science and Star Trek memes from Lemmy and cyber security and tech news.
frustrated@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Where are you that you are having these experiences? I find Lemmy hard to explore.
JabbaTheThott@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Most of the fun communities I’ve found are pretty dead so my feed is just full of world and tech news that is usually sad, aggravating, or misleading. No, I don’t need another story of battery technology I’ll never use on my feed.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 1 day ago
mander.xyz for science articles and memes. startrek.website and tenforward@lemmy.world for star trek memes. cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works for cybersecurity news, but not a lot of discussion.
The self hosting communities on lemmy.ml and lemmy.world are pretty active and good at answering questions.