Definitely miss the niche communities, but not enough to go back.
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PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I don’t use any social media except for Lemmy. It used to be only Reddit but jumped ship after the API changes. I’m enjoying Lemmy for the most part. Commenting is better because it gets more traction compared to Reddit. Unlike others I actually enjoy having all the varying opinions from “problem” instances. It makes it feel less like an echo chamber, which Reddit was bad for.
My only issue is because it’s so much smaller than Reddit, there isn’t as much content or niche communities. I miss some of the subs I used to frequent on Reddit. Some of them were made into communities here but barely have any activity, like one post per week. I guess at the end of the day it’s a good thing cause I spend less time on Lemmy than I used to on Reddit.
all4one@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Darkhoof@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There are many niche communities missing, but they will come with time and with people talking more.
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Be the change you want to see in the Fediverse
Clipboards@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m fully aligned here. I’m at the point where I lurk every day, but I remain wishing the niche communities were around. Obviously, I should be contributing myself, but…
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I agree.
The best part I enjoy is being able to open this website without all the dark patters pushing me to install some dumb app just because they can scrape the data from my phone more easily.
rglullis@communick.news 1 year ago
Bringing the content from niche subreddits is what I am trying to do with Fediverser. What subreddits do you miss the most?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
The problem with crossposting bots is that I rarely care for the OP as much as I care for the comments.
rglullis@communick.news 1 year ago
You’re in luck. Fediverser is made to bring comments as well…
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Yeah, but if I have a clarification question or want to further discuss it, the bot is not gonna answer me. It doesn’t have the same feel to it for me, I dunno.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I really miss hobbydrama. Someone made a sub over here and was reposting the material but seems to have stopped in the last month.
rglullis@communick.news 1 year ago
I am starting to be a bit bottlenecked by the amount of subreddits that we need to track. I am planning to let people import their own API keys and/or private JSON feeds to help fetching more data. Would you be interested in joining it?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Thanks for looking out-- I don’t really have any technical skills where I could mess with API keys or the like but I appreciate the thought.
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
My problem with niche communities, and most of Lemmy’s content in general, is that people are using the most weird, random, out-there sources for all of their topics. It more often than not that I see some strange, clearly biased source, over more reliable or professional sources.