i like the fact that it is not karma driven. like vote on me how you want i don't look at my karma and care at all how people react
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Good:
- I can use it for mobile without a first party app.
Bad
- There aren't as many communities here as there were on Reddit.
- There isn't that much content as on Reddit. Also, while the meme ratio of content feels the same to Reddit, the non-meme Lemmy content is rather small.
- Comment conversation seems lacking.
- Moderation tools are rather limited and heavily dependent on defederation to function.
- The idea of "start your own" mindset in the design makes community formation just as bad as Reddit. There doesn't seem to be any tools for a more collaborative approach to running subs or instances.
It's not bad, it doesn't have the massive amount of people to keep niche communities going, but for big broad general topics it's fairly solid. It could use some video and GIF support, but maybe it's just my instance that doesn't support it.
https://catbox.moe/ can be used to host videos and gifs
But if it doesn't display in the page and I have to go to a secondary site, it makes it cumbersome enough that I look for that experience elsewhere, like Bluesky.
The only real issue I have is that there aren’t that many active communities for more niche topics. I hope it’ll get there someday, but for now we have Linux or Star Trek, take your pick. :P
What are your interests?
There are plenty of niche communities promoted on [email protected]
It depends. Usually I’m just looking for some game or show I like. The few of those I’ve looked into that have a community have like a handful of users, infrequent posts, or auto-posted threads with no comments beyond the bot post.
EDIT: Also, do you know how to get to your link on Memmy? For me it just brought me back to the main feed.
For shows, [email protected] is a generalist one that is quite active.
Examples of a few other hobbies: https://lemmy.world/post/20904890
For the link, maybe those below work better?
Also, based on https://www.lemmyapps.com/, the last update to Memmy was 7 months ago, you might want to have a look at Mlem, Arctic or Avelon
The links didn’t work either. But thanks for the suggestions. I’ll look into other app options.
I had a look, seems like Memmy isn't being developed anymore, which might explain why links don't work: https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/14284049
It’s feels to me like how the ancient redditors said reddit worked.
Some servers come closer to reddit like world which copied all the popular subs.
Others are definitely smaller communities, maybe a post or two a day and plenty of discussion.
I feel great about it all so far.
Definitely feels more like reddit used to feel - though with caveats.
Indeed. With no central control, it seems easier for a single individual/org to dominate any given discussion, but otherwise it seems close to what reddit originally claimed to be.
I’ve used them both the exact same way, which kept me away from a lot of the junk on Reddit until they killed my access via Apollo. Then I just switched over and subbed pretty much the same topics.
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It's the only site with a similar post/comment structure and a large enough user base to be viable, so in that regard, it's the only alternative. Culturally, it's much different. It's far more left-leaning and hasn't fallen victim to the same salf-importance and group-think that Reddit users have. It also doesn't have the same wealth of knowledge Reddit built up over 20 years, though, and it's prone to petty infighting between communities and instances (and even admins).
Ultimately, I prefer it to Reddit, and never feel the urge to go back. I'm not convinced that Federation is a silver bullet for all of social media's ills, but I think Lemmy is an interesting project, and I'm interested in seeing how it develops.