I’m the opposite. I still haven’t really figured out how Lemmy works and I find it harder to participate in conversation because there are so few comments. And I don’t know if it’s possible to get notifications when someone replies to my comment which makes it even harder to engage. Plenty of people have explained how Lemmy works as a concept but I’ve yet to see anyone talk about how to effectively use it.
Right now it’s just my reddit methadone so I have something to scroll through but I’ve seen maybe 5 total interesting posts after days of use.
The tongue was the main reason I wanted to use Mlem!
I like it. Unlike a lot of comments I see, I don’t want hordes of people to come here from Reddit - I prefer to keep it smaller. Yes, it sucks that super niche communities are hard to get without tens of millions of people, but the drop in overall quality isn’t worth it.
I’m liking it a lot.
yea man the sports communities were so great. Live, pre, post game threads…team subs…streamables popping up minutes after the play.
I’m loving it too- I miss a lot of subreddits and the sheer volume of content from the other site, but it feels quite special here at the moment. Also I am loving how quickly Lemmy and all of the supporting apps are developing! I am using Mlem and am very impressed. I want to like wefwef and agree that it is very similar to Apollo, but I just can’t cope with web apps.
Nice overall but still a bit silent here and there.
But I actually have more motivation to interact here than I ever had on Reddit.
It’s fine but way too much talk about reddit.
I’m having an easier time sticking to it and not visiting reddit than I thought I would. The first day was pretty sketchy with 90% of the posts being about Lemmy, reddit, or twitter - but since then it’s been giving a more enjoyable experience.
It probably helps that I’m making an effort to post and comment, which I never really did on reddit.
As Lemmy grows I’d like to see more niche communities take off, similar to how there was “a subreddit for everything”.
I do have a big wishlist for site functionality changes though. A big sore spot is that youtube videos and text posts can’t open in-line on the front page.
So far half the posts are about Reddit. So that part sucks. Lemmy is very complicated compared to Reddit. I don’t think large groups will be able to migrate here until a easy-mode app comes along to make it user friendly(er).
I love it tbh. Just wish my niche communities had more people. But that just takes time
There’s tons of memes and stuff, but I was never into that, so meh. My thing was specialized nerd groups and they are mostly not here yet. With time, maybe they will come.
The servers (instances) aspect and different communities (forums on topics) on different servers and servers blocking others, is a mess if I’m being honest. It’s the biggest flaw. I still find it hard to find communities of topics I want…
I kinda miss Reddit, but after browsing it today, it felt kinda weird. Lemmy is starting to feel more and more like home as more people join in and participate. And also the fact that the 0.18 update fixed the numerous issues, it really helps.
It’s fine for news, tech and memes but none of the niche subs that I loved are here. I really miss the sub for my city.
