I know and can accept the response that say I should register to X site if I want more activity. I do plan to, least with Reddit, just biding some time before I make yet the 20th disposable e-mail and probably the 100th account before it gets banned again if I cross a glass person. Glass person being someone who’s so fragile on opinions and things that they’ll scream ‘BAN THEM BAN THEM!’.

I’ve been on KBin Social, Lemmy World (least 2 dedicated accounts), KBin Run, Mastodon, Blue Sky .etc

And I’d stay for a good while but I also found myself bored immediately. I check for questions to answer, it’s the same questions I’ve seen days and weeks prior. I check around for things that are reported and they’ll be hours old and some of them can be years old.

I love the idea of the Fediverse, I like some of the features that are implemented. Especially when you do ask questions on here and you’re allowed to expand on it. Unlike AskReddit for example, they don’t really like that and will remove your post because explaining what your question is about and backing it with an example is just unacceptable to them.

I don’t know. 43,000+ people sounds a lot on paper, but in practice, it feels like you’re dealing with 50 people at any given day.

    • CO5MO ✨@midwest.social
      5·
      1 day ago

      yes! I posted a similar question in a diff community and someone responded: " be the change you want to see". that’s pretty much all we can do! :)

  • tupalos@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 day ago

    Do you guys feel like the federation hurts Lemmy?

    Like I see its benefits, but for an average user, the feel of Lemmy as an app is less intuitive than reddit

    • ColonelPanic@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 day ago

      I do, but only because the UX around federated entities isn’t great at the moment. There’s no doubt that it could be made way more intuitive and streamlined for the average user, and that more effort could be put into migration between federated entities so that it doesn’t feel like as much of a chore to jump between instances. The average user won’t care about federation, and they just want to quickly get some content.

      • Blaze@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        migration between federated entities so that it doesn’t feel like as much of a chore to jump between instances.

        Migration takes two clicks from the account settings, are you referring to something else?

    • Blaze@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Lemmy currently has 45k monthly active users: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

      Centralized alternatives:

      There was a thread yesterday on /r/RedditAlternatives talking about “how do you attract users to a new alternatives”, most of the comments where about how difficult it is: https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1g4zcdi/for_those_of_you_who_started_your_own_alternative/

      Based on this, I would say that Lemmy allowing everyone to open a server helps in that regard. Instance admins are more confident in the platform as they have control on this. Users trust admins.

      • tupalos@lemmy.world
        1·
        20 hours ago

        Ya I definitely don’t wanna take away from what Lemmy has accomplished

        It’s definitely the best alternative to Reddit that I have seen. But the federation does add another way of complexity that I wasn’t used to coming from Reddit. Whenever I join a new community now, they may be across different federations and it seems like the popularity of these communities almost compete with each other, which detracts from having a big user-based community to ask questions to

  • superkret@feddit.org
    42·
    3 days ago

    I just wish it had more diversity.
    Everyone’s a white 40-year-old born male Linux admin in here.

  • celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    92·
    2 days ago

    Not overly. More people will be good at first because it’ll mean more content, but with more people and more popularity comes the corpos and enshittification.

  • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
    201·
    2 days ago

    Maybe less content is good? Infinitely scrolling is not great, and we all know that. Having limited content on Lemmy allows me to at least move onto something else.

      • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
        5·
        2 days ago

        Yeah and it depends. The fact that there is no easy way to search the fedi for similar posts right now is a bit cumbersome for sure.

        I see a lot of new users post something that has already been answered a 10000x times (What’s the best Linux distro? It depends !) And luckily there’s always someone to give a mature and comprehensive answer to a new comer without scaring him or down voting him to oblivion. This shows that there are a lot of people who believe in Lemmy and are ready to repeat themselves to keep Lemmy alive and give new comers a warmly welcome ! However I have only seen that kind of interaction in the Linux/self-hosted communities… Most memes/ask Lemmy/political views/… Communities seems rather hostile on their own opinions and quickly become a cesspool of anger and hate :/.

        Also a lot of people think because some communities have a lower user base they won’t get any answer or interaction I was quite surprised to get a comprehensive answer and help in the bash@lemmy.ml community which has only 50 users/month !

        • im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works
          11·
          2 days ago

          I wasn’t referring to that kind of posts, since they “plague” Reddit too, but the posts from Reddit that gets crossposted on Lemmy. It’s like there is little to no original content here. Maybe mastodon is a bit better, though I feel like it’s slowly dying ngl

          • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            Likely to promote and increase activity people will try to repost what was already popular on reddit. It’s no different than movie studios wanting to only make movies that have preexisting fanbases.

            I don’t think there’s much that can be done other than being patient and guiding how things grow. Reddit took a decade to build. Lemmy’s journey will likely be long, but it probably won’t take 10yrs. Solutions to existing problems will happen over time.

          • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
            21·
            2 days ago

            This whole thread is wild with Lemmy expectations lol. Reddit is a link aggregation site, same as here. Are you wanting more artists and authors posting on here for it to be considered “original”? All the links to articles or sites people are posting…aren’t really considered original. There are plenty of discussions going on that are original, but they tend to be upvoted less than posted link content so you have to usually search them out in the actual community.

            • Blaze@feddit.orgEnglish
              11·
              2 days ago

              This whole thread is wild with Lemmy expectations lol.

              Yeah, it feels like people have expectations like the website is 100k or 200k monthly active members. We are barely 45k, so the scope has to be limited

  • eldavi@lemmy.ml
    101·
    22 hours ago

    .world is no different than reddit so you shouldn’t expect any improvement there.

    for me the lemmyverse is better so far than reddit, x, or facebook but that’s because i spend most of my time away from the diet reddit lemmyverse instances; maybe that’ll work for you too.

      • eldavi@lemmy.ml
        2·
        22 hours ago

        it a moderate playground that suppresses leftists views like reddit does and when it comes to moderates, Martin Luther King Jr said it best:

        First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.”

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Since the vast majority of website users are minimally engaged, I would love for a few more active posters for stability of content and discussion, but not a massive influx of users just to have users.

    I also don’t want a plethora of users who get banned repeatedly for not being self aware that their behavior is the problem. The occasional crossed wires ban, no biggie, but thinking there are so many glass people that creating dozens of alts is necessary is not a good look.

    • ...m...@ttrpg.network
      2·
      2 days ago

      …if someone’s been banned on the order of twenty times, it may behoove them to contemplate whether they’re the problem rather than the communities which keep banning them…

    • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 days ago

      Same, I come back every few days and don’t feel like I’ve missed some big meme or event. Reddit you had to log on literally everyday or you could miss some joke and now it’s memed all over every sub and you have no clue what’s going on.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    3·
    3 days ago

    I wish there were more people in the fediverse, but not necessarily heaps more on Lemmy. I don’t want Reddit numbers on Lemmy. But I wish there were more platforms and more people engaging with them, and no, if the answer is shit like Threads then I don’t want any of it.

  • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
    1010·
    3 days ago

    Find a good instance, it’s nice that way. Hexbear is really nice to browse locally, I’m sure there are other instances with active communities like that with good local feeds. The issue isn’t with magnitude of people, but the activity levels of people, otherwise you get instances dominated by a few people similar to Reddit.

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
    98·
    3 days ago

    For more diverse content I indeed wish, but you can’t build a healthy social network with an explosion of members without the moderation and toolings required to handle such a wave.

    I’d rather be there while the Fediverse grows organically and gather my info from multiple sources the old fashioned way.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      Yeah. I feel like Lemmy doesn’t have the tools needed to moderate a larger community outside of defederation.

  • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
    574·
    3 days ago

    No.

    I have actual internet friends here. People who, based solely on their efforts and words and interactions, align with my own beliefs and ideals and help me temper and adjust accordingly as time goes on. Adults. I’d happily stay like this or with more, similar people, growing slowly and legitimately.

    • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      Agreed. The past year has been a great change from other social media personally. I was Reddit only for the prior 7 or so years and Lemmy feels like a time hop back to pre-dystopic Internet days. I approach it more like my favorite forums from the 90’s-00’s.

      Less content and users are ok when it leads to more civil engagement’s.

      • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
        4·
        3 days ago

        Same here. I find lemmy very relaxing. Multiple times a day I’ll see people admit they misunderstood and upvoting each other. It’s quite refreshing. Sure people still be people but. It feels like we care and aren’t throwing trash on the floor. Whereas Reddit everyone will wipe their ass on your nose.

        • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 days ago

          I firmly believe that the reddit takeover was a part of the grand region destabilization plan to sew discord and resentment in our society by foreign powers. I caution that I am not unaware that it is exactly what or alphabet agencies have been doing to the rest of the world.

          Communication among humans is the only defense. Cheers to you, friend! Thanks for contributing to the conversation.

          • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
            1·
            3 days ago

            Honestly not a wild conspiracy. The “bad guys” would not want us to socialize/communize as that would only make us stronger in the long run and force them to compete harder.

      • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 days ago

        I was digging through old foot lockers from my army days, a while back, and found an old AOL 2.0 CD. I did not toss it into the fire, however. Fond memory friend, thanks

        • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          I also have fond memories of those AOL days. When we knew it was real people we were interacting with. What a world of difference now. Glad you made it here! Cheers.

          • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 days ago

            You are on the list now, dawg. Another real person who I shall look forward to conversing with in the future. Exciting! Gotta assign you a color, hmmmm how do you feel about chartreuse?

            • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              3 days ago

              Fuck yeah. I’m in man. That is damn near my favorite color. You got the touch. Always nice to meet good ass people.

  • Liam Mayfair@lemmy.sdf.org
    481·
    3 days ago

    For me the biggest problem is not volume in general but volume of niche content. The best thing about Reddit was all the active, engaging communities that would sprawl around any niche subject you could imagine.

    • Pyflixia@kbin.melroy.orgOP
      16·
      3 days ago

      You know, you actually hit the nail on the head in the context I had failed to articulate. Like yes the Fediverse does have some interesting communities, but they’re communities we expect of the fediverse to have that everyone else has. But, it does not have a dedicated Nostalgia community, it does not have AbruptChaos or anything else. Just the basics.

      And I think if more people took on tasks like running the communities while educating people the benefits of the fediverse, then we can see a bit more growth. Because the point of the matter is if people are desperate for a Reddit alternative, they’re going to want to feel like they’re home. If there’s nothing here that’s going to help make them feel that, then they’re going to just stick to Reddit for better or worse.

      • Blaze@feddit.orgEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        But, it does not have a dedicated Nostalgia community, it does not have AbruptChaos or anything else. Just the basics.

        There’s only so many communities you can maintain active with 45k monthly active users

        And I think if more people took on tasks like running the communities while educating people the benefits of the fediverse, then we can see a bit more growth.

        Why do you think we don’t?

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I think if more people took on tasks like running the communities while educating people the benefits of the fediverse, then we can see a bit more growth.

        This is the way - be the change you want to see in the world.

        Lemmy isn’t the size of Reddit, so it isn’t at a place where the vast majority of users can just passively consume content.

        If there’s a niche for a community then start it. If you want more Mods, keep an eye out for active posters and ask if they want to help. If you are unsure about starting a community or want help from the start (as it might be popular) then start a thread on !fedigrow@lemm.ee. The more active communities, the more likely it is for the next wave of users to stick around and some of them might start new communities.

        If you build it they will indeed come and stay.

    • helloworld55@lemm.ee
      2·
      22 hours ago

      1000% agree. But to Lemmy’s credit, I found a greate niche community of linux and programming enthusiasts, plus I’ve noticed I run into Europeans more in the wild on here.

      I think the fediverse has it’s benefits. Still not a full replacement. Truthfully I don’t think it will ever be, those niche communities will always end up being hosted where it suits them best.

  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 days ago

    I personally love the smaller userbase. Less spam, more quality, less screentime, no doomscrolling. Its a win-win in my book.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
      6·
      2 days ago

      Same. The only thing being niche subs on local stuff. But I remember early Reddit, and that had the same feel. Maybe with a bit more generalized memes because the hivemind was so much more exciting.

      But the lack of automated astroturf and shorter comment sections makes it easy more pleasant.

  • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
    26·
    3 days ago

    I would say I miss some specific people or groups, both on Lemmy and on Mastodon, rather than generally “more” people. Friends of mine, certain people I used to follow on Twitter that haven’t made the jump, some communities about specific hobbies, that sort of thing.

    Overall, I enjoy the fact that I can get a rough idea about who is who instead of interacting with a mass of faceless strangers.