I’ve been on Beehaw and Lemmy.world for the past two weeks now and while people seem to be posting content that isn’t about Reddit or Twitter or how great federated platforms are, such content does not receive as many comments/discussion as topics about the Reddit API controversy, or the current Twitter controversy, etc.
I prefer to sort by “new” when on the main page of either Beehaw or Lemmy.world. Most posts scarcely get a few upvotes and almost no comments. Without comments, I feel far less inclined to leave a comment unless there’s a discussion already going on.
It feels like the gravity of discussion is still mostly centered on complaints and discussion about Reddit (or Big Tech in general), despite this platform being billed as a Reddit replacement. Hopefully that changes with time but there’s a reason I haven’t left Reddit yet.
reddit has what, 100M users? lemmy only has 1% of that for now. so things will be quieter at the start, but i’ve found that people are more engaged here!
It might seem that way (especially if you subscribe to the Reddit-discussing communities here; I did that at first, but got tired of seeing the same five convos happening a gazillion times, so I unsubscribed them, and that mainly solved the problem).
I went out into the community search, found a bunch of stuff I’m interested in, joined those places, and have been having some good interactions so far. So that’s what I’d recommend.
Obviously it’s also the hot topic right now, with a bunch of confused redditors coming over. Should die down more and more
Somewhat, but it’s just the “how’s the weather?” of this community because most everyone is here from Reddit, so it’s a starting point to me. I don’t think Lemmy exists just to spite Reddit, and I participate in discussions having nothing to do with the subject.
Nope, I’m seeing discussions unrelated to Reddit every time I’m on here. And there’s often more comments than I care to read! The main hurdle for me is the long load times and the inconsistency of the buttons.
But remember!
There’s never going to be a perfect alternative. No Reddit alternative is going to function the same as a massive 18 year old site from Day 1. It takes some time, some stress tests, some development, and some dedication. Just remember the shit they pulled to bring us here.
You have to subscribe to more subs, right now my page is showing scenery, sports talk, and Mac vs Windows talk. Feels like old reddit.
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Here’s a good place to start https://browse.feddit.de
As early adopters, it’s important for us to be active on the platform. You see posts without comments, and then don’t leave a comment yourself because of it.
Be the change you want to see! Leave that first comment to spark a discussion.
I have taken this attitude very much to heart. Only slightly embarrassing to look at my comment count lol
I personally don’t. I like the occasional updates about reddit.
No, I blocked those communities that talk about Reddit. My feed had been pictures and memes mostly.
While I agree, I can understand why it’s so Reddit-oriented. Mostly everyone who came here came from Reddit so news/ drama/ discourse about Reddit is relevant for the vast majority of people. The other reason is a lot of people just joined, so this whole topic isn’t as tired out for them.
It will blow over. It’s just that the whole Reddit debacle is the most relevant thing right now. Check back in a few months.
Yes.
Why wouldn’t people talk about the thing that is going on? What do you want them to talk about, how terrible the name beehaw is? The world isn’t ready for that discussion.
The reason why there’s a large influx of users is because the reddit thing finally kicked over so it makes sense that a large amount of comments about it. But I don’t mind those as much as these meta posts complaining about people talking about reddit because it just puts a magnifying glass on everything that is worse here than on Reddit. Of course there’s less interaction, the userbase on Reddit dwarfs Lemmy. Reddit was like this 15 years ago or however long it was. Either you understand why people have migrated here and accept that there’s less of a community or here you stick with reddit. Stop complaining it’s not a 1:1 copy.
I agree, though hopefully this will pass with time as people default to Lemmy rather than Reddit for their downtime. That said, when the Titan submersible craft story broke a week or two ago, there was decent discussion on here. For the most part, comment threads are a ghost town aside from threads bitching about Reddit, but there are occasional exceptions to the rule that should become more common as people get adjusted here.
Nope. I only look at places I’ve subscribed to, and I’ve gone out of my way to track down places that relate to my interests across multiple instances. It’s not the most lively, but very little of it focuses on reddit.
Though you’re right, the stuff with twitter, and also youtube, have been major news topics. It’s to be expected from major internet resources shooting themselves in the foot.
