I loved the old-style forums that were around before digg and Reddit largely took over their role. Today, Lemmy is the closest thing I've found to the same type of culture and tighter-knit community I felt on the older forums. Finding Lemmy has completely stripped any desire for me to want to use Reddit again as the culture there feels like it is constantly working to suck my soul out through my eyeballs.

While I understand everyone has different preferences than me, I also wonder why Lemmy users continue to frequent anything but the smaller, niche subreddits. Reddit feels as if it has been decaying for a long time and there is little substance left on the wider site, while Lemmy doesn't feel this way.

So what keeps you going back?

Is it hate-scrolling? Is it niche subs? Do you feel differently about the cultures of Reddit and Lemmy?

Please help me understand.

  • Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml
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    5 months ago

    I don't.

    I don't actively boycott it, if it comes up as a resource when I am researching something (which is often the case for tech questions) I will use it for that. I don't engage with it though. I am pretty sure I had been banned from most news subs already for being an Evil Tankie.

    I miss a couple niche subs, like TalesFromTheFrontDesk, but not a whole lot else.

    When I first migrated over here, I actually kept a second lemmy account that was more exposed to the broader lemmyverse, but I actually found it irritated me as much as Reddit so I have consolidated my online presence here. Any instance that would ban lemmygrad is one I probably didn't want to see anyway.

    • MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      I actually kept a second lemmy account that was more exposed to the broader lemmyverse, but I actually found it irritated me as much as Reddit so I have consolidated my online presence here. Any instance that would ban lemmygrad is one I probably didn't want to see anyway.

      I've had the same experience and came to the same conclusion.