I'll probably get hate, but the content just isn't there. I tried using Lemmy as my main, but most of the communities I'd follow on Reddit just weren't on here, and if they were, they would have a couple hundred of subscribers at most, and there would be 7 different versions of the same community on different instances with no way to measure quality at first glance. Lemmy thrives for geeky hobbies that surround the FOSS space that gave birth to it, so communities like Linux or Unixporn have a strong enough presence, but for pretty much anything else it's just not there yet. Is this a negative feedback loop? Yes, but there isn't much to be done about it until shit REALLY hits the fan
PD: As an added, Lemmy can get incredibly circle-jerky at times, even more so than Reddit already is. Like seriously at times 90% of the content on my feed is just shitting on Reddit plebs
Honestly that's been a bit of a plus in the sense I'm spending much less time scrolling mindlessly on my phone. Of course I'd prefer that reduced time to be of a higher quality but the pros outweigh the cons for me
I always assumed that since both upvote and downvote counters are visible, it won't be the case. But boy I was wrong. The political/news posts are always a constant shitshow reminiscent of T_D.
Unfortunately, to understand lemmy is to be on lemmy. You have to be here and experience it.
They have to make that leap of faith. There's nothing to lose anyway, there's no requirement to delete reddit to become a lemmy user. So what's holding them back. Mauve they believe the anti lemmy post on reddit or maybe they just say they want to leave reddit but has no real desire to follow through.
But.... what about my 83k karma and 13 year badge!
Gamification is a powerful addictive force.
When Reddit locked down their API and Boost stopped working, I forced myself to do casual browsing on chrome on my phone. It was clunky enough that I didn't bother replying to comments, and navigation is a bit of a pain on mobile, and that was enough to ruin the game.
All these users are suffering there but none of them seem to be considering…. Leaving
I saw one that said they would stay until Reddit charges a fee to use the site…like why are they staying??? JUST FUCKING LEAVE
One even said “there are no viable alternatives” when talking about Reddit, like excuse me what the fuck?
I'll probably get hate, but the content just isn't there. I tried using Lemmy as my main, but most of the communities I'd follow on Reddit just weren't on here, and if they were, they would have a couple hundred of subscribers at most, and there would be 7 different versions of the same community on different instances with no way to measure quality at first glance. Lemmy thrives for geeky hobbies that surround the FOSS space that gave birth to it, so communities like Linux or Unixporn have a strong enough presence, but for pretty much anything else it's just not there yet. Is this a negative feedback loop? Yes, but there isn't much to be done about it until shit REALLY hits the fan
PD: As an added, Lemmy can get incredibly circle-jerky at times, even more so than Reddit already is. Like seriously at times 90% of the content on my feed is just shitting on Reddit plebs
Honestly that's been a bit of a plus in the sense I'm spending much less time scrolling mindlessly on my phone. Of course I'd prefer that reduced time to be of a higher quality but the pros outweigh the cons for me
I always assumed that since both upvote and downvote counters are visible, it won't be the case. But boy I was wrong. The political/news posts are always a constant shitshow reminiscent of T_D.
They're used to what they know, and change - even for the better - seems wrong.
People forget how bad reddit was when we all moved from digg.com. It was bad. It would crash every other day.
Lemmy is far more mature than reddit was during the digg exodus.
👍 100% agrreeeee I was there
I think because they are uninformed. They are looking for alternatives, and don't know about Lemmy, or don't understand Lemmy, etc.
Unfortunately, to understand lemmy is to be on lemmy. You have to be here and experience it.
They have to make that leap of faith. There's nothing to lose anyway, there's no requirement to delete reddit to become a lemmy user. So what's holding them back. Mauve they believe the anti lemmy post on reddit or maybe they just say they want to leave reddit but has no real desire to follow through.
But.... what about my 83k karma and 13 year badge!
Gamification is a powerful addictive force.
When Reddit locked down their API and Boost stopped working, I forced myself to do casual browsing on chrome on my phone. It was clunky enough that I didn't bother replying to comments, and navigation is a bit of a pain on mobile, and that was enough to ruin the game.
What a shame. Imagine if all those users were aware about the Fediverse