• secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 days ago

    Why does anyone still use reddit? Why does anyone still use Twitter? Why does anyone still use Instagram?

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      14 days ago

      Overall, because Lemmy is slow and boring mostly. I see headlines here and go to Reddit for the comments through the geddit crawler.

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      14 days ago

      Find me easier to access niche communities and I’ll be gone from reddit. I hoped Lemmy would blow up. Instead, reddit just shrank.

      • Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14 days ago

        Find me easier to access niche communities

        Have fun trying to discuss anything that isn’t about linux, american politics or reddit/amazon/elon bad!!. Lemmy is just a decentralized circle jerk.

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          14 days ago

          Well i guess we should have seen it coming right. The people pissed enough with Reddit to leave were most likely to be technology proficient users and bourgeois hating leftists

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              14 days ago

              I do not hate the concept of lemmy and the fediverse, But I’m also not going to pretend that lemmy at its current state isn’t a circle jerk. Lemmy needs more diverse groups of people. Like GrammerPolice said above, most people who migrated from reddit were people with very strong stance on their opinions. And there’s intense hostility to anything that is even slightly against what they believe in.

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      14 days ago

      A lot of stuff ONLY has viable Q&A discussion there…

      As much as I love the idea of Lemmy, try finding active communities here for: MAME or any other videogame emulation… Plex… The breed of your family dog/cat… Most any sort of non-Fedi-focused brand/podcast/personality…

      Yes, I can create a new community. Then I just sit in it by myself, and occasionally deal with spam.

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      14 days ago

      You don’t know why someone would use a social link aggregator… and you’re lamenting about this on a social link aggregator.

      Why are you here?

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      14 days ago

      This is basically asking why anyone would live in or near a city like Los Angeles or New York City when Minot exists and has everything you could possibly need.

      If you had to look up where Minot even is, you’ve proven my point.

      Say what you will about whether living near the proverbial big city is worth it or not. But it cannot be denied, there is a world of experiences on offer at larger platforms that a smaller platform simply cannot provide. Network effect can be a cruel mistress.