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.
Biggest reason, I can still use Boost after the api shit. If I were forced to use a browser or shudder the official app, I wouldn't even consider it.
Most of my scrolling I do here, my Reddit use had become more specific even before I became more active on the 'grad. I don't use twitter or any other social media, so Reddit is my only source of news on the series and mangas I follow.
For my part I don't use the wider Lemmy either. I've got 2 subscriptions from hexbear and that's it. Other instances feel like knock-off Reddit so I don't browse them for the same reasons I haven't browsed r/all in years.