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I just haven't been on it since some time before the API debacle.
I like the content on Lemmy, and I've had much better experiences here in terms of discussion. But I suspect it really depends on your interests. Tech folks seem to be better represented at the moment, especially for historical reasons.
But as others said, post content!
The only reason I honestly go back is purely for the destiny 2 related subs.
I went from being on reddit daily to not opening it for almost 2 or 3 weeks now. I haven't had an issue content wise, sure there is some decent informational on the site but, I find a lot of information on it to be outdated anyway
There is technical content on Reddit that is higher quality than stackoverflow and the rest of the internet has been enshittified. So I’ll still take Reddit search hits over most anything else.
I deleted my 14 year old reddit account when they pulled their shit. Then I recently created a new account because I need to be able to get answers to specific programming questions sometimes, and lemmy doesn't have the population of users that reddit still has. I generally post on both lemmy and reddit, but I almost always get more answers on reddit.
Somebody tell this person about chat jippity. We don't need people for that anymore.
the only content im missing is from 1001albumsgenerator subreddit because that was already a pretty small subreddit and theres no way itll get to that size on here. so i check every few days to see whats on there
These types of posts feel like they need a density of users to emerge and lemmy might just not have hit that tipping point yet. I have see it in non-reddit niche forums and I think it will just take some time.
I agree. Lemmy is the first federated app that i check regularly. Nothing has stuck for me before. I think there is staying power and the community will grow.
It's always the same thing, why is there no post aging ? Is there just not enough content ? Lemmy needs a better sorting algorithm with more options for control by the user. Something to control the aging value. Also automatically aggregate communities from several servers, like every /c/book community on the fediverse.
Only problem i have with lemmy is that after scrolling for a bit i end up wading through posts with 0 comments and 2 upvotes, which are inevitably just links to something i do not give a singular toss about.
But that's honestly kinda just good, it forces me to not just stare at my computer nonstop.
Haven't been back
Nope. I actually post link instead of just waiting for people to post them.
Also, sorting by "new" helps a lot
DDG search still pull it up, so I have to go out of my way to search for stuff here first
No, but I still very occasionally check it but only every couple of days for the niche communities, but only because my reddit app of choice still works - but as soon as it stops I will not miss it.
Which app is that?
Relay for Reddit - but I am guessing the move to the paid subscription is due any day now.
I still browse reddit occasionally to watch videos like/r/crazyfuckingvideos or to read discussion on thr war /r/credibledefense or certain game subs like /r/chess or /r/slaythespire
I haven't made a comment or voted on anything since the API change though. All of the content I generate going forward will go exclusively to Fediverse.