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There are no recommendation algorithms for content, you are one! Search for communities based on your interests and subscribe to them. The Communities view of your home instance and Lemmy Explorer are good for that. Because Lemmy is decentralized, all discussion isn't centered around one site like on Reddit, which may at first give an impression of emptiness.
I also wrote an extensive guide about Lemmy few weeks ago.
Welcome!
Yeah it felt a little empty here at first, but then I realized I get way more replies on most of my comments here than I did on reddit where most people just scrolled right past it.
You make a great point.
I fire off comments without thinking much at about the same rate as I did on the other website but get replies on about ~50-60% here vs. ~20% on centralized media.
Itβs really nice honestly. /gen
(And people are much nicer about tone tags here!)
Indeed, I quite like it, cause I'm here for discussion not just shouting into the void.
I find myself commenting far more often than I did on Reddit. I remember once that I lamented that Lemmy doesn't have a "super upvote" in the way that Reddit gold used to be (which is a silly thought, given that I have never, and would never pay money to gild a comment). However, I realised that on this more discussion based platform, a short but meaningful comment can readily function as a super upvote. I think the lack of karma accrual for comments/posts also promotes this.
Same, I'm engaging more often here than I did on Reddit because it feels less like shouting into the void. I just wish there were more active communities for philosophical/political/religious debate on lemmy.
Also I didn't even realize there wasn't a karma system here, but that seems like a good call. I never paid attention to it on Reddit either (I couldn't even tell you off the top of my head how much I have.)
Right? I think Lemmy is way more conducive to conversations than Reddit.
That guide is helpful. Thanks!
Very nice, thanks!
I'm going to be honest, I would prefer having some sort of algorithm. Not only it would the things I'm uninsterested away, but it would occasionally show something new to me. I've seen people with "cjrated feeds" saying something about it being boring. The problem is not algorithms, it's how they are constructed.
That's a good point. That said, I do have options for finding unusual stuff when I want something fresh, so I've never felt uninterested. (It also helps that I'm tired of dopamine holes trying to create a never ending novelty coaster like regular social media)