this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Agree'd, people aren't contributing enough so it seems dead after a 30min check per day (might not be a bad thing).
If lemmy is to thrive and survive, post, comment and start discussions. That's what is addictive and provides value.
There are algorithms working in the background on Reddit to keep you there. Same with pretty much all “social media”. They aren’t on Lemmy. The point of Reddit is to keep you there, and shove as many ads down your throat as possible. Ads don’t exist here, and no one (as far as i can tell) is making money from you being here.
Yeah, there is less content, but that’s not really the biggest reason.
I agree with what you're saying about the algorithms sucking you in, but disagree that's the biggest reason. Lemmy just doesn't have a lot of content, browse HOT or go through your subscriptions and you're done pretty quick.
If you run out of items to view on Lemmy, you can always go out and, like, engage with family, or hobbies, or grass-touching...
Na, you're being silly now.
Thunder's latest update added a dismiss read posts feature, it lets you remove read posts on demand as you scroll, "refreshing" the feed with content you haven't seen, but without actually refreshing the page.
Lets you scroll a lot deeper into the feed without it feeling "dead" or "stale".
Good to know!
Just want to +1 this. You'd be surprised how "addictive" it can be to get active. And probably more valuable to you too.
Massively. If you can contribute, ask and learn on a discussion then you get WAY more out of it.
Lemmy is perfect for that atm, reddit you'd get immediately drowned out or some dickhead just dismissing your point and that's it, done.
Despite being a smaller community, I find I've been getting significantly more replies on Lemmy. Maybe it's easier to get noticed.
No, I will not discuss this with you, nor will I write a comment.
Reddit's continuous contributions were more shitposts and inside jokes though, so the little I do read here feels a lot more personal and more in depth. It's pretty nice.
I needed excuses to get the hell off my phone more anyway.
I browse about 5 hours a day according to my phone lol
Not sure. Sort by "All" and "New" and there's a lot.
Not sure how this statement will age, but I feel Lemmy is here to stay. At least for now. Means it will likely grow over time.
We just need to get those mods from ask historians here and the millions will come I’m sure
i think also u [sometimes] need to wait 6-12 hours because people arent viewing,commenting,upvoting when they are asleep,working, or busy with life.