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I'm definitely seeing the benefits of belonging to a smaller Lemmy instance today. (self.meta)
submitted 2 years ago by michaelcharles to c/meta
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I've gone and made accounts of a handful of Lemmy instances, all of them larger, more popular ones.

... and I can't access any of them directly today, likely due to the influx of users from Reddit.

Programming.dev is alive and well though.

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[–] josejfernandez 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I never really understood what's appealing about participating in a community with gazillions of users where any attempt to have a conversation is buried under thousands of replies. Not even talking about the amount of trolling or aggressive commenters.

I think smaller places suit me better, and I am grateful that smaller instances like this one have emerged as a result of the latest happenings with Reddit.

[–] etler 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's an appeal to having limitless content, but it does become addictive. Having a slower pace is a good thing.

I left Reddit shortly after the spez's AMA before I found Lemmy and for a week I did feel a little out of touch since I didn't like the feeds on other social networks or sites. Lemmy gives me that feeling of being up to date with the internet without being endless which I think is much healthier.

[–] intelati 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There’s an appeal to having limitless content, but it does become addictive. Having a slower pace is a good thing.

You know that's a great point I hadn't considered..

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