Yes, gotta give PP props for championing the cause, calling shenanigans and keeping on going (hats off, my dude) but we're centred around BBBY (I am, at least). It's not a cult of personality.
@Ppseeds - I'm sure it's a headfuck to have had such a stream of attention and validation/hate/love/online attacks/Pultelove these past weeks, but please try to keep a level head as best you can.
Lemmy's all right (it's certainly better than the hell site) but this place doesn't feel super-cosy just yet.
There aren't many people here, is the obvious thing.
The website design isn't as inviting or as cosy as Reddit, is the other thing.
I wouldn't say that it's 'hard to use' - rather that it's 'not as fun' to use. Somehow, I'm getting an old-timey 'information superhighway' internet vibe here - it feels a bit like a GeoCities site, or a web portal for editing router settings.
I don't mean to have a dig, btw. I have huge respect for whoever's cooked up the fediverse and has worked to make it into a thing - this thing that we're connecting with. Humanity needs a means to connect that's free from corporate shepherding, neuromarketing (the dark arts) and whatever spooky agendas are lurking behind or within the YouTube sidebar. I'm on-board with the fediverse for sure.
Just acknowledging that despite the very many obvious similarities, something about Reddit makes it more appealing/cosier/funner, currently. It's probably a hundred near-imperceptible somethings, but give Lemmy time to develop and mature. It's young and has a bright future imo.