It's almost entirely replaced reddit for me, but I only ever really browse tech subs.
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Not very good. Many communities are just too small for any meaningful stuff, the UI is ugly, the software's buggy, and Lemmy (and tbh, the whole Fediverse) sometimes feels like a political echo chamber, only favoring a certain side.
I'm on Voyager (via the app store) and it is wonderful (and free)!
I agree that some communities are quite empty, but I found that the techn savy communities are quite large and well maintained (selfhosted, linux and such).
Although the read is arguably shorter, i have more time in my day as a result of that. Not missing reddit at all ATM.
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I like the ui myself, and some of the apps are absolutely beautiful, I get you on the lack of engagement though, I've actually gone back and opened up a reddit account for this reason, I still love Lemmy and I'm certainly not giving up hope yet, but sometimes I just need more..
There’s a LOT of extremist left wingers but it’s ok because there’s a down arrow and block buttons. Oddly enough I haven’t seen much extremist right wing stuff plus I don’t have to care if someone doesn’t like me here so I’m less concerned about being honest.
I think a distributed, democratically oriented platform that makes no effort to rank people in a hierarchy or score their performance naturally appeals to a lot of leftists. Can't say I've seen much I would describe as extremist, but I haven't looked so it seems plausible.
Of course there's nothing actively stopping right wing instances from spinning up, so I'm sure it's just a matter of time before one blows up.
Lemmy blows and is missing vitally important features. In a decade, other people will finally figure it out once the tankies who control development exploit the information they've been farming against the users, put in updates that prevent defederation from their instances, fill the Lemmyverse with propaganda and/or start doxxing the liberals and alt right dipshits they hate.
I am personally trying to figure out what alternatives I could use. This instance seems alright for now, but after the last few I have been to, I don't really have faith in the platform. We'll see how this instance turns out, I guess.
Too left wing, too much circlejerk. One sided discussions that feel AI generated. Controversial comments will get you banned in many cases. Worse mods than reddit easily.
It started out ok but is just a pointless echo chamber everywhere I look. Maybe I'm weird, but I WANT to view opposing viewpoints. That's how you learn things.
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