People say it feels like old reddit and it does to a degree, but in other ways it feels better!

People are so interested in finding alternatives to the systems that we hate, and actually are passionate about supporting those things and developing them into useable and enjoyable platforms.

People are interested in spreading the word about the importance of unions and the climate crisis. Idk if those posts just get squashed on reddit, but I’ve seen SO much more talk of workers rights and informing others about them.

It just gives me hope about the future for once. Like things are happening that are different, and I know that we can’t be silenced here. This is a platform by the people, for the people, and that can’t ever be fully taken away.

  • TheHighRoad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m very hopeful for the future of Lemmy. We stand at a turning point for Internet culture right now. It’s time to turn away from the curated big boys and return to the open liberty that the old days were all about. I think Lemmy can be the vessel and it seems to be a touch more active every day.

  • starman@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I’ve noticed that I’m far more engaged in lemmy than I was in reddit. I wish I’d find lemmy earlier!

  • Metallibus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I agree, but I just wish it was easier to find interesting communities. Sorting by “hot” definitely dredges up more content, but they’re all like 0-5 comment posts. Sorting by active shows the same few posts for a few days. I’ve been trying to sub to communities that seem interesting in “hot” content, but there just doesn’t seem to be a lot of content yet? I may just be spoiled by the scale of reddit, but this seems fairly low and feels a little empty.

    Am I just missing good communities? Is there somewhere to find them? Or are we still just really “too early” where most content is only getting 5-10 comments?

    • DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I’m in the same boat. In newcommunities@lemmy.world I found some info on finding other communities but it’s still not a bit iffy, also i combinatino with LiftOff for mobile. Took me a while to find and sub to one of the “drums” communities.

      howeverrrrrr, it struck me that I made a quick post on a relatively niche subject, even within the “drums” community, but I got a sincerely helpful and geniune comment within hours. If there’s not a lot of people but enough nice people here to have a decent flow of information 'round, that’s an amazing deal in my book!