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[Opinion] About Lemmy

https://lemmy.world/post/2368819

[Opinion] About Lemmy - Lemmy.world

Hi guys. This is not going to be a long post and I will briefly explain why I didn’t like Lemmy and going straight back to Reddit. 1. Lemmy is not a likable name. 2. There are so much socialists/communists around, including Lemmy’s founders. Even the ‘subreddits’ called communities. 3. Every app I tried is buggy. 4. Lemmy world usually experiences connection problems. 5. Content is not likable enough. I’m reading Reddit to relax, laugh and chill. Lemmy can’t provide that yet. Memes here are generally low effort. That’s all and thanks anyway! Catch y’all later!

∟⊔⊤∦∣≶Jul 30, 2023

actually that’s a reason??

I barely see them, but what I did see today was several people saying ‘Fuck the CCP’ with a ton of upvotes.

Have you tried the webapps, wefwef/voyager and … mymlm or whatever it’s called? Those are apparently really good. Remember there was no Reddit app until the community built it, and the apps weren’t perfect at the start either, but they did get there. Have fun using the piece of shit official reddit app, since that’s your only option now.

First legitimate reason. It’s a busy instance. Try making an account on a less busy instance. I am connecting through lemmy.nz and I have no problems. It’s easy to copy communities over with Lasim.

Second legitimate reason. Well, half. If you want better content, why don’t you take the initiative and help make Lemmy a better place? This is kind of like ‘everyone else isn’t doing the work for me.’

neuromancer Jul 30, 2023

Content is a real issue, and I don’t think the solution is “you just need to be a better poster”, what makes Reddit good is that even the most niche hobby has an active community, you just don’t get that on Lemmy.

The fact that all instances can make the same community doesn’t improve the survival rate of small communities, having 2-3 communities with 100-200 members is just worse than 1 community with 600 members. It’s only once a community reaches critical mass that having multiple communities is an advantage, but it’s more likely to just kill communities that are not very popular.

∟⊔⊤∦∣≶Jul 30, 2023

You’re not wrong, it’s the price we pay for federation.

Maybe we should push for a ‘merged communities’ function, where similar federated communities can join so you get one feed that contains all the posts.

∟⊔⊤∦∣≶Jul 30, 2023

Did some digging, merged communities are coming:

https://lemmy.world/post/318115 https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3071 https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/149

Is there a way of "merging" multiple related communities into a single view in the lemmy 'federation'? detailed question inside - Lemmy.world

Not sure if I understand this, but I think the way the lemmy federation works is: * there are multiple servers in the federation (for example, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml], lemmy.whatever, etc.) * each server can have multiple communities, which are like subreddits * so, for example, each server can have its own community for photography. Q1: is my summary correct? Q2: is there a way to subscribe to multiple related communities across different servers and “merge” those communities into a single view? so that I don’t have to click on each separate one? edit: for example, if there are 3 servers that each have a photography community, can I merge them into a single “photography” view? Sorry if this is a silly question (or if the answer is obvious).

neuromancer Jul 30, 2023

I’m not sure what get implemented in #818, but it sounds like it just allows you to group multiple communities into one feed?

∟⊔⊤∦∣≶Jul 30, 2023

I would still be happy with that

neuromancer Jul 30, 2023

Sure, it would be a big QoL improvement.

sabreW4K3 Jul 30, 2023

I think part of the problem, at least as far as memes are concerned, there’s a few groups at critical mass and then there’s some smaller ones with higher quality content that don’t get the recognition.

I keep coming back to this, Subscribed is your only feed, you have to cultivate it into a palace!

ttmrichter Jul 30, 2023

If you want better content, why don’t you take the initiative and help make Lemmy a better place? This is kind of like ‘everyone else isn’t doing the work for me.’

It’s not “kind of like”. It “is”.

spaduf Jul 30, 2023

Lol at the implication that the term community is indicative of communism.

Anafroj Jul 30, 2023

This made me laugh as well, especially given how that concept is prevalent in the US. 😂 OP is probably not a native speaker.

semidetached Jul 30, 2023

dude the first three letters are the same it’s all but confirmed /s

Xtallll Jul 30, 2023

First of all Lemmy tell you why the name is great.

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Leraje Jul 30, 2023

" Even the ‘subreddits’ called communities"

You’re making the right choice. Reddit is definitely the right place for you.

Lee Duna Jul 30, 2023

Hi Spez 😆

Yeah I guess Reddit is the right place for you

zombie_kong Jul 30, 2023

Just go outside.

Dear god.

devious Jul 30, 2023

Lemmy apps are buggy so you are going back to Reddit? I got some news for you buddy…

ttmrichter Jul 30, 2023

It amazes me when people think their opinions are so important they feel they have to announce they’re leaving. The insecurity involved must be truly astonishing.

tjhart85 Jul 30, 2023

It's fine when it's constructive, but when it comes down to "fuck socialists", "fuck their opinions", "fuck anything socialists make" and "Lemmy World is glitchy" I'm honestly not sure wtf they expect anyone to do with that information.

ttmrichter Jul 30, 2023

For “point” 1 (which is quite possibly the single dumbest reason I’ve ever heard!):

BananaTrifleViolin Jul 30, 2023

Just on the "There are so much socialists/communists around, including Lemmy’s founders. Even the ‘subreddits’ called communities."

You really need to learn to tolerate and listen to the views of people you disagree with. Just cutting those voices out entirely and not wanting to hear them really is putting yourself into an echo chamber. You are an individual - don't fall into the trap of thinking you need to belong to a "group" and agree with all the thoughts in that group and disagree with all the thoughts outside that group. It's important that you are open to being challenged and hearing other peoples world views, even if yours is ultimately unchanged. Otherwise you'll just be a sheep thinking how others are directing you to think.

Also, the idea that the word "community" is socialist/communist is the most rediculous thing I've read in a while.

amio Jul 30, 2023

K bye? Like, you do you - not sure what anyone else is going to do with this information. You are right about this place being a glitchy mess, it's fairly new after all. The rest of the points are not particularly good ones.

Chozo Jul 30, 2023

It's hard to take this seriously if you're talking issue with the word "community".

artisanrox Jul 30, 2023

Maybe you can join a social media platform where each subsection is called "The glorious individualist capitalist struggle of ________".

(And Lemmy's original programmers, not those in every signle instance, are totalitarian authoritarians, not communists.)

melroy Jul 30, 2023

Join kbin instead!

tjhart85 Jul 30, 2023

Nah, I at least would prefer if they didn't lol.

If OP dislikes "community" they're definitely going to bitch about magazines and start whining to try and get KBin to be more similar to Reddit. I think we're better off with them going back to R.

melroy Jul 30, 2023

That is true.. However if the OP is mainly disappointed in the communist and the developers of Lemmy. Then he/she is welcome to try the kbin and it's community. Assuming he/she can also be nice and friendly.

ananesiken Jul 30, 2023

Hi! I just deleted my account and saw that still logged in so here is me posting a comment.

HipPriest Jul 30, 2023

There are so much socialists/communists around, including Lemmy’s founders. Even the ‘subreddits’ called communities.

I call bs on this. This is just regurgitation of 'common knowledge'. The creators of the code had tanky beliefs and that has no bearing on the vast majority of the content.

What I find is there's a lot of privacy hardliners to the point where I'm scared to admit that I like using Chrome as my browser in case I get lynched. But I've joined/lurked on a lot of communities (and how is that a communist word?!?) and not so far seen anything turn into a debate about socialism/communism.

But bye bye.

InfiniteGlitch Jul 30, 2023

One question:

If you do not like it here then why are you here?

Content is decent/ good, certainly it is not as much as Reddit but hey - Lemmy is just getting started. While Reddit has been there for what? 7 years? Longer?

buddhabound Jul 30, 2023

My reddut account was from 2012. 2010 is when digg died and reddit took off more. So, reddit had 13 years to develop its content flow. This person couldn’t stay around 13 weeks to see what Lemmy could be.

density Jul 30, 2023

👋 byyye

Packopus Jul 30, 2023

@ananesiken "I can't adapt to change so therefore I refuse to, and will publicly announce it as I do so."

K bye, this content isn't helping the lack of good content.

Saturdaycat Jul 30, 2023

This is the most reddit post it's almost satirical.

Very_Bad_Janet Jul 30, 2023

OP, if you are being sincere, you can give kbin a try. I'm writing this to you from kbin.social. You can subscribe to many different communities in Lemmy and magazines in Kbin and see them all in your kbin Subscribed feed. I have more content than I know what to do with.

If that doesn't work for you, you could also try Squabbles, which has groups instead of communities.

Eddie Trax Jul 30, 2023

Stay your ass at Reddit then. Problem solved for everyone.