I’ve been on Beehaw and Lemmy.world for the past two weeks now and while people seem to be posting content that isn’t about Reddit or Twitter or how great federated platforms are, such content does not receive as many comments/discussion as topics about the Reddit API controversy, or the current Twitter controversy, etc.

I prefer to sort by “new” when on the main page of either Beehaw or Lemmy.world. Most posts scarcely get a few upvotes and almost no comments. Without comments, I feel far less inclined to leave a comment unless there’s a discussion already going on.

It feels like the gravity of discussion is still mostly centered on complaints and discussion about Reddit (or Big Tech in general), despite this platform being billed as a Reddit replacement. Hopefully that changes with time but there’s a reason I haven’t left Reddit yet.

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    1 year ago

    It might seem that way (especially if you subscribe to the Reddit-discussing communities here; I did that at first, but got tired of seeing the same five convos happening a gazillion times, so I unsubscribed them, and that mainly solved the problem).

    I went out into the community search, found a bunch of stuff I’m interested in, joined those places, and have been having some good interactions so far. So that’s what I’d recommend.

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      1 year ago

      Obviously it’s also the hot topic right now, with a bunch of confused redditors coming over. Should die down more and more

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    1 year ago

    If you want discussion about something else, you gotta post. The Reddit thing is maybe the number one common interest among basically all Lemmy users right now, so of course it’s going to be the most upvoted thing. But making a post complaining about that fact just exacerbates the problem. If you post about literally anything else then you will be helping the ratio of reddit-related to non-reddit-related posts.

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    1 year ago

    Nope, I’m seeing discussions unrelated to Reddit every time I’m on here. And there’s often more comments than I care to read! The main hurdle for me is the long load times and the inconsistency of the buttons.

    But remember!

    There’s never going to be a perfect alternative. No Reddit alternative is going to function the same as a massive 18 year old site from Day 1. It takes some time, some stress tests, some development, and some dedication. Just remember the shit they pulled to bring us here.

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      1 year ago

      Can you recommend some communities? I used the community browser to join the most active ones but I only see a few new posts every couple hours and most of them are reddit-related 😔 I feel like I’m not looking in the right places

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    1 year ago

    Why wouldn’t people talk about the thing that is going on? What do you want them to talk about, how terrible the name beehaw is? The world isn’t ready for that discussion.

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    1 year ago

    Reddit is the big news right now, so that makes sense. It’s news even outside of our own circle of technophiles and ex-redditors.

    It’s up to us to spread things out. A whole bunch of us are just waiting for someone else to take a step. If we take the step ourselves, people will join in, AND new users checking out the platform for the first time will see familiar things that make them feel like they’ve come to the right place.

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    1 year ago

    You have to subscribe to more subs, right now my page is showing scenery, sports talk, and Mac vs Windows talk. Feels like old reddit.

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    1 year ago

    While I agree, I can understand why it’s so Reddit-oriented. Mostly everyone who came here came from Reddit so news/ drama/ discourse about Reddit is relevant for the vast majority of people. The other reason is a lot of people just joined, so this whole topic isn’t as tired out for them.

    • 🌴 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽@community.destinovate.com
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      1 year ago

      I think too a lot of us are still in shock that a major communication platform we’ve used for over a decade is just up and gone in 30 days. I’m on the Connect for Lemmy app now and because it’s all been developed so fast it’s almost hard to remember I’m not still on reddit. And this is coming from someone running their own instance!

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    1 year ago

    What is fun about this post is that continues the conversation about Reddit. :)

    I agree with many. It will take time to grow and fill out. I look forward to seeing the growth.

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    Somewhat, but it’s just the “how’s the weather?” of this community because most everyone is here from Reddit, so it’s a starting point to me. I don’t think Lemmy exists just to spite Reddit, and I participate in discussions having nothing to do with the subject.

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    You have to skip the bigger communities and just sort ‘new’ on your subscribed view. That way you’ll only see content about other topics. It helps me to stay away from the reddit and twitter storm. But people are happy and proud of themselves that they left, so they need to vent.

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    1 year ago

    As early adopters, it’s important for us to be active on the platform. You see posts without comments, and then don’t leave a comment yourself because of it.

    Be the change you want to see! Leave that first comment to spark a discussion.

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      1 year ago

      I have taken this attitude very much to heart. Only slightly embarrassing to look at my comment count lol

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    1 year ago

    reddit has what, 100M users? lemmy only has 1% of that for now. so things will be quieter at the start, but i’ve found that people are more engaged here!

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    1 year ago

    It will blow over. It’s just that the whole Reddit debacle is the most relevant thing right now. Check back in a few months.

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    It is to be expected. Once more communities get established, conversation will shift to other topics. I mostly just skip past all the reddit posts. I’m sure they will go down over time.