That's an important thing to remember: Reddit was an empty web site when Digg started to piss its users off. I don't post a lot, but I sure do have fun commenting on random threads.
No, not currently. I've pretty much been getting by with Lemmy and substituting with Reddit where needed. Believe it or not, Lemmy has grown a lot within the past year or two. I think it will eventually get to a decent spot but that may take a while longer.
I think people like piefed, which is kind of a separate thing but also federated. It's weird.
But think of it as going to a different culture: different culture do different things well and if you're just looking to COPY your cultural matrix onto another culture, you are going to miss out on what makes that culture unique.
Example:
French have a really amazing culture of comic books. A French person learning Spanish might think, "Oh, I'll just read a bunch of Spanish comic books" and be immediately disappointed. The solution isn't to say, "Well, I guess Spanish culture just sucks," it is to recognize that your current preferences are formed by what your culture was good at and take the time and effort to appreciate new things.
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Which is a big part of why I hate Soda Stereo so much, but that's a different story.
Liberal democracy is a vile anti-democratic institution (and I don't necessarily even think that direct democracy is the best or only method of horizontal, anti-authoritarian decision making without extra information; i.e. upholding democracy as the be-all end-all of "all power to all the people" is itself a lack of imagination). Almost every imperialist power today is a liberal-democratic state. Liberal democracy is a resounding success at what it is designed to do, which is oppress the proletariat and entrench capitalist hegemony while giving the superficial appearance of proletarian representation to gullible liberals.
And no actually, proletarians should not be paying a single goddamn fucking penny to capitalists or their demonic governments as long as they use our money to destroy us, doom our ecology, and just barely maintain the social services or infrastructure statists claim that these institutions are supposed to provide, which incidentally, half the bourgeoisie doesn't even want their governments to even give the workers enough crumbs off the table to buy proletarians' compliance!
I'm aware how finicky it sometimes is to subscribe to new communities on other instances. The fediverse (Lemmy+PieFed+Mastodon+everything else) has some technical quirks but for me its a small price to pay for an unbuyable platform.
The obvious problem is that niche comms are not active. I feel like this comes from people expecting or even emulating the same experience as on reddit. But before we even create new niche comms. We should use the more broader ones even if the more broader one is casualconversation or something generic like that. Even some half dead forums feel alive cause they have like only 4 different places to post. And is also how reddit started but people are forcing it to be like it is right now.
And to answer your question no not that I'm aware of :)
There is https://lobste.rs/ which seems to be working well mostly because its invite only. Truth be told Lemmy will eventually also have to close registration and have an forced application form. If we want to keep it as human as it is right now. Don't think there is any other way of dealing with bots that are eventually going to hit us.
There is also https://tildes.net/ which is less active but more moderated. They also have only broader comms because its more opinionated.
But they all do not federate which is in my eyes a deal breaker. The mods are probably alright but having the option to move instance while keeping most connections and communities only changing the server owners that control what you see is a game changer for me. It even made me post way more than I ever did on reddit because I feel like its more sustainable. You feel like you are part of the network more than on any other platform, because nobody really owns anything. That is what makes this place so special :)
You writing from Mastodon where I definitively agree that federation is more apparent. I stopped using it myself because of that. But on the "threadiverse" I feel like its different as everything is naturally a bit more centralized through the existence of communities. which makes the switch from Reddit to Lemmy not as jarring as Twitter to Mastodon.
EDIT: oh just realized i completely ignored your point... I do not really see it though to be honest. Sure if you are on .ml it will be ideological, but thanks to federation I do not have to.
Yea, I guess you are right. But I do not think that this is something the federation aspect amplifies, you could say that over legacy social media as well. They are all skewed towards some ideology over another.
The amount of content on here is less plentiful, so browsing all and blocking the communities you don't like has been how I curated my feed. If a community doesn't exist you can always make one (easier said than done I know).
I see a good amount of stuff here. Sorting by New and even just looking at Local shows plenty. (Once you get your language option set, like several others have already said).
I mean, it's quite a lot quieter overall than reddit. Especially on niche topics. But I think that's okay. Quality over quantity. And IMO it's still busy enough to spend your time if you cast your topic net wider. Plus, at least here you don't have to put up with reddit's shitty policies and constant monetizing/farming user data.
Some posts may be not visible for you because you did not choose any language(s) in your settings. I suggest to not just look for local communities (the ones created on https://lemmy.world/), there are plenty on other servers.
im not sure about lemmys interface but with niche communities that are active but real light. like no posts for weeks. well anyway I finally realized I could, at least with piefed, click this bell icon and get a notice for every post. Its pretty awesome for low post communities but of course anything with decent traction it would be a nightmare to turn on.
Probably you can not see much including my other post, as a result of no chosen language(s) in your settings. Look at this hint and not just for local communities (the ones created on https://lemmy.world/), there are plenty on other servers.
The fediverse is my favorite social media. It does have fewer daily active users than many others, but I encounter more real people and fewer bots than many others. If there’s not as much stuff here as you were hoping, there’s a broader fediverse that we are connected with that may interest you, like pixelfed (like instagram) and loops (like TikTok) and mastodon (like twitter) that you can follow from piefed or mbin, while still having a similar ui to lemmy. Personably, I kind of like that I run out of posts to browse and have to go do something else.
Not exclusively, but there is more of it. Most reddits are represented here as well, but they may not be as active as reddit, because its much smaller. If something is missing, its up to you to create it, no one will do it for you :/
I would argue that is not true. There are a lot of parallel communities, sure, but I would assume that majority of communities on Reddit are pretty niche communities that are not represented here at all.
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Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 1d
Reddit had many years of growth. Lemmy is more like what Reddit started as.
It’s one of the better Reddit alternatives.
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 8 pts · 23h
That's an important thing to remember: Reddit was an empty web site when Digg started to piss its users off. I don't post a lot, but I sure do have fun commenting on random threads.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 55 pts · 1d
Trade off.
Less nichey and less specific, but more community, you run into the same people multiple places.
What are you looking for?
Galaxynowy@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1d
to be honest I'm looking for communities like nosleep etc. Maybe they exist because I didn't figure out how it works yet
dlsloop@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 1d
Ooh, I'd love something like this too. There's a creepypasta community but it doesn't have frequent posts unfortunately.
Galaxynowy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1d
Do you use anything else than lemmy and Reddit?
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net · 42 pts · 1d
Lemmy is the most active reddit alternative that I'm aware of.
turdburglar@piefed.social · 13 pts · 1d
there are dozens of us.
dlsloop@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1d
No, not currently. I've pretty much been getting by with Lemmy and substituting with Reddit where needed. Believe it or not, Lemmy has grown a lot within the past year or two. I think it will eventually get to a decent spot but that may take a while longer.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1d
I think people like piefed, which is kind of a separate thing but also federated. It's weird.
But think of it as going to a different culture: different culture do different things well and if you're just looking to COPY your cultural matrix onto another culture, you are going to miss out on what makes that culture unique.
Example:
French have a really amazing culture of comic books. A French person learning Spanish might think, "Oh, I'll just read a bunch of Spanish comic books" and be immediately disappointed. The solution isn't to say, "Well, I guess Spanish culture just sucks," it is to recognize that your current preferences are formed by what your culture was good at and take the time and effort to appreciate new things. ' Which is a big part of why I hate Soda Stereo so much, but that's a different story.
Goforce5@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
Yeah, that would be great. Unfortunately I havent found one yet, and I'm no writer.
greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1d
I swear I saw one in the !newcommunities@lemmy.world or !communitypromo@lemmy.ca somewhat recently but I could be misremembering
tal@lemmy.today · 36 pts · 1d
You have already become part of the solution!
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 24 pts · 1d
you gotta subscribe to a LOT of communities to get a somewhat active feed
bus_factor@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1d
I just browse all communities, and block the ones I don't want to see.
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 5 pts · 23h
I do reverse subscription: I browse by "new" and block what I don't want. Best of both worlds.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1d
On many instances too. You'll have to get to know what their niches and userbase is like
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 21 pts · 1d
Yeah, Piefed.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · -29 pts · 1d
*Pylova because PieFed is
shit
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 13 pts · 1d
Thanks for helping promote it
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · -5 pts · 1d
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 7 pts · 1d
democracy and taxes
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · -10 pts · 1d
Liberal democracy is a vile anti-democratic institution (and I don't necessarily even think that direct democracy is the best or only method of horizontal, anti-authoritarian decision making without extra information; i.e. upholding democracy as the be-all end-all of "all power to all the people" is itself a lack of imagination). Almost every imperialist power today is a liberal-democratic state. Liberal democracy is a resounding success at what it is designed to do, which is oppress the proletariat and entrench capitalist hegemony while giving the superficial appearance of proletarian representation to gullible liberals.
And no actually, proletarians should not be paying a single goddamn fucking penny to capitalists or their demonic governments as long as they use our money to destroy us, doom our ecology, and just barely maintain the social services or infrastructure statists claim that these institutions are supposed to provide, which incidentally, half the bourgeoisie doesn't even want their governments to even give the workers enough crumbs off the table to buy proletarians' compliance!
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 8 pts · 1d
Something you Tankies fail to realize is that your rabid and biggoted craziness actually pushes people further towards liberalism.
It's hilarious watching Autocratists and Authoritarianists lecture others about living in subservience.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · -4 pts · 1d
And when have I ever supported authoritarian projects or autocracy? You just don't like being called out as the liberal you are.
Speiser0@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1d
Yes, chocolate for example.
vogi@piefed.social · 19 pts · 1d
As nobody else mentioned it there is https://lemmyverse.net/communities to search for communities across instances.
I'm aware how finicky it sometimes is to subscribe to new communities on other instances. The fediverse (Lemmy+PieFed+Mastodon+everything else) has some technical quirks but for me its a small price to pay for an unbuyable platform.
The obvious problem is that niche comms are not active. I feel like this comes from people expecting or even emulating the same experience as on reddit. But before we even create new niche comms. We should use the more broader ones even if the more broader one is casualconversation or something generic like that. Even some half dead forums feel alive cause they have like only 4 different places to post. And is also how reddit started but people are forcing it to be like it is right now.
And to answer your question no not that I'm aware of :)
There is https://lobste.rs/ which seems to be working well mostly because its invite only. Truth be told Lemmy will eventually also have to close registration and have an forced application form. If we want to keep it as human as it is right now. Don't think there is any other way of dealing with bots that are eventually going to hit us.
There is also https://tildes.net/ which is less active but more moderated. They also have only broader comms because its more opinionated.
But they all do not federate which is in my eyes a deal breaker. The mods are probably alright but having the option to move instance while keeping most connections and communities only changing the server owners that control what you see is a game changer for me. It even made me post way more than I ever did on reddit because I feel like its more sustainable. You feel like you are part of the network more than on any other platform, because nobody really owns anything. That is what makes this place so special :)
hiphopheaven@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 1d
@vogi @Galaxynowy lemmy is too ideological which make federation a drawback not an advantage.
vogi@piefed.social · 1 pts · 22h
You writing from Mastodon where I definitively agree that federation is more apparent. I stopped using it myself because of that. But on the "threadiverse" I feel like its different as everything is naturally a bit more centralized through the existence of communities. which makes the switch from Reddit to Lemmy not as jarring as Twitter to Mastodon.
EDIT: oh just realized i completely ignored your point... I do not really see it though to be honest. Sure if you are on .ml it will be ideological, but thanks to federation I do not have to.
hiphopheaven@mastodon.social · 0 pts · 21h
@vogi other instance are also ideological like world is generally screwed toward liberal centrist
vogi@piefed.social · 1 pts · 20h
Yea, I guess you are right. But I do not think that this is something the federation aspect amplifies, you could say that over legacy social media as well. They are all skewed towards some ideology over another.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 10 pts · 1d
What are you into?
The fediverse isn't as addictive or algorithmic as legacy corporate social media, but I follow stuff that I'm interest and see new things everyday.
chickenf622@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1d
The amount of content on here is less plentiful, so browsing all and blocking the communities you don't like has been how I curated my feed. If a community doesn't exist you can always make one (easier said than done I know).
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
I see a good amount of stuff here. Sorting by New and even just looking at Local shows plenty. (Once you get your language option set, like several others have already said).
I mean, it's quite a lot quieter overall than reddit. Especially on niche topics. But I think that's okay. Quality over quantity. And IMO it's still busy enough to spend your time if you cast your topic net wider. Plus, at least here you don't have to put up with reddit's shitty policies and constant monetizing/farming user data.
123@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1d
Some posts may be not visible for you because you did not choose any language(s) in your settings. I suggest to not just look for local communities (the ones created on https://lemmy.world/), there are plenty on other servers.
CrispyRasher@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18h
Lemmy is really the best alternative ive found, it reminds me of reddit when it was new.
AskewLord@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1d
No. you have to create the stuff you want to see here.
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1d
Yes, but Lemmy hasn’t blocked me yet because of some weird comment. Reddit did it again yesterday. I know I should delete my Reddit account but…
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1d
There is piefed. I am even using it to see your post and write this comment
Its not something that helps with your problem since the 2 platforms share the same feed
HubertManne@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1d
im not sure about lemmys interface but with niche communities that are active but real light. like no posts for weeks. well anyway I finally realized I could, at least with piefed, click this bell icon and get a notice for every post. Its pretty awesome for low post communities but of course anything with decent traction it would be a nightmare to turn on.
123@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1d
Probably you can not see much including my other post, as a result of no chosen language(s) in your settings. Look at this hint and not just for local communities (the ones created on https://lemmy.world/), there are plenty on other servers.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 13h
If there were something more active than the fediverse (lemmy, piefed, mbin) you would have heard of it already.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
It is still small but oddsrabbit
Galaxynowy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
is worth it to be here?
CombatWombat@feddit.online · 12 pts · 1d
The fediverse is my favorite social media. It does have fewer daily active users than many others, but I encounter more real people and fewer bots than many others. If there’s not as much stuff here as you were hoping, there’s a broader fediverse that we are connected with that may interest you, like pixelfed (like instagram) and loops (like TikTok) and mastodon (like twitter) that you can follow from piefed or mbin, while still having a similar ui to lemmy. Personably, I kind of like that I run out of posts to browse and have to go do something else.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1d
I like it better here, sure its not as populated but once you find a few good communities and join in, it can be a lot of fun
mrdown@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
If you can tolerate ideological debates
Pennywise@quokk.au · -8 pts · 1d
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 2 pts · 1d
You couldn't pay me to use that fucking Lemmy framework, so not all of us.
Pennywise@quokk.au · -2 pts · 1d
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 3 pts · 1d
you sure are
Pennywise@quokk.au · -2 pts · 1d
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 4 pts · 1d
If you were trying to be funny nobody could tell.
Pennywise@quokk.au · 2 pts · 1d
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 1d
Exposing OP to the fediverse infighting right off the bat is a solid move I support, honestly.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 3 pts · 1d
If my actions prevent people from participating in Chinese and Russian psyops then all the better.
Galaxynowy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
so that means here is only stuff that can't be on reddit?
CameronDev@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1d
Not exclusively, but there is more of it. Most reddits are represented here as well, but they may not be as active as reddit, because its much smaller. If something is missing, its up to you to create it, no one will do it for you :/
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 2 pts · 1d
I would argue that is not true. There are a lot of parallel communities, sure, but I would assume that majority of communities on Reddit are pretty niche communities that are not represented here at all.
Galaxynowy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
right, i did notice that there's really nothing at all. All I can see are some old posts and nothing more :(
CameronDev@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1d
As others have said, you've messed up your language settings or something. Perhaps sort by new?
Logout and have a look at:
https://lemmy.world/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=New
You should see a lot more activity.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1d
you probably need to change your sorting
set it to Hot and usually it will give you new stuff. Make sure to find some communities if you set it to subscribed
Pennywise@quokk.au · -2 pts · 1d