Lemmy content quality sucks
Lemmy content quality sucks
Lemmy is a really great piece of software and i'm happy to use it but i have to say the quality of the content is really low and the way the platform is structured isn't helping. The frontpage is filled with memes and news from third parties and most discussions are happening below stupid headlines. If i were to document a live event i have no idea were i should post.
I want to like it here and I do in some ways but I feel like if you aren't into politics there isn't much here.
The "frontpage" is whatever you make it - don't join low-quality meme and news communities if you don't like their content.
To fill the home page you have to go to all frontpage to find comment to follow. The all page is full of memes . I blocked ton of memes page, it is a lot better after that
It's super true.
There are some people who are huge contributors, but they don't take the time to actually consider if their posts are worth a shit.
I see the same recycled trash that is literally 20 years old. It's not a YOU problem.
I used to single-handedly keep the Jazz sub afloat, but I've given up, I'm not going to be the guy that posts 100 pieces of quality content, and nobody else even bothers... Or when they do, it's the same tired, recycled shit that's already been posted.
the quality of the content is really low
Then please contribute and signal-boost good content.
If i were to document a live event i have no idea were i should post.
Post a link to a microblogging or streaming service in any communities where the event is relevant. I don't really think Lemmy is designed to cover live events.
The frontpage is filled with memes and news from third parties and most discussions are happening below stupid headlines.
That's why you subscribe to a bunch of communities that you are interested in and view the subscriptions only. Curate your feed.
It's a little better than it used to be. No reason to think that crawl won't continue.
Reddit is old news, so let's just hang here and make it a better place to the degree we interact with it.
One place that could use more attention is THE PACK. AROOOOOOOOOOOO
It’s getting better, just give it and the community time.
A good way to find cool communities to subscribe to is searching topics that interest you on lemmyverse.net.
Once you have a good amount of subscriptions, you'll have a pretty good time.
Alternatively, if you diligently block each community from /all that doesn't interest you, the /all page also becomes pretty great to scroll.
Are there clients that don't have an integrated search function? Mine do.
They do, but the way the fediverse works is that if someone else on your instance hasn't already searched a community by pasting in its URL, it won't show up in a normal integrated search, as it wouldn't have federated to your instance (searching a community directly or subscribing initiates federation).
Lemmyverse doesn't have that limitation, it crawls every instance and creates a complete list of every community across all instances, making its search very valuable.
As others said: find your favourite communities and subscribe to them. Filter your front page by subscribed subs. Block annoying communities if you ever browse by all or local.
Other than that, what content are you looking for? Niche subs? I miss out on these too and I use a self-hosted Reddit frontend for these. I do not post, so that suits my needs.
reddit is even worst THEY post the same news article as here.