Yes, I never felt like commenting when there were hundreds of previous comments. Here, with just a few comments, it feel like it an actual contribution, not a drop in the ocean. I also spend more time reading each comment.
I think this is a big part of it. On the other site you’d really have to be early on a popular post, otherwise there’d already be thousands of comments and it didn’t feel worth the effort.
Yep same here. I'd usually browse 'all' on reddit and everything that could be said had already been said in the comments. So it kind of felt what's the point.
It's made me realise that I don't want Lemmy tobl become a reddit clone for this reason. If it gets too big it'll be the same issue.
Lemmy is growing very, very quickly but I still feel like there’s more interaction between actual humans here and not some stupid karma farming bots. I came over here before the Reddit civil war started and there’s been more and more content every day without it feeling contrived. I’m quite fond of Lemmy at this point.
Content felt like it exploded just over the past couple of days. The coverage of world news events has been excellent. Memes have homes. It has been nice.
The breath of fresh air has generally been maturity in a lot of posts. Reddit felt like junior high deduction skills most of the time. I don't expect it to last, but it makes me engage more.
It really has. The first week or so was a bit discouraging but Lemmy has exploded recently. I’m extremely pleased that I can get my world news and my poop jokes in one place again. I scrubbed my Reddit comments and deleted my account much like Cortés burned his ships.
Yeah, I do kinda feel like I'm commenting more on posts that I wouldn't have commented on over at reddit. Not sure why, probably has at least something to do with tje fact that I want to contribute to this place. I think it's also that people on here do seem to be more laid back and less confrontational over things that don't call for a confrontation. I like it here.
It is a hard habit to break. I mostly lurked on reddit, a few comments here and there. Trying to engage and post a bit more than I would have previously.
Very much yes. Now I can make relevant and helpful comments without 50 other people saying the same thing before I even saw the post. I feel like my contribution here matters.
Yeah, I often would type something, realize there was no point because it had been said already, and then delete it. Here I will actually post a link without it having been shared hours before! It's neat.
Lemmy has made me realize that choosing communities (similar to subreddits) is important to me. I try not to search by /all and find information I am interested in. Having to join new communities again is not exactly a problem.
It's a lot easier to find conversations here. Vibes like reddit of 5-10 years ago. When communities get too big, the most popular gets pretty boring for people with niche tastes.
Yeah. Popular reddit posts from 4h or older...you're just shouting into the wind.
You still would get good conversations on smaller communities, but the popular subs it was mostly reading other people's witticisms that people would put on the post while it was in "new". Mostly those seemed to be karma whoring people who would try to get comment karma from saying something edgy or funny at the beginning of a post and then "benefit" when the post gets to r/all.
All communities get this way when they grow enough in size. There are only so many unique opinions to express on a subject, and a finite amount of interest someone will have to keep reading a thread. It essentially becomes a race to see who can express the idea first, and we have an easier time winning a race with fewer competitors.
Actually, I'm probably writing about the same number of replies. It's just that here I'm much more likely to actually post them.
On Reddit, I tended to write out replies, then visualize what was going to happen if I posted it - if I got any response at all, it was likely to just be a troll or a shill or a bot regurgitating some bit of emotive rhetoric or a tired meme. Then I'd just delete it instead of posting it.
Here, the only likely negative outcome is nothing at all. If somebody does respond, it's actually likely that it'll not only be a real person, but that they'll actually post real thoughts rather than just rhetoric and memes.
I had a Reddit account for 10 years and never made a single post, but I actually made a post here so I'm definitely more active here. It'll probably end up being my only post as more users join Lemmy but I made the post primarily because I wanted more posts to hopefully encourage Lemmy growth.
I definitely feel more inclined to comment. Especially since so many posts have so little comments. It feels like my comments are more worthwhile to write to add to the discussion.
I heard a quote once that said "The cost of living in a good community is community service." I've been using that as my drive to interact with posts more here.
Definitely, I've been busy but I'd love to make more posts when I have more time, especially once apps start getting better for it. I'm a big fan of connect, but you can't save images yet which is a bummer
I actually used reddit with no account, you know, there was clients allowed us to use reddit wtih subscribing without account.
But here, in lemmy, I have an account and am much more active.
Definitely, but I never really got into Reddit. Coincidently I had waited until just a couple months ago to try out Reddit and then Lemmy happened so no big loss for me.
I'm more active here than I ever was there, and that's saying something since I haven't posted much here yet. Just having people here that act like... people helps so much.
I feel like there is more drive to interact because it's smaller, we want it to take off, and it feels like I am talking to real ppl and not a karma farming bot.
@zephyr There's definitely a bias to the people more active who will comment here, but I feel I'm less active, which is a good thing, as Lemmy is less addictive.
I find I'm having the opposite problem with social anxiety. I feel like I'll be seen here and it's making it difficult to comment. Though since I just made my account last night and this is my first comment, I guess I'm being active much sooner. I didn't leave a comment on reddit for months after making an account...
I think you will find that people here, at least with the current population, are pretty understanding, and I, for one, would love to hear your thoughts.
I've been more active on this site than I ever have been on reddit lol. At best I was lurking on reddit or search up the odd error that popped up on my PC.
Yes, definitely. Between so many comments already replying what I was going to say and the high likelihood of being rudely corrected on anything I have to say, reddit is just less fun to interact with.
Over here, people are more likely to respectfully disagree, and it's less crowded, for now.
I'm trying to be more active here largely because more people want want to join a site that seems like it's mostly dead with only a handful of posting/commenting.
I'm not really much of a content creator, and I'm hoping we quickly get enough active users that I can fall back to mostly lurking and chiming in when I have something to add.
For sure. I can’t remember the last time I actually posted or commented on reddit. I would do that thing where sometimes I’d even start to type a reply and then just trash it before posting. Here, I actually feel like contributing.
I do post comments here more than reddit. Partly to help keep engagement up, but also because I haven't seen many shitheads trying to make me feel bad.
I am, because I don't have to worry about a bot or some overzealous mod deleting everything I post because I didn't include the right kind of "flair" or some other nonsense.
Definitely. I am more of a lurker than a poster, though. Which is difficult because there is not a ton of content yet. I want to contribute of my own but find it a bit difficult.
I have one subreddit (sports) whose user base is either not not aware of, or caring about, the current issues with Reddit. I don't see them migrating, so I'll still be checking in there.
Also have still been checking r/modcoord for the latest news on the protest from the correct side, but that's more of a current events type thing, and I'm more interested in it as far as it pertains to Lemmy's growth and the effects on that, than how it's impacting Reddit.
Outside of those couple of things, I've pretty much been spending my time here on Lemmy since I signed up... I'm very much enjoying the experience here, it feels much more like Reddit used to way back when, before it exploded in bots and astroturfing.
I was a strong user of Reddit for almost a decade, but I already feel at home here and don't have intentions of heavily using Reddit anymore.
Commenting here is more rewarding because you don’t stumble onto a popular thread only to see that it’s already got 3000 other comments and there’s no chance of anyone seeing yours.
I feel like I get the chance to see interesting posts here before they have 100+ comments much more frequently than reddit, which makes me more likely to comment here since it won’t just get washed away in the sea
Ya because theres less mass downvoting (tho i never got mass downvoted except once when i put an emoji on reddit) and less "ummm ackshully" people, usually people offer corrections in a more constructive way that stimulates conversation here. Also on Reddit esp. really big subreddits there'd just be comment threads of the same jokes over and over "and my axe! I also choose this guy's wife! Narrator: he did not" and I didnt really wanna participate in that lol
I've been using Lemmy a lot but I'm not sure how much time I was spending on Reddit. I feel like I check it more, but maybe I just noticed more now because I took my reddit app off my phone
Definitely. Since I found out how to filter correctly and with other subreddits coming over- its been getting better and better. I don't want this to be another reddit, but having some content that made reddit fun isn't all that bad imo.
I don't know? A little? Can't say for sure. Though for some rather niche subreddits, I haven't found alternatives yet. And there some game-specific subreddits that tie to some fairly niche games, there's no fediverse community for those that I've found yet.