Lemmy has so few comments that I am now reading many more articles

Lemmy could definitely use a bit more comment activity on a lot of posts.

I think it’s because nobody really wants to be the first to comment and offer an opinion that might end up going against the grain when a thread develops. There’s no ‘reading the room’ as it were.

I’m doing my part by commenting on threads. Like this one.

Lemmy has so few comments that people actually read my comments occasionally, which is wild.

It is just nice to be able to comment and have it read instead of buried 3000 comments down after the memes and one-liners.

In a way, thats a win, no ?

It's alright. Lemmy has good content and the comments are far higher quality than Reddit.

Also you can actually have a conversation and people tend to respond a lot more than on Reddit.

I also really appreciate about Lemmy how there can be a 2 day old thread on everything and I throw in my 2 cents and even after 2 days, that comment gets read. It really beats the endless reposts (and bots reposting top comments!) of reddit.

I'll sometimes comment on stuff but overwhelmingly I don't. I was the same way on reddit. I just feel that I don't have anything meaningful to say so why say anything.

Impossible. I post too many comments for this to be true.

Moving to Lemmy made me realize how much time I wasted lurking on Reddit. I didn't bother to participate because someone would have already said what I thought. Sometimes I could even read one thread for days because there was just so much to read.

But I don't know if it's good or bad if there are so many comments. Maybe it's good if you learn something useful but I don't think it's that useful to read for days about random subject you don't need. At least it's a some form of entertainment. I think I just read less now that I'm on Lemmy.

I delete about 80% of the comments I write before posting. Even if I took the time to write a long response. This is because of the general nature of the Internet and reddit culture is definitely here on Lemmy. But, like this comment, I'll try to engage more because I also miss the discussion aspect on posts.

I refuse to comment on this post, it's blatantly pandering. Drink Coca~cola.

Has @showerthoughts ever been about silly shower thoughts on Lemmy or is it just hot takes here.

I consider it a plus. I do value also being able to read most, if not all, comments on lemmy too.

i usually just wait on the comments. articles are dry and boring, comments have opinions and views and emotion and juice

Come on mate, it might have been the case at the inception of Lemmy but now there's interesting content everywhere, even in your bait post 😁

"I wonder what people's opinions are, or of there's something more to learn about this topic!"

"Oh, there's nothing here..."

The quality of comments on Lemmy, I've noticed, are far better than Reddit comments on average.

When you remove all the fluff, there's about the same if not more useful stuff in comment threads here, however on Lemmy there's way less fluff (again just what I've noticed).

Good on one size, you get more info, bad on the other since a big part of this is sharing opinions and discuss

Good for you.

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And have a good feeling not reading all of them.

As others have said, the comments definitely feel more substantial / thought out here than they tend to on Reddit.

Less shitposting and people regurgitating memes for sure, but it’s been easier to actually ask a question and get an answer here.

On Reddit you end up having to filter through a bunch more BS when you’re just looking for information a lot of the time.

ive found a similar problem. i actually started reading the microblog/twits section of the verse when the bots are done doin their thing.. lemmy is missing half the 'verse.