This might not be the right place for this, but it seemed appropriate to me.

I’m not sure about the fediverse in general. I’ve been interacting with it here and there for a while, and of course, since the strangeness on Reddit, I’ve been interacting with it more. But something seems… strange. What do I mean? Well, I’m not sure exactly, but let’s see if I can put it into words.

I think the idea of the fediverse is excellent and truly better than a centralized approach. But, to me, much of the content on the fediverse seems different than the content on other centralized networks. Maybe Reddit content is more relevant and engaging to me because there is just more to choose from. Maybe that’s just what you get when you have some algorithmic influence. I can hop on Reddit and find something interesting and enjoyable to engage with very quickly. But to me, it’s just not the same on the fediverse. My guess is that my experience would be better with a far larger user base–maybe some critical mass of users needs to be achieved or something.

I suppose the lack of users could be an appeal rather than a drawback–a community could form that’s tighter and more engaged. But what’s the point, then? Is it simply meaningful human connection? For some, might it be to have intellectual stimulation that we can’t get with the people around us? But this just shows what I mean: the experience in the fediverse, to me, is an altogether different one than on the centralized platforms we are running away from.

My purpose for going to Reddit wasn’t a sense of community or anything like that. Maybe it was for some of you! I just wanted to find and engage with interesting stuff, and that’s definitely more challenging for me in the fediverse. For now.

What are your thoughts? It could just be me!

  • EuphoricPenguinMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I think some of both, as the people here are also a bit more on-the-nose and less dramatic. But there is something that is different here from Reddit, both in terms of culture and in terms of which posts you see. I like it, but I can easily see why someone might find this hard to switch to full-time over Reddit. As for myself, I’m bouncing between the two. I think that if some of the communities here (on NCL) become more active, which things seem to be moving in that direction, I’ll spend more time here anyway. If Infinity for Reddit stops working at the end of this month, Lemmy will be the only thing I’m using while I’m away from my PC.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Yeah, and I’m not really one who wants to have a bunch of apps on my phone that I’m cycling through constantly to fill time. I’d like it to be one or the other if you know what I mean. I tried to get Reddit and lemmy all into my rss reader, but sorting through all of those posts with rss is tough.

      I think I’ve figured out my weird feeling with lemmy though, and it’s just a technical issue - the home feed just needs to be sorted better so I’m not just seeing 6 day old popular posts or lots of posts from 2 minutes ago. If there could be better feed management for content, lemmy is the way to go.

      • EuphoricPenguinMEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I think that was an issue with the hot sort that might actually be one of the fixes coming with the new update. After it comes out and we’re running on the new software, let me know if things improve.