So I truly believe that Reddit just got too big to the point where it prevented me from engaging very much. I’d say about 80-90% of my posts were ignored or I’d see a similar thought to my own and not even bother writing a response. The smaller subs were a bit better, but most of the time it felt like whispering in a hurricane. There were some good moments where I’d time it right and get a ton of upvotes and replies which was fun, but it was so few and far between that trying to engage at all on Reddit was a pretty lonely experience most of the time.
In Lemmy however I know that there are people actually reading my replies instead of just getting my comment thrown to the bottom of a massive pile of comments stacked on top of it. There’s definitely value to that, and I think separate instances will continue to support the small town vibe.
There’s a downside though, and it really comes down to searching for answers or guidance to anything you’re curious about. It’ll take Lemmy ten years to get to the point where there’s enough historical data to rival the amount of useful info that Reddit has.
So I truly believe that Reddit just got too big to the point where it prevented me from engaging very much. I’d say about 80-90% of my posts were ignored or I’d see a similar thought to my own and not even bother writing a response. The smaller subs were a bit better, but most of the time it felt like whispering in a hurricane. There were some good moments where I’d time it right and get a ton of upvotes and replies which was fun, but it was so few and far between that trying to engage at all on Reddit was a pretty lonely experience most of the time.
In Lemmy however I know that there are people actually reading my replies instead of just getting my comment thrown to the bottom of a massive pile of comments stacked on top of it. There’s definitely value to that, and I think separate instances will continue to support the small town vibe.
There’s a downside though, and it really comes down to searching for answers or guidance to anything you’re curious about. It’ll take Lemmy ten years to get to the point where there’s enough historical data to rival the amount of useful info that Reddit has.