My journey with Lemmy started in 2022 out of interest in the fediverse and paranoia around how much control social media companies have, and how little choice common people are left with over the Internet.
Lemmy was much smaller back then. I really wanted it go get bigger, and tried to contribute to it. But it was small enough to be unsatisfying, so I would go back and forth between lemmy and Reddit.
After the Reddit fiasco, I shifted more and more towards lemmy and less towards Reddit. I finally abandoned Reddit when third party apps broke. I only go there for specific questions in communities that aren’t active on lemmy.
What about you?
I’ve unfortunately found myself back on reddit here and there for some niche communities, and also to just not be so depressed by the news, politics, and Linux that permeates EVERY FUCKING COMMUNITY regardless of the focus of that community. We all seriously need to branch out here a bit.
What niche communities do you wish existed or were more active?
Just some nerdy things I’m into, and also the “fun” subs, so like retro handhelds, rubik’s cubes, lightsabers, knives, stuff like that and then just the general “funny” and “meme-y” subs, I know they exist here but it’s always depressing or political or boring-dystopia-esque and I need more light hearted stuff lol