The only way to make it more popular is by having more content. Unfortunately we haven't reached the critical mass number of people that keeps people interested.

[–] Sheeprevenge@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I want to use Lemmy more, but it's 90% Programmer Humor and bad memes about socialism.

Edit: Sorry, I forgot the "linux best/windows sucks" crowd

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. A bit more diversity is what I miss.

But going back to reddit doesnt feel the same anymore either. I dont know how but the people there have changed. They upvote less. They complain more. And doesnt join in on my crappy jokes. 😟

[–] gammasfor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

See I get that but I also feel like Lemmy in some ways has more hostile discourse. Too many people with incredibly entrenched opinions about something incredibly niche who then proceed to shout down anyone who doesn't partake in that niche.

Like at least on Reddit the aggressive circlejerks tend to align with mainstream thought. Like you don't have to point out things like Linux isn't actually perfect and there are reasons Windows may be better in some circumstances or that invading a foreign country because of something they might hypothetically do is not a nice thing to do.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're wrong and I don't care what you have to say.

[–] gammasfor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Case in point

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I was joking

[–] shectabeni@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I stayed off of Reddit near totally the first month or so and have been visiting it more again lately and there is a definite drop off in quality all over the place.

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, gotta admit to jumping back onto it a few times - purely because of the wealth of information. But I do have to agree with you that the quality of chat seems to be declining.

Lemmy is definately a better quality place to be, but if people don't post - only to a fraction of communities, it's in danger of becoming too focused on just a few topics.

What I don't understand is: some niche communities started getting interest, then the interest waned - did people leave, did they go back to reddit (and why after leaving) or did they find a better place to go (if so where)?

I'm sticking with lemmy for now - with fingers crossed!

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The niche communities get no love

Woodworking, knitting, houseplants, etc.

All these "average joe"-hobbies are nearly non existant here and thus.. why woulf those users arrive?

Ita most bot posts, memes and tech news i see, when browsing all.

[–] Redonkulation@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm probably wrong but I think because it takes a lot more user effort to navigate Lemmy and find your communities, and those communities can be spread across many instances.

It's just easier for those that are interested in the community around those interests to use something like reddit or a specific forum site.

Lemmy is mostly tech dorks, which isn't a bad thing but that leads to the tech and programming communities dominating the feeds. Also I think people who have been using Lemmy for a while vastly overestimate the appeal of the platform and also tech literacy of the general population. It can feel intimidating and uninviting.

[–] Saltblue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah people talking about popularity or more posting or whatever, when the problem is that Lemmy is not easy on the average internet user

[–] Redonkulation@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I am working on my bachelor's degree in computer networking and I still find Lemmy a pain in the ass to search sometimes.

Communities are too small, fractured and not enough people post. 1% rule and all that

[–] TeaHands@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Heya, I was just doing a search for something and your comment popped up so thought I'd let you know we do actually have some quite decently active craft communities. !woodworking@lemmy.ca and !knitting@lemmy.world for example. Join us, the more the merrier! :)

[–] sheepyowl@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It used to be that way on Reddit before they changed the algorithm to force old posts (older than 12 hours and then 24 hours and so on) to fuck off from the front page. It's also a problem that multiple instances show you the same post repeatedly, so a popular post on the front page stays there for a whole week and you will still see it even if you scroll past it.

Lemmy devs simply do not address the issues of the platform.

[–] cosmicboi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tbh, the codebase being in Rust is probably not doing them many favors. Many people rave about Rust, relatively few actually learn it

[–] aoidenpa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Femcel memes is single handedly keeping me hooked in.