I’ve been on Beehaw and Lemmy.world for the past two weeks now and while people seem to be posting content that isn’t about Reddit or Twitter or how great federated platforms are, such content does not receive as many comments/discussion as topics about the Reddit API controversy, or the current Twitter controversy, etc.
I prefer to sort by “new” when on the main page of either Beehaw or Lemmy.world. Most posts scarcely get a few upvotes and almost no comments. Without comments, I feel far less inclined to leave a comment unless there’s a discussion already going on.
It feels like the gravity of discussion is still mostly centered on complaints and discussion about Reddit (or Big Tech in general), despite this platform being billed as a Reddit replacement. Hopefully that changes with time but there’s a reason I haven’t left Reddit yet.
It might seem that way (especially if you subscribe to the Reddit-discussing communities here; I did that at first, but got tired of seeing the same five convos happening a gazillion times, so I unsubscribed them, and that mainly solved the problem).
I went out into the community search, found a bunch of stuff I’m interested in, joined those places, and have been having some good interactions so far. So that’s what I’d recommend.
Obviously it’s also the hot topic right now, with a bunch of confused redditors coming over. Should die down more and more
Nope, I’m seeing discussions unrelated to Reddit every time I’m on here. And there’s often more comments than I care to read! The main hurdle for me is the long load times and the inconsistency of the buttons.
But remember!
There’s never going to be a perfect alternative. No Reddit alternative is going to function the same as a massive 18 year old site from Day 1. It takes some time, some stress tests, some development, and some dedication. Just remember the shit they pulled to bring us here.
If you want discussion about something else, you gotta post. The Reddit thing is maybe the number one common interest among basically all Lemmy users right now, so of course it’s going to be the most upvoted thing. But making a post complaining about that fact just exacerbates the problem. If you post about literally anything else then you will be helping the ratio of reddit-related to non-reddit-related posts.
Why wouldn’t people talk about the thing that is going on? What do you want them to talk about, how terrible the name beehaw is? The world isn’t ready for that discussion.
As early adopters, it’s important for us to be active on the platform. You see posts without comments, and then don’t leave a comment yourself because of it.
Be the change you want to see! Leave that first comment to spark a discussion.
I have taken this attitude very much to heart. Only slightly embarrassing to look at my comment count lol
You have to subscribe to more subs, right now my page is showing scenery, sports talk, and Mac vs Windows talk. Feels like old reddit.
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Here’s a good place to start https://browse.feddit.de
While I agree, I can understand why it’s so Reddit-oriented. Mostly everyone who came here came from Reddit so news/ drama/ discourse about Reddit is relevant for the vast majority of people. The other reason is a lot of people just joined, so this whole topic isn’t as tired out for them.
It is to be expected. Once more communities get established, conversation will shift to other topics. I mostly just skip past all the reddit posts. I’m sure they will go down over time.
Somewhat, but it’s just the “how’s the weather?” of this community because most everyone is here from Reddit, so it’s a starting point to me. I don’t think Lemmy exists just to spite Reddit, and I participate in discussions having nothing to do with the subject.
reddit has what, 100M users? lemmy only has 1% of that for now. so things will be quieter at the start, but i’ve found that people are more engaged here!
The reason why there’s a large influx of users is because the reddit thing finally kicked over so it makes sense that a large amount of comments about it. But I don’t mind those as much as these meta posts complaining about people talking about reddit because it just puts a magnifying glass on everything that is worse here than on Reddit. Of course there’s less interaction, the userbase on Reddit dwarfs Lemmy. Reddit was like this 15 years ago or however long it was. Either you understand why people have migrated here and accept that there’s less of a community or here you stick with reddit. Stop complaining it’s not a 1:1 copy.
It will blow over. It’s just that the whole Reddit debacle is the most relevant thing right now. Check back in a few months.
No, I blocked those communities that talk about Reddit. My feed had been pictures and memes mostly.
Completely correct. Its not great at thr moment opening it up 12 hours later and still having this meta news.
It’s either Lemmy/reddit drama or memes for my all feed.
Like posts about other stuff exist but don’t get the votes to elevate high enough.
Nope, because I subscribe to lots of different communities and for the most part none spend much time talking about Reddit.
