I used to be in reddit like… All the fucking time. So much in there in so many niche subs you could scroll for hours and not see the same thing twice. Since lemmy is so much smaller and not as built up so much yet I’m not doom scrolling anymore.
It’s not the size, it’s the content and format. When your goal is profit, you set up the system so that it fuels negative emotions to keep people hooked and addicted. Any time you weren’t engaged is money lost. I can guarantee, if you go back and look now you’ll see so much negativity on there that you accepted as normal before. The Fediverse is non profit and built for communication alone. No competition points, just people.
I dunno if it’s just because it’s new but it has the feel of a 2000s forum to me, but in a better format to read
I can’t go back to regular forums. The threading style of reddit/lemmy is so much better than just a long chain of comments.
I appreciate that there’s less ragebait here. It’s not nonexistent, but I feel like Reddit is filled with it.
I commented this before. Leaving reddit was a blessing for my internet use. I am actively seeking out interesting content, getting my news from actual news sites and discovering way more stuff then just simply getting dumbed down by the seemingly same content that every reddit post and comment thread has to offer
Go touch some grass, please.
In my experience, everyone I’ve ever interacted with who used “touch grass” as an insult was someone who peaked in highschool
Well, you’re wrong.
Just look at my profile picture.
