I’m asking new joiners because I know it can be confusing at first to see issues with content discoverability, instances unavailability, people migrating accounts, etc.
Started using Lemmy a lot more with sync than without. No longer using Lemmy web (I’ve never used Reddit web anyway). Still running into occasional bugs, such as thread comments rendering out of order. But definitely expected as this is still in beta.
Did have to change servers as lemmy.world was getting bogged down.
Tbh I’m not super down with lemmy yet. It feel like too much like an r/all experience with very little users. Most of my feed at reddit was very niche communities that either connected me to people like myself or gave me a window in the lives of people totally unlike myself. Here I see some news, redditbashing or meta comments about lemmy and a lot of technology/privacy content that I’m just not interested in. Even if I find niche communities, they have no posts. Maybe this will get better over time, but I’m not sure if I’ll stick around for that long.
Usually niche communities are on their own corner of the Fediverse and rarely make it to All
The startrek comes to mind as a good example, and all the ttrpg communities too.
Are there some examples of niche communities you usually follow?
Nah he’s right. I follow fighting games which are practically dead on lemmy, manga which is growing and has posts and votes now but still never has comments, etc. At least the tech stuff is an interest for me, unlike him.
That’s true, but people will get there. It will be a long process for people to arrive in enough numbers so that we have the same level of content as Reddit, but it’s going to happen eventually, seen how fast Reddit is ruining itself.
For anime, I guess you follow !anime@lemmy.ml ? It is much more active than the lemmy.world one.
Fighting games will still be on Reddit indeed.
!moviesandtv@lemmy.film is a good example of thematic community which is quite active
I’m just gonna list almost all of the subreddits I had faved in the hope someone knows at least something. Though i am not that hopeful. :/
r/accounting
r/adultery
r/adulteryhate
r/agender
r/arranged marriage
r/brutalism
r/butchlesbians
r/cripplingalcoholics
r/antipsychiatry
r/bigdickproblems
r/bizarrebuildings
r/bombing
r/datamoshing
r/deadbedrooms
r/drunkorexia
r/existentialism
r/exmormom
r/fastworkers
r/folkpunk
r/futurecars
r/gayjews
r/keming
r/kenosia
r/kibbe
r/kitchenconfidential
r/lego
r/lifeofnorman
r/limerence
r/linguisticshumor
r/lossprevention
r/lsd
r/magiceye
r/medizzy
r/megalophobia
r/mirrorsforsale
r/mitchellandwebb
r/moomies
r/morbidlybeatiful
r/museumpros
r/muslimfamilysolutions
r/muslimmarriages
r/N24
r/nailbiting
r/namenerds
r/neckbeardsnests
r/nietzsche
r/offthegrid
r/ontheblock
r/openchristian
r/openmarriageregret
r/opiates
r/pangolinappreciation
r/papertowns
r/petioles
r/pharmacy
r/plasticsurgery
r/poledancing
r/powerwashingporn
r/quakers
r/radicalmentalhealth
r/recruitinghell
r/redditlaqueristas
r/redpillwomen
r/regretfulparents
r/researchchemicals
r/roughromanmemes
r/rustylake
r/Sapphoandherfriend
r/solarpunk
r/standupshots
r/stoicism
r/survininginfidelity
r/taskmaster
r/theotherwoman
r/tombstoning
r/transhuman
r/unsentletters
r/urbanhell
r/visiblemending
r/wicca
r/zamonia
Check subrehab and make sure to search Lemmy verse for communities since your instance search only shows ones someone there is already subscribed to.
I see, quite niche indeed.
There are still a few, though.
For Solarpunk, you have the whole slrpnk.net instances with several communities such as !solarpunk@slrpnk.net
!lego@lemmy.ml exists but is quite quiet.
The rest is indeed probably too niche. These communities won’t happen here until we have a more stable platform (which Sync contributes to), with moderation tools, RES-like navigation etc.
Then, we’ll probably be able to suggest to some communities to massively move here. That could work, and even if it’s only a few, that would already be a victory to keep away from what Reddit has become.
In the meantime, I just think that a lot of Lemmy users keep an eye on Reddit for such communities.
It is making me miss the communities I used to follow on Reddit that don’t (yet?) Exist here. But it is a comfortable way to get my distraction scrolling in.
It’s been pretty good. I have noticed the default sort order (‘Active’) results in the feed getting stale pretty quickly. Changing the default to ‘New’ has been a better experience so far, at least at the current level of activity.
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
Hard to tell if this is an instance/protocol issue, or an app issue.
Not sure if Sync allows it, but default sorting to top/6 hours has given me the most enjoyable experience of cycling content so far
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
That happens if no-one on your instance has subscribed to that community - search for the address with ! at the start and refresh the page if 8tbis blank or shows and error, this should force it through for you.
This is one of the more confusing and frustrating aspects to Lemmy and they are working to improve it
There is this tool that can be used to address that issue, you have to ask your admin to run it:
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