So, I got site-wide banned from reddit a while ago due to using the word “purge” on a post and since then I have been using Lemmy more and more. However, one thing that I have noticed is that Lemmy is less active than reddit.
For example, the most comments I have seen a post get is 200, where in reddit I’m confident it would get much more.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
It is quieter.
Post some new shit, comment a little. It ain’t no good if y’all just lurkin.
It’s indeed way smaller, On one hand it’s great you don’t have a forever stream of new content, on the other hand it sometimes feels a bit empty, but by posting you help making it less empty.
Reddit is, conservatively, 60% bots. Not as many here.
I wouldn’t label this a stupid question but it has to lean towards one with a very obvious answer.
How could you not be aware that the fediverse as a whole and lemmy in particular are a niche network? With my filters set to new/all, I see on average 10-20 new posts per hour. It’s one step up from a single-player game.
It would be like asking if it’s you or if linux is a less popular OS than Windows.
To go more specific
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
Lemmy has about a million and a half registered users total. close to 35k active per month.
Reddit can be estimated as over 400k active weekly users. In short a semi popular subreddit would be expected to have more total active users than lemmy as a whole
Almost 1 in 11-12 is way more than i thought for fediverse - feels smaller.
Maybe reddit is smaller than i remember, or has more occasional users.
Do you know if those stats remove bots?
Either way it’s back yard fishpond vs great lakes and that’s the answer.
Yes, reddit is one of the most popular sites on the internet and lemmy (the whole fediverse really) is much, much smaller. I browse /all/new, id never do that on reddit.
It’s better this way tbh
It’s better this way tbh
Agreed. Kinda weird how a smaller userbase actually feels better. Only problem is less people to answer specific questions and generally be active in niche communities. On the other hand you know people better, may even get to know them in real life. It’s more personal.
Yeah this is much closer to reddit in the mid 2000s. I’ll happily take the trade, even if it means I dont get replies im looking for (although I almost always do, lots of lemmings browse /all/new and stumble onto stuff)
everytime i do that here i’m just shocked at all the filth that shows up. very little quality content here.
however if i was a furry who jerked myself off about linux and had a victimhood-superiority complex about my autism, i’d be in heaven. it’s scary to me how prolific that segment of the userbase is here.
Just block the communities you dont like. I dont want porn, non-English comms, etc. Two clicks and problem solved.
Also, why are you scared of autistic Linux furries?
