• glassware@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I still use both Lemmy and Reddit and I honestly think Lemmy is in a sweet spot where there are enough comments for a discussion but not enough to go off topic.

    Reddit discussions are never about the OP, they’re always riffing on an off-topic joke that someone made in a reply to the already off-topic top comment.

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      1 year ago

      Eh, Lemmy has the issue where the activity is low enough that the substantial number of low effort comments and comments that regurgitate the same bland sentiment are overwhelming.

      These comments were annoying on Reddit and was my primary reason for leaving.

      Hackernews manages a better balance. It is not as active as Reddit but there are a lot of insightful comments that balance out the low-effort contributions.

      As an example: I’d happily happily throw a block party the day Elon Musk launches himself into the sun. I don’t need to see an article every time he takes a dump and the corresponding 50 comments about “elon is a menace”

      Or anything Threads. The amount of exaggerated and irrational commentary about that was incredibly offputting.

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      1 year ago

      It really depends on the topic. The big topics in Lemmy are better. But there’s a lot of niche content that just isn’t there.