• NataliePortland@lemmy.caEnglish
    511·
    6 months ago

    Haven’t visited Reddit since I came here last summer. I love it here. It’s not perfect, but it’s ours

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 months ago

    I visit reddit occasionally and honestly, Reddit is also just reddit recycled content. I’m not on there nearly as much as I used to be and I still see the same fucking posts and videos on popular, many of which are just karma bots.

    I think I see more new stuff on Lemmy. Not usually good stuff, but at least it’s novel. Or very very old memes, but that’s not recycled reddit, that’s more recycling icanhascheeseburger or some shit, and I’m down for that.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    6 months ago

    This seems to be saying that Lemmy is stopping you from viewing recycled reddit content, which confuses me as Lemmy is full of it. No judgement, I’d rather view it here than there.

  • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
    14·
    6 months ago

    NGL, I miss subbing to 2 dozen cat subs. The numbers of cat related memes and pics on Lemmy are disappointing.

  • Novice_Idiot@lemmy.wtf
    11·
    6 months ago

    Oof yeah, some places here are just full of it. It makes sense out of an archival perspective but it also loweres engagement because OP is never going to look at a comment

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      That’s fair. I see that plenty in the stomping grounds I cater to (shameless plug for [email protected]). Part of why I make it a point to make OC, outside of my very first post to dip my toes into meme making and 2 recreations of “classic” memes that needed the HD treatment. It’s not a bad thing to hold onto those old jokes and fond memories. Many of them stand strong for a reason and hopefully they help drive creativity forward as they have for me/others.

  • moon@lemmy.ml
    81·
    6 months ago

    Controversial opinion: I see more recycled content on Lemmy than Reddit. Comments are usually far better here, but it’s an unavoidable reality that there are less people generating new content here. Especially for niche communities.

    Hop on over to the niche communities about movies or particular subgenres and they’re either dead or recycling stuff. Go to those same niche communities on Reddit and you’ll see lots of fresh content all the time. Maybe the main feeds are comparable but if you’re into anything niche that isn’t computing, privacy, politics or gaming, Lemmy can get a bit stale.

    • FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      The silver lining, for me, is that I’m doom scrolling less due to the smaller amount of content here. But yeah, we need more creators here (I am not good at coming up with memes)

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      I’m both posting as high output as I feasibly can of OC, and aggregating links from blogs and creators I follow to [email protected], as a way to minimize reddit content.

      [email protected] is also full of links to articles and blog content relevant to the hobby that isn’t ripped from reddit.

      [email protected] has a small but regular community.

      So many people complain about dead niche communities or niche communities only recycling reddit content. If that same energy was put in service to making new content, the communities would be improved. There is a bystander problem where loads of people complain, but if you check the profiler of the complainer, you often find few to no posts.

  • astrsk@kbin.run
    4·
    6 months ago

    I’m ok with it. There’s plenty of content I’ve missed out on and memes are meant to be recycled into jpeg artifact oblivion. If anything, this just helps bolster the amount of content available on these platforms that can help new users not feel like joining an empty hallway echo chamber. It’s part of the growing pains of trying to get new / alternative platforms up and running.