I mean I don’t see much activity outside politics. Edit: As you all mentioned I’ll try blocking some political and news communities and try to find some new communities.

  • Drun@lemmy.world
    14·
    6 days ago

    In my opinion, it’s much more alive than it was back then reddit killed third party applications

    It’s enough for me, I guess.

  • loldog191@lemmy.ca
    14·
    6 days ago

    I remember years ago when I was just an account-less lurker on lemmy. I’d only check in once a week, and still half the posts were the same ones I saw last week.

    Things have changed a lot since then, and I don’t think we’ll ever get back down to those levels; but I’d still use lemmy even if it did.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      Yeah. Lemmy’s former growth came from external events which brought users to Lemmy. Without more of these shocks, I don’t see Lemmy growing.

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
        91·
        6 days ago

        I don’t have a problem with that.

        The last thing I want is all of the propaganda and barely literate morons that have parasitized the rest of the internet coming here to churn it into a fucking cesspool of idiocy.

        • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          5·
          6 days ago

          You’re making the common mistake of believing that newcomers are somehow dumber than the ones who have been here a while.

          No, Lemmy/piefed has a deep user base of people knowledgeable about Linux, programming, Star Wars, and a few other topics, but plenty of other topics still leave a lot to be desired.

          For example, I’ve noticed that Lemmy’s userbase is probably below the internet average at picking up on satire and sarcasm.

          • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
            1·
            6 days ago

            I do t think anywhere online features people who are good at picking up on sarcasm.

            I think it’s a North American thing. Canadians / Americans are shit at picking up on it irl too

        • Squizzy@lemmy.world
          5·
          6 days ago

          I do wish it was as funny as a younger reddit, I used to be bowled over reading comments. I fesr we have lost a spark from all the fuckery of the world.

          • doingthestuff@lemy.lolEnglish
            3·
            6 days ago

            Lemmy has lost that funny spark and energy, but it’s because of the weird niche user base. Other platforms don’t all have this problem.

  • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
    16·
    7 days ago

    Feels active to me… but I usually subscribe and participate in communities I want to follow and then browse my Lemmy Subscribed page. Rarely look at the All page, it gets annoying scrolling through tons of posts about topics I have no interest in.

  • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    I know people have posted user stats now and then. More like stagnant at the moment. Slow growth would be ideal. I’m not interested in gaining mass appeal tbh.

  • respectmahauthoritybrah@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    6 days ago

    Its about the same as i remember it being like 2.5 yrs ago tbh, which is actually a good thing… it still feels very community like unlike reddit in which the amount of activity is just so insane that you cant really participate on major subreddits, and the amount of bots are just insane….

    I think what happened with lemmy is that during the whole reddit API saga a lot of people were furious and hurried to any platform they found good, and specifically in lemmy… it started getting popular with a particular type of demographic which u see popular today, however there was also some courtesy and acceptance that was lost, there was a lot of “holier than thou” attitude going around which is actually a big part of the reason why i nuked my old and quite active account here (which i regret tbh coz i did have some very good discussions), but i think that ended up alienating a lot of people that might have chosen lemmy over alternatives during that time

    As of now it seems pretty fine tho, the voices do seem a bit more varied or atleast nuanced, but people just no longer are rushing to quit reddit now, and the base seems stable, the upvotes comments i see now r the same i used to see 1.5 years ago…

  • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I believe Lemmy itself is shrinking. Last I checked Fediverse Observer, it was on a downward trend (although not drastically). That said, that excludes PieFed. I think when including PieFed we’re probably growing (very) slowly.