Same here. I like the idea of Lemmy but the decentralization makes it really difficult to find the content I want. Reddits centralization, while causing some problems, definitely made it easy to find communities. That lack of ease is what makes Lemmy not as easy to use for new people.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

there should be a "find the community" or something, where u can post ur niche and ppl will link where they discuss that

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s also the problem where I totally want to start a community (for example: Marble Racing), but I don’t know where a good home would be for it and I don’t think my home instance would be a good home.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

does it really matter that much? If people search it up, it will pop up. Even better if they discover it via a link.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it does a bit. The obvious one would be for porn on general purpose instances. Alternatively, my primary instance for example is a bit of a niche one related to reading, so a sports or politics community could feel disjointed especially for the admins/mods who manage the community.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear ya, but I can't help ya. Sorry. Good luck tho!

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

No worries, I wasn’t really expecting help. I appreciate your try though.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you checked out !lemmy411@lemmy.ca? For some reason I don't see it mentioned or linked to much, but it's basically that, which I think would feel much more approachable to new people than pointing them to tools like Lemmyverse (as much as I do really appreciate it).

Another good one for sharing communities you've stumbled across would be !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Saved both communites, but don't tell me this. Tell it to: @JaymesRS@literature.cafe

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks.

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I used from time to time but I just can't forget how shitty they were with the mods and the users overall.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. I lurk more on Lemmy but if I want to discuss some niche topic then Reddit is so easy to I don’t use that fucking app though, website or 3rd party.

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same, but I only use it for TV show discussions. I haven't been on the main page since June.