I really love community-driven social media like Reddit. Lemmy feels… too small. I really loved that Reddit let me jump into any niche hobby, and instantly I had a community. Lemmy, you’ll be lucky if that community even exists, and if it does, chances are nobody has posted in ages.

On the other hand, Lemmy is full of political content lately. I’ve basically been doom scrolling everything US election-related, and it’s really starting to take a toll on my mental health.

I know I can filter content. I know I can post and be the change I seek. Yet, it feels like an uphill battle.

Not sure what the point of this is, or if it’s even the right community to vent about this. I just really want to replace Reddit, but I find myself going back more and more (e.g. r/homekit is very active compared to Lemmy version).

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 5 points 22 hours ago (21 children)

I've tried, believe me I've tried. Posting a bunch of threads out into the void doesn't suddenly manifest a like-minded community to reply to and engage with those threads. It won't truly be viable until there's a much larger userbase to begin with.

And honestly, it just comes across as patronizing to say the only reason my hobbies don't have traction here must be because I didn't try hard enough.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

And how do you think that larger userbase is going to come into existence?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Not overnight, that's for sure. It's going to take a long time to ever get that kind of critical mass.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What I'm trying to get at is that people need to stay for a critical mass to be reached instead of going "there's nobody here" and leaving.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 16 hours ago

I'm here, not planning on leaving any time soon. But I'm also acknowledging that Lemmy can't fully be everything Reddit was, not without a Reddit-size userbase.

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