This little instance has been great, but Lemmy and the fediverse in general is really dragging on me.

Every. Single. Thread. has the word “capitalism” or “Trump” in it somewhere. I’m sick to death of it. Even though I agree with a lot of the sentiment, the erosion of the middle class, the concentration of wealth, the consolidation of media, the “you will own nothing and be happy” mentality permeating the consumer space. In many ways that’s why I left Reddit and joined Lemmy, but dang it that doesn’t mean I want to talk about absolutely nothing else.

And the only communities devoid of politics are also devoid of content. I do a lot of worldbuilding stuff, and I’ve tried to make !worldbuilding@lemmy.world more active, but sometimes I feel like I’m the only poster. Then I look at r/worldbuilding, and there’s a glut of really interesting posts showcasing people’s imagination and creativity, and nary a mention of Musk or Epstein in sight.

And then there’s the tech side of things. Hope you like Linux, cuz that’s all you’re going to see. And if you dare suggest that Linux may not be the right choice for your blind grandmother, you get eviscerated in the comments.

Granted, Reddit itself used to have a similar problem. It attracted a very specific type of user (neckbeards) and the experience wasn’t great if you weren’t one, but ironically the same popularization of Reddit that lead to its platform decay also solved this homogeneity problem. Similarly, Tankies and their ilk seem to flock to Lemmy, explaining the tone of the discourse.

Am I crazy? Anyone else feel the same? Did I knock over a hornet’s nest and this post is going to end up deleted?

  • early_riserOP
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    2 days ago

    I think Reddit still has merit when it comes to niche communities

    Yeah, that’s probably what I miss the most. There’s a sub for dogs, but also a sub for Labradors specifically. Not only that, but there’s a sub each for chocolate, black, and yellow labs, and all of them are lively and active. There are active subs that spawned from inside jokes from other subs like TalesFromCaveSupport from TalesFromTechSupport. There are niches within niches within niches.