I’m not trying to cause an argument but when Reddit pulled it’s bs - I said that’s enough. I gave up my Reddit addiction and didn’t open it or visit the site for over 30 days.

The tone and people on Lemmy is great. I don’t miss Reddit. But I miss the content types. For me Reddit was a topic related news source, a place for great discourse about those news pieces, a place where community members asked constructive questions or shared ideas/projects - and lastly a place for some very specific community types.

Over the last few days I noticed that the first 2 categories of content came over to Lemmy no problem. But the second 2 types I outlined above don’t seem to have come. I went back to Reddit this morning and it’s all still there. Certain types of posts just don’t happen on Lemmy, and on top of that many communities never came over (street_photography is a great example. They literally shut down a subreddit with thousands of users and created a new location in Lemmy/kbin, and instead of coming over the community just evaporated). Other communities are also non existent and some that do exist are simply just not enjoying the same types of posts. I like it here, I want to stay - but it’s difficult. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks for hearing me out.

TLDR: all of my communities seem to link posts only, many types of posts just don’t seem to happen here.

    • _number8_@lemmy.world
      82·
      1 year ago

      this is definitely a symptom of the differences but acting like it’s somehow a weakness of lemmy that it’s not brand friendly is insane. that’s a strength! also,

      I’m sorry to burst your bubble guys

      is the most annoying way to phrase anything

    • Leviathan@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is exactly what Reddit was to Facebook/Instagram/Twitter for years. I remember watching huge YouTubers go from “what’s Reddit?” to “I’ll be answering questions from the subreddit” and it was a slow, painful process. As long as people keep showing and posting it’ll grow.

    • sfgifz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      1 year ago

      I used to think like this too, but with Reddit Apps moving over to Lemmy I find real potential and usability here. It won’t happen overnight, but the chances are not nil.