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Does anybody here still wish the Fediverse just had more people? (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Pyflixia@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I know and can accept the response that say I should register to X site if I want more activity. I do plan to, least with Reddit, just biding some time before I make yet the 20th disposable e-mail and probably the 100th account before it gets banned again if I cross a glass person. Glass person being someone who's so fragile on opinions and things that they'll scream 'BAN THEM BAN THEM!'.

I've been on KBin Social, Lemmy World (least 2 dedicated accounts), KBin Run, Mastodon, Blue Sky .etc

And I'd stay for a good while but I also found myself bored immediately. I check for questions to answer, it's the same questions I've seen days and weeks prior. I check around for things that are reported and they'll be hours old and some of them can be years old.

I love the idea of the Fediverse, I like some of the features that are implemented. Especially when you do ask questions on here and you're allowed to expand on it. Unlike AskReddit for example, they don't really like that and will remove your post because explaining what your question is about and backing it with an example is just unacceptable to them.

I don't know. 43,000+ people sounds a lot on paper, but in practice, it feels like you're dealing with 50 people at any given day.

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[โ€“] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes there needs to be more people. There's barely any active discussion here. If you don't want to shit on Israel, there's just shit posts and Linux. We need more people to get active sports discussion, movies, TV, or anything else.

[โ€“] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I moved to lemmy hoping it would be like classic Reddit, which it is to some extent. Unfortunately, my experience has been more like browsing Imgur โ€“ just endless memes and shitposts.

I tried blocking all the meme-focused communities I could find, but now my feed feels like a ghost town.

[โ€“] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Did you have a look at !newcommunities@lemmy.world and https://lemmyverse.net/communities ?

What are your interests?

[โ€“] Lizardking13@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'd love a more active sports area. I comment semi regularly in a few. There is small engagement, but would love even 10-15% more.