Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • DMmeYourNudes@lemmy.world
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    until personal interest groups are populated people will not use this site. its basically 1 big meme sub right now with some tech and politics sprinkled on top.

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      This is honestly it.

      I like the site, I want to use it, I want to encourage others to use it, but I’m getting tired of only talking about the same things here.

      Maybe we need to start encouraging people to post rather than just expecting them to.

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        we don’t need more memes, we need people to start going to the games, movies, shows, and hobbies they like and making posts.

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        I’m in the process of making some stuff, I just worry that the community I post it to on lemmy isn’t big enough to get the word out community-wide.

        For context, I’ve been working on a very long dogelore thing. But in the same way, I feel like this hurts any bhj or mtcj stuff I might do. The community on lemmy isn’t big enough to get traction, so what’s the point?

        I’m not going back to reddit, and discord is annoying, so it’s just a little discouraging.

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      It feels like it’s mainly talking one way or another about Reddit, or describing how one of the 3P apps is now available for Lemmy. The content is super stale, but it will grow. Fuck, Reddit back in the day was not exactly the thriving metropolis it was maybe six or so years ago. And reddit peaked and came down to how it exists today. So it’ll take time.

      That being said, I don’t check Lemmy anywhere near as frequently as I did Reddit, and mainly because the subs I frequented most have smaller footprints here for now. Which is what you said, but in fewer words.

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      For what it’s worth, memes have helped me stay. I doubt I’m the only one.

      They’re quick and easy to browse and some get a bunch of topical comments and links to other relevant communities.

      It’ll take a while to reach a level that’s known in the public eye like Twitter and Reddit, but the low-hanging fruit helps keep people interested while more niche communities are forming.

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      Also, liftoff kinda sucked, but I just figured out some features of Sync, and it’s fucking beautiful.

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        Lol what? Liftoff is fantastic, and FOSS. Are we blaming liftoff for the downward trend/lack of growth? Cause the oh-so-amazing Sync does not seem to have reversed it, to spite all the claims I keep seeing.

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          You’re not missing anything but ads. I cannot understand the Sync hype and attribute all posts about it to promotion.

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            I paid for Apollo, and I’m happy to support developers, but in app ads is a big no.

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            Connect for Lemmy is basically Sync free. It’s got the same swipe gestures and everything. I’m not sure what people are so blown away by.

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              Not by a long shot. Connect is good, don’t get me wrong, but Sync has some major points that others usually just completely gloss over or ignore entirely–including Connect.

              Like tablet-friendly UI.

              And no, Infinity, “tablet-friendly” does not mean like 5 columns of independently scrolling content which take you to one big comment section which is a mobile UI stretched to screen size.

              Tablet UI–let alone good, productive tablet UI like Sync has with pagination and all–is always overlooked.

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                Not sure what you mean, this is what sync looks like for me on a big screen. Hardly tablet friendly.

                Connect looks much better for me

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            The native advertising has already arrived on Lemmy. Tis a day of sorrow.

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            Unsure what is going on but I’m using Sync, haven’t purchased anything, and haven’t seen a single ad.

            Hope it continues as I like the app.

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      Yeah, I really want r/sysadmin on here.

      They have a Discord but Discord is so incredibly annoying to use for this.

      P.S. change the sort mode to hot or top (x hours) to get more content. The default of active sucks.

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      I will say I was looking for some opinions on new Internet browsers.

      Posted on Reddit and here.

      Already got responses on lemmy, but my Reddit post is just being ignored.

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          Nothing worse than opening up a thread you’re interested in, and half the comments are stupid jokes and quoting song lyrics.

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      The two biggest ones I know of are startrek.website for trekkies and blahaj for all things trans/lgbtq. But even those don’t see to have much activity. We need better advertisement to smaller communities somehow.

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        its not about the instances, those are actually hindering growth by dividing communities across instances and defederating them. lemmy is basically several copies of reddit in a trench coat pretending to be a social network.

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      I’ve been posting on the HP and Tolkien communities and begun modding them too. I’d encourage people to post, and if necessary take up a little responsibility too.