Overall a good watch, but his continuous reaching under the table is a bit awkward lol.

Got any good HTTP links worth bookmarking for Linux ISOs? lol

Better south than north.

And here I am, just picking a local instance to support my fellow Canadians.

It definitely has its merits on certain types of discussion, but generally I sort comments by Top. I do sort my subscribed communities by New though, just to keep the topics fresh.

Hah, thanks I appreciate it! Re-reading my post, it sounds pretty glum, but that wasn’t really my intention. I fully appreciate that Lemmy is still in alpha development, and I didn’t have great expectations that it could compete with reddit in its current form.

And I don’t mind the smaller communities, nor my own diminished usage. Since breaking away from Reddit, I find myself spending more time exploring the small web, rediscovering niche blogs, working on websites within my own circle, and generally just enjoying the break from doomscrolling and getting overwhelmed with the lack of humanity displayed in that worldview.

I have also noticed a drop in engagement these past couple of weeks. I think there are many reasons why this is happening, just a few of which include:

1. Way too many memes and meme-centric communities; I’ve had to block so many communities the past few weeks just to declutter the All feed and to find posts that warranted actual discussion; it starts to feel like 4chan after a while
2. Too many communities and not enough users; there was an attempt to mirror reddit during the exodus, and there just isn’t enough of a userbase to justify so many communities; many of these shell communities are aggregating dozens of off-lemmy links everyday without a user base to engage with, so it just spams the All feed and makes it look like a ghost town
3. Many users have likely gone back to reddit or found alternative platforms

My own engagement has slowed, as I just don’t even know if users from other instances are seeing my comments or posts. Lemmy’s federation system broke shortly after the explosive growth and as far as I can tell it hasn’t been fixed. Subscriber counts vary greatly, depending on which instance you view a community from. Some folks see your post, and some don’t. That’s a nonstarter for a lot of users who might otherwise engage.