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this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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I've just been here since the API change. I've been more or less happy with it. Some things are dissapointing, like there being just as much of a hive-mind mentality as reddit. But I guess that's probably just inherent to online vote-based communities.
I also wish there were an easier way to find new communities - and good ones. I don't want to browse shitty memes. I want stuff where people are participating in good faith genuine discussion about meaningful topics.
I've found some of that here so far.
At the end of the day though, this is open source and decentralized. It's everything a social media should be. To me, anything less than that is a waste of time. There is zero reason to spend your personal time creating content for a company to profit off of.
This.
I loved the app I used for reddit and the dev decided (rightfully) to redirect the same app style and function to lemmy.
I love how familiar it feels, but agree I wish it was easier to find interesting communities outside of just jokes and memes.