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Be honest, do you still use reddit?
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Honestly yes, at first I really thought Lemmy could replace it but the content is just bad on Lemmy’s all. The platform is good, but when 60% of posts are shitty memes or shitpost it just kills it for me. I still browse Lemmy almost every day, but I really feel like we spoiled the momentum we had a few weeks ago.
Why are you using "All" use "Subscribed" for a much better experience.
It's just a typical internet fad/circlejerk. I recommend you block the meme communities.
All lacks a creative filtering to balance meme and proper content. Those are the infamous "algorithm" people are so afraid about. I don't believe we'll ever see them here, because the platform was built to "protest" against those smart sorting and filtering. As the algorithm doesn't do it for you, you have to manually do the work selecting and subscribing relevant communities. And check home feed
I don't think the "algorithm", has to have that nefarious vibe that people think. Lemmy already has sorting algorithms...they are just shit. If they balanced it so that quantity from large communities doesn't flood out smaller communities, it would be a much better browsing experience. Devs don't need to mess with the type of content being displayed to us, just tamper down the volume from the larger communities. Reddit was good at doing this.
I agree that algorithms are more often good for these task. But we are not many :D
Block meme communities.
Someone replied to a similar complaint that you can block the meme and shitpost communities to filter those out from your feed. Seems like a good idea and I'm going to try it.