Was this community always a news space? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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I remember posting here a lot about a year ago, mainly before I discovered other fedi sites, but looking at here, was it always a news community? Most of the posts here are articles

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[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 5 months ago

A year ago was a weird time, given we were dealing with the Reddit fallout that wildly inflated engagement, with people trying to get a feel for the platform (both Lemmy in general and Beehaw).

I tend to use !chat for things that aren't articles. Not that that has to happen, it's just how the communities I'm active in have evolved.

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

Actually, did many people stay from the reddit fallout?

[-] rozwud@beehaw.org 7 points 5 months ago

I came here from the reddit fallout, but I'm really bad about posting and commenting.

[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

I am also still here from then, though I don't often comment in some spaces - like this one. Sometimes I feel that I don't have much to offer, comment-wise, due to being a member of several of the most privileged groups of people and (possibly unnecessarily) being acutely aware that some spaces don't really need more opinions from the intersection I inhabit.

[-] Pekka@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago

I also started using Lemmy during the Reddit fallout, and stayed for a few weeks. After that I started seeing less posts that interested me, and I took a break from Lemmy for a while. And finally returned a week ago.

Even on Reddit I see less interesting posts now. Especially the amount of discussion posts also seems to be lower there now. The official Reddit app is also a lot better for reading than for writing.

[-] Thevenin@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

I did! 👋 Unfortunately, I mostly infodump about engineering in the comments, which is maybe not the kind of engagement we need.

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

Its a reddit style commintiy, infodumps are cool :3

[-] DreamyRin@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

came from reddit here, too. I often am too anxious to comment for a variety of reasons, so I mostly read. I try to post things when I get the courage to.