Fair enough

Isn’t that intentional though? I don’t believe many instances, especially the small ones, can afford to federate every community. Sure, sometimes it can be a bit annoying but you can always check on lemmyverse.

Lemmy has been feeling pretty empty the past couple of days. That just really goes to show how important federation really is.

Since 1.19 launched it is. Now you can export your subscriptions and settings to another Lemmy account

Same. It’s amazing how much time I have when the algorithm isn’t shoving me endless content, trying to keep me engaged.

😔

Do you really have those options 💀

It’s not dead. Sure a few instances have gone down, for which I’m very sad, but it doesn’t mean lemmy is dead. Even with these setbacks I remain hopeful and still believe in the fediverse.

It’s always the small instances full of passion.

Memes are meant to be shared, and it’s a great way to grow small communities. Karma whoring is not that big here since reputation points are not shown (at least in the webUI). So a person will post a few memes and could start a conversation, something a bot can’t do.

It’s seems like you ignored my point entirely just to argue on a technicality. As I asked, should Reddit content reposted by bots be something a new user should see?

Also browsing /all is a great way to discover new communities, but even if you don’t browse it bot communities find their way into the discover communities tab, which makes it more difficult for people find the communities that they want to follow.

I see what you’re trying to accomplish and congratulate you for trying to make Lemmy a better place, but I don’t think it’s a good idea. As many people here I’ve blocked @bot@lemmit.online precisely because it just posts Reddit content and floods my feed, with what is basically spam. Also many people came here just to avoid Reddit and to try and make something better. Sure, when 0.19.0 comes out and people will be able to block instances, lemmings will have a choice if they want to see that instance, but what about new users, or people just checking Lemmy out? Do we really want them to see reposted reddit content? Because they can already do this on reddit. What we need is to stop being so invested in “our ex” and just grow as a community, in a natural way.

What don’t you like in the memmy UI?

Please stop making new communities.

You’re right. I tried it and I can only see it through my instance

What happens if you post in the community through lemmy? Does the post appear only in lemmy, or only to you, or does it just break?

For some reason downvotes from Lemmy don’t transfer over to kbin, but I don’t know how you see +61, for me it’s +35/-2

Phone bad!!! But jokes aside phones are not the problem, the students don’t need a phone to distract themselves from studying. Banning them won’t solve a problem it would just be tach illiterate 60 year old padding themselves on the back for „getting those evil phones out of the classroom”.

It has already replaced reddit for a lot of people. It would be difficult to surpass it, but after all it doesn’t matter how many users a social media has if most of them are lurkers. From what I’ve seen on Lemmy, people are more willing to engage with others. I’m one of those people, in the two years I was on reddit I didn’t make a single comment or post. Maybe it’s because the fediverse is much smaller than reddit and feels more like a community. In that case I wouldn’t hurry to “replace” reddit.

Currently playing Horizon: Forbidden West. I love it but it can get somewhat tiring after a while. It’s my third open world game in a row and I definitely feel the need to play something smaller and more focused.