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Lemmy's all right (it's certainly better than the hell site) but this place doesn't feel super-cosy just yet.
There aren't many people here, is the obvious thing.
The website design isn't as inviting or as cosy as Reddit, is the other thing.
I wouldn't say that it's 'hard to use' - rather that it's 'not as fun' to use. Somehow, I'm getting an old-timey 'information superhighway' internet vibe here - it feels a bit like a GeoCities site, or a web portal for editing router settings.
I don't mean to have a dig, btw. I have huge respect for whoever's cooked up the fediverse and has worked to make it into a thing - this thing that we're connecting with. Humanity needs a means to connect that's free from corporate shepherding, neuromarketing (the dark arts) and whatever spooky agendas are lurking behind or within the YouTube sidebar. I'm on-board with the fediverse for sure.
Just acknowledging that despite the very many obvious similarities, something about Reddit makes it more appealing/cosier/funner, currently. It's probably a hundred near-imperceptible somethings, but give Lemmy time to develop and mature. It's young and has a bright future imo.
this is a great assessment.
Lemmy lacks the cool factor. i think some people don't want to like it because they don't want to be associated with that thing that is not cool.
But I like it for what it is and I don't necessarily need the addictive "fun" nature of algorithm-driven social media such as Reddit. I still use Reddit, but Lemmy is becoming my daily driver.
Over a long enough period of time, the best communities will continue to exist on various platforms. I'm using all of them in various capacities.
I wrote a post related to this, the The December 2023 State of the GME Social Media Ecosystem