What are your thoughts on the Lemmy ecosystem?

I’ve been trying it out for the last week. I have my own opinions, but I’d like to hear others and see if we have common ideas on what is good/bad/indifferent about the Lemmy ecosystem.

  • HobbitFoot English
    4·
    1 month ago

    Good:

    • I can use it for mobile without a first party app.

    Bad

    • There aren’t as many communities here as there were on Reddit.
    • There isn’t that much content as on Reddit. Also, while the meme ratio of content feels the same to Reddit, the non-meme Lemmy content is rather small.
    • Comment conversation seems lacking.
    • Moderation tools are rather limited and heavily dependent on defederation to function.
    • The idea of “start your own” mindset in the design makes community formation just as bad as Reddit. There doesn’t seem to be any tools for a more collaborative approach to running subs or instances.