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How has ur lemmy experience been so far? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)

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[–] SuspiciousUser@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I appreciate the fact there is no infinite scroll on the front page.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of many examples of how profit-driven platforms care about engagement quantity over product quality. A lack of stopping points feeds FOMO and keeps people trapped longer, but I doubt many people actively enjoy it.

I disable it on any platform that lets me - besides, pagination can be cached to return to later. Doomscrolling can be binged but not suspended.

[–] SuspiciousUser@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly so. I'm about a third way through Stolen Focus by Johann Hari. It had a section on infinite scrolling which made me realize it didn't have it. The book talks a lot about social media's grip on us.

[–] Manticore@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like an interesting read; thanks for putting it on my radar.

[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great point, lack of infinite scroll is one of the key reasons I always kept going back to old.reddit.com (other than the speed, of course)

[–] Azeon@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have infinite scroll on Old Reddit with RES. What makes not having infinite scroll such a great thing for you?

[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

For me personally, the quality of content drops off very quickly after page 1 (for example on my personal home feed), but with infinite scroll, I found myself very often just wading through the low quality stuff on autopilot without even realizing what I was doing. It's just a problem that I don't even have to think about when I don't have infinite scroll.