Fedibridge

That top comment is the exact same feeling I have

I like Lemmy well enough, it’s just a way smaller community; maybe I’m not spreading myself around enough over there, but I’ll close the app, check back in three hours later and still see many of the same posts in my feed - stuff just doesn’t seem to cycle through as fast over there.

I changed my feed by default from active to hot and that seems to have increased the amount of new posts cycling through but yeah, at the moment the sheer volume of content just isn't here

But at the same time every minute on Lemmy is a minute less on Reddit so I'll continue to support it

In their defense, for someone who has never heard of Lemmy/the fediverse, it's reasonable for them to be cautious. So many other platforms are VC funded, do guerilla marketing, have hidden agendas, etc. It's especially bad on Reddit with all the AI astroturfing now.

I've seen a bit of that in the Canadian reddit comms, where new users are initially concerned that they're joining another american tech startup's platform. Once they learn how the network works, how the software is open source, and (specific to lemmy.ca) that the site is managed by a non-profit and the servers are in Vancouver, they're more excited about it :)

That looks like a healthier discussion than I would have feared below the post.

Like it or not, Lemmy/Piefed/MBin are the best replacement for a reddit-like experience, the other alternatives I have seen suggested have even more problems with active user count, or are much more specific and not aiming to be like reddit at all (e.g. Hackernews)

We out here shilling for Big Lemmy

It couldn’t possibly be that the platform is good!

We're enthusiastic. Very enthusiastic.

I think either these people just aren't aware or don't understand that the biggest alternative will be suggested more, or they're arguing in bad faith because they want to prevent people from leaving Reddit, something that is not at all uncommon on that sub, unfortunately.

redditors and accusations of botting go hand in hand

Ironic considering there's bot accounts right in the comments under that post at the bottom. Fairly obvious too, like who tf even calls people "commies" lmao, McCarthy characterAI sounding ass, it ain't the 1980s anymore.

Right? What about kbin? Are there any other Reddit-like sites?