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It's okay. I still peruse reddit sometimes because the subs here aren't sufficient enough. Also, reddit has more variety. Lemmy is a bit too political. Like /c/news seems to only post political stuff. And it's mostly liberal leaning (which I am), but too liberal occasionally. People hate nazis here but curiously, they also hate Israel. I'm looking for more communities that are less intense and charged. Stuff about crafting, plant rearing, literature, etc. The other big fediverse site, Mastodon, has a similar prevalence of charged stuff, but I've found a bit more silly things both on my own and with suggestions over there. I suppose I could start some new communities here but I'm doubtful I have the fortitude to make them get increased traction.
I feel ya. I tire of the politics here, and it can get extremely left leaning, like pro-communism/pro-socialism/
pro-fascismand very anti-American to the point where it's a little sus. I get it, there's always been anti-America sentiment surrounding conversations and in media all my life, but it's a bit extreme here.I go onto social media to turn my brain off, not do elaborate research on the past 500 years of colonialism so that I can make sure I'm accurately arguing my point cohesively on this one comment. At the very least, I'll engage with conversations about tech when I'm not turning my brain off, but I hate politics/debate. I want a DDR/Stepmania/Etterna community where we can discuss new themes released, new songs on various cabinets, etc.
Fascism is not even close to left lol. But I agree there's too much politics sometimes. I don't mind arguing about it but it could be good to talk about other stuff. I suggest subscribing to communities that advertise other communities so we can help them.
!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl !newcommunities@lemmy.world !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
Also browsing by scaled sort has helped me discover some new communities that my instance is connected.
And of course: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
I know just finding a new community doesn't guarantee it will have people in it, but we have to start posting in those empty communities and filling them with content. It's something I need to do a lot better with, too. I lurk too much.
Not seeing my reply show up, so doing it again in case the previous one got lost in the abyss: Subscribed to all 3 just now and I'm looking forward to enjoying some new communities! Thank you!
Glad to help! I wish us both luck finding and reviving our favorite niche communities! I don't want to have to go back to Reddit lol. I want this whole fediverse thing to work out.
Well said, I agree with you. The politics/debates can be so intense that it can prevent Lemmy from being a place where people go to just relax and switch off. Even the meme communities have so much political content.
And I suppose it’s only going to intensify during the U.S. election later this year.
I don't mean to start an argument about it, but hating Nazis and hating Israel are not mutually exclusive. Hating Israel is antizionism, not antisemitism.
Just start em, and post what you want to, steal posts from reddit if you like too (but not automated like the annoying ass bots), and if it grows it grows. I'm one of like 4 people posting in c/comicbooks, and if it grows great but if not that's ok too, all we can do is try.
Same in some of my hobbies. I'm like one of 3 posting in !leagueoflegends@lemmy.world but if people like us don't post, it won't grow at all, so got to try! I do need to do it more often.
Besides, there are Ashkenazis in Israel so... /S