I loved Reddit for what it is, but nothing made me back out of a post faster than seeing the top 3 parent threads as a regurgitation of the same inside jokes, pun-chains, and so on.
lemmy's algo seems in theory to work better, but we'll only know when the userbase here gets large enough.
On reddit, once a thread got past 300+ comments, the only way to get any views on your comment was to post it as a nested comment in a top-level comment.
I'm in the same boat - I know how to play (horsey moves in an L, bishop goes diagonally etc), but i don't know how to play ("ah i see you used the classic Cyberpunk Windmill opener, most people respond with either the Frenchman's Dehumidifier or the Blue Baboon but imma take inspiration from the Smith-Wesson match and try a variation of the Cardboard Cockroach")
More importantly, talk about stuff besides Reddit!
I tried using Voat 6(?) years ago when there was a similar (but smaller-scale) protest. The fact that a lot of Voat users were those chased out of hate subs was part of the problem, but the other part of the problem was that half the content was "look how much better we are than reddit".
Discussion about reddit is fine (it is still a big site), but we need our own content too.
A flat to live in or for investment? Panellists weigh in on how Singapore balances the two objectives (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Not an easy balance to make here....
The Metropolitan Club - MOC by snaillad (live.staticflickr.com)
Saw this on eurobricks and thought it was really cool, the old-school Art Deco style details are really on point....
I Hope Rexxitors Tone Down the Low-Hanging Comment Chains on Lemmy.
I loved Reddit for what it is, but nothing made me back out of a post faster than seeing the top 3 parent threads as a regurgitation of the same inside jokes, pun-chains, and so on.
If we want this to work out make content do not just lurk
We can make this a great interesting place and more people will join