I really love community-driven social media like Reddit. Lemmy feels… too small. I really loved that Reddit let me jump into any niche hobby, and instantly I had a community. Lemmy, you’ll be lucky if that community even exists, and if it does, chances are nobody has posted in ages.

On the other hand, Lemmy is full of political content lately. I’ve basically been doom scrolling everything US election-related, and it’s really starting to take a toll on my mental health.

I know I can filter content. I know I can post and be the change I seek. Yet, it feels like an uphill battle.

Not sure what the point of this is, or if it’s even the right community to vent about this. I just really want to replace Reddit, but I find myself going back more and more (e.g. r/homekit is very active compared to Lemmy version).

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Browse by "subscribed", and subscribe to a lot of communities. Only do it by "all" when you can't find good stuff in the subscribed view.

I do this and, while I do see a few intrusive US politics posts, it's far less than when browsing by "all".

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (14 children)

The problem, as already stated, is that there are not many communities in the first place. And if there are, they're likely more or less dead, with weeks or even months old posts.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Huh? There are a looot of communities. Of course, a good number of them are dead. To get a good idea of which smaller communities are active, I'd recommend following the !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl posts. @Blaze@feddit.org did "active communities" overview threads a while ago at !newcommunities@lemmy.world too.

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