It used to be interesting before with engaging posts and looked like a burgeoning community. Now it’s just stagnant, full of politics and tankieism has become more commonplace.

Idk though, maybe it’s just me

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    this reminds me of im leaving reddit posts. when I left I did not post about it. I just left. now im here and i have blocked enough communities and users that its a fine experience for me. granted my instance does some blocking to so we will see if I ever get off my tuckus and move over to zip.

  • PlzGibHugs@piefed.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This matches my experiences as well. When I joined years ago, it felt like there was so much more variety. By available stats, MAU is pretty consistant (although the stats are lacking in key details like MAU excluding bot instances, or posts/comments per month) but it feels like so much of the new content is exclusively politics while other interests and niches have fallen off.

  • Schwim Dandy@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    full of politics and tankieism has become more commonplace.

    Not if you use filters and blocklists. This platform has been full of politics and porn since the first day. On day 2, I created a short filter list and blocked a few instances and communities and now I see absolutely 0 posts daily regarding it.

    As for stagnant, that’s what you get when you move to a platform that doesn’t use an algorithm and ragebait to keep you engaged. For all the people that say they hate the manipulation used against them by the big platforms, they have been conditioned to want it and many move back or keep visiting while here. You can either choose to catch up on your feed here and then go touch grass or you can doomscroll reddit with the assurance that you’ll never run out of psychologically tailored content to peruse.

  • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m having a fantastic time running the kinds of communities I want to see and only browsing by subscribed.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If you want advice: Maybe unsubscribe from like the political memes communities and specifically join replacements which are better aligned to what you need. Some people are trying to make an effort.

    If you want validation… I see shitty things here as well.

    • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the thoughts. I’m well aware that there are a lot of good people making a genuine effort to build something and genuine props to them for that; really. I just feel like things have slowed down a lot since when i first joined, and I’ve grown tired of the “sameness”.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Any ideas on what to do? I mean you’ve been here for a long time. I’ve also been here for quite a while. I’ve also made disgruntled posts about the general atmosphere, waited for things (and people) to change. Or a different kind of people join and bring some breeze of fresh air. Some of that is happening, yet on a small scale and usually in niche corners of this place. But I think overall we’re looking at something like stagnation. We have all this potential in the Fediverse… I see sparks here and there, but they never really ignite anything on a broader scale. So overall we more or less stay where we are (or who we are). So, what do we do? Because I think the usual ideas on how to change the atmosphere ain’t working, or we’d see some progress.

        • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I think the biggest problem the fediverse has is a lack of diversity. This is the same problem platforms like Bluesky have. It’s chock full of Americans, so most of the content leans American. I’m not American and don’t really have too much of a problem with American content (it’s entertaining), so while I’ve gotten slightly used to Americentrism on the internet, at least on Reddit there were niches and local communities i could use to detox when it got too much. This is lacking here.

          I’m not really sure what the solution is. Back when i first joined, the niche communities were burgeoning and quite active. Now it seems like they’ve mostly stagnated.

          • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Hmmh. Thanks for your perspective.

            By the way, the Germans kinda established their own niche with (I think) with a noticeably different atmosphere and behaviour towards each other. Not necessarily better, we’re also doing mostly politics and the meme/shitlords are very active… But yeah, maybe we need some niches which aren’t just because of some language barrier. And like… more than Linux content. We also have that. But I see how that’s not everyone’s leisure activity. 😅

            • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Oh nice i see. Maybe i have to start learning German just to see whether what’s going on on your side is more to my flavour😅