Welcome to the new web. Nothing is optimal, it’s a good intro for people. The setting is there and that’s what matters.

That’s what I meant, but appreciate the clarification.

I just block the bots, I want to see what real people care enough to post.

Never really had that issue. Are you referring to you sub feed or all? If the issue is all maybe start blocking the duplicates that you deem unworthy of your time.

The lack or rudimentary algorithms lemmy has compared to corporate social media is both good and bad. Less dopamine/doom scrolling but you also have to curate the feed a bit to make it work for you.

Post more my dude. Start the conversations you want to see.

The average lemmy user is more educated and empathetic to the impact of the industrial meat industry than the average person?

Oh god not CoMmUnIsTs?!

Blessing and a curse…

Yes it was a bit of work to find niche subjects in the old days but it was all out there if you really cared. Having communities too accessible to casuals is both a blessing and a curse. Constant conversation is a great time killer but the quality of those conversations really suffers.

It is really a fine line between the two and I think federated social media could actually pull it off. Reddit has been shit for a long time and the API fallout, even though it had no direct impact on the way I used Reddit, was just the last straw. No point trying to save a dieing animal, sometimes the most difficult decision is for the best.

Niche community boards existed before Reddit, they will exist after Reddit.