I use a few social media platforms at the same time. I’m used to seeing the same things on each platform. That’s how the internet has been for years - you read the same things on the same five sites.
To be fully transparent, Lemmy isn’t at the top. I don’t post much and I lurk. Sometimes I post a comment here and there.
But this past week, I’m seeing more and more interesting content in the “Everything” section of Lemmy that I didn’t see in my other social media feeds. New communities and more interesting convos.
Uncertain if the fediverse has gotten a wave of new posters, some algorithm has changed, or every other social media company is sucking more and more thanks to America Team Police…
Just wanted to share my extremely limited anecdotal non-fact checked viewpoint.
The thing that I love about Lemmy is at least it’s not as infected with bots as other places. It’s the equivalent of going to rancher’s market to get my spicy comments and bickering ya know.
how do you know it’s not bots?
shugs if they’re good posts with engagement, i might be down with it :)
Definitely! I’ll look at the upvote counter(stupid me I know) and think to myself ‘oh that’s not much engagement’ and then remind myself that it’s actually real people(most likely) and not just bots.
A few more bugs, way less poison?