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I hate big tech controlling social media. I desperately want social media to be federated.

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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[–] Aolley@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a way to 'view all images' like RES has a button for?

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 6 points 23 hours ago

Lemmy is amazing. I am so glad I found my way here. I was doom scrolling as well. I had to unsubscribe from all my political communities I had joined and just keep one of my news committees. I then expanded the groups for my other interests. This really helped. You are in control of your time line here.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago

As somebody mentioned below, subscribe to communities you find to be of interest and then set your default mode to subscribed so that you only see those that you've actually subscribed to and that goes away a lot. Only browse all if you absolutely run out of content and are still looking to read.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 18 hours ago

Post the content and you'll get some engagement. I've posted in niche subs here like Begleris, lockpicking, Balisongs and got engagement. So I don't know what to tell you but to post whatever.

[–] toolverine@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I have really been enjoying Comic Strips. There can be some political content, but there's plenty of other interesting and funny stuff too.

Rather than trying to replace something else, it's a good idea to look for what's new to you.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Build Lemmy and they will come!

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Funny cause I reduced my recent reddit usage cause I got tired of the toxic post election political liberal cope

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