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Anyone else feel that Lemmy just isn't addictive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Morhamms357@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Or at least less so than Reddit. It's good, but, I can't put my finger on it. Even when the content is good, the servers are up, and I'm getting notifications responding to comments, it's never come to me doomscrolling for hours.

Edit: Guys, guys, I'm not trying to say Lemmy should be addictive or Reddit is better because it is. The opposite. I thought being addicted to something was always a bad thing? I was just curious as that I rarely ever see the content droughts people talk about, so I can scroll for as long as I want to with no interruptions, but unlike with Reddit, I don't, and I would want to know a reason why. Is it psychological? Something behind the scenes? The type of people here?

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[–] alex@jlai.lu 467 points 1 year ago (17 children)

It's not supposed to be. It doesn't jam endless recommendations in your feed once you've gotten at the end of the new, fresh content. I feel like it's a feature, not a bug, to have platforms that don't optimise for time spent on them, because they don't need our attention to show us ads.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is no karma system so no people shitposting and reposting as much to pump up their score. Without this kind of gamification there is less noise.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Basically, no dark patterns built to keep you scrolling.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So then what are the up/down votes for?

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Individual post/comment votes. They would only get used for post/comment sorting at best. Nothing more.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Cool, thanks!

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