I hadn’t thought about that but you’re totally right.

It’s like being at a small dinner party vs. Burning Man :)

I got a reply over a day after my initial response on a thread asking if I remembered to change a Firefox setting. And my reply to that even is still getting a bit of upvotes on it.

The thing is that a upvote is just not very interesting as a reaction, but a comment is worth so much more!

I get what you mean, but over time I found the desire for validation meant I was more likely to think about the reactions before I commented, and it was shaping what I said and posted.

At the moment I'm modding a super tiny community and I'm posting news content that I know will never be that popular with the majority of federati.

But it's more fulfilling than guessing what people will like and posting or commenting that.

Don't we all. Nothing like a little humor to lighten the mood but I honestly don't miss scrolling past hundreds of overused puns to find some useful info on Reddit.

It feels more like we are having interactions with other real people. More like the early internet.

I didn’t look back after moving here. The only thing where Reddit still excels is its old content that you bump into when searching stuff on Google and the presence of official corporate accounts/ subreddits.

I'd rather like this platform to have a slow and steady growth rather than a massive peak which is unbearable for the servers, immediately sending lemmy to the graveyard.

Its going to take time to rebuild, especially the smaller niche communities. 1-2 regular posters at least ensures there is content to slowly accrue more subscribers. The best thing you can do if you have deserted small subs is starting to post yourself. Doesn't matter if you think the content is of poor quality, just the fact that someone is posting makes it more likely that others will, too. Like the first guy starting to dance to the music at a party.

The quality of posts is certainly down.

No, no, the seeds of the site's downfall have been planted by the administration, you gotta remember these sites depend on a tiny amount of power posters, not to mention the moderator contingent, which they pissed off. Not all migrated away, but enough did to hurt the quality of the site, and any that remain will remember. They HAVE lost a lot and haven't noticed yet. Sites that big will not fall in a day, it will be alive a decade from now, like Livejournal or Slashdot are still alive.

Yes 😂