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It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Uranium3006@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

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[–] MentalEdge@ani.social 85 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Like for real!! I was a semi-lurker on reddit. Posted a couple times a year.

I just passed 500 posts on Lemmy.

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I've found lemmy to be alot less hostile, don't care about downvotes, but attacking people because of opinions doesn't sound like a fun time to me

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The absence of a running karma total is a surprisingly powerful difference. I do still look back at old posts, and it's nice when there's votes, but without the little number next to a name or when I mouse-over a profile, there's no motivation to be the first in a thread to repost a cliche joke or to ragebait for fake internet points.

[–] RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the “not having to be first” is what is so powerful.

I know that if I comment on a post from a few days ago on a populated community, I’ll likely at least get a reply from OP, if not a bunch of other people finding my comment and replying as well.

It’s like Lemmy is the nice, small-town version of Reddit (which is probably more similar to Gary Indiana).

[–] scurry@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s a bit cruel to Gary, Indiana, don’t you think?

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Lemmy definitely has a more chill, human vibe than I got with Reddit, given how overrun the latter was with vast armies of shills, bots, alt right trolls, etc.

Not that it's all rainbow-pooping unicorns frolicking through flowery meadows here but at least the dick comments tend to be much rarer and often a one off for the person making them.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Opinions are fine. Being disingenuous/an asshole at the same time as having an opinion definitely provokes smackdowns, even on lemmy.

[–] simin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Same goes for 9gag but that site is different