Honestly don’t know if I’ll keep using Lemmy. Been 2+ years now that Lemmy has been the only social media I use and can’t say that its doing anything for me other than being a outlet for my shitposting. Lemmy feels pretty empty. People dont DM. There aren’t many coms with core regulars that create a community. Saying anything beyond basic obvious sarcasm opens you to being banned from entire instances. There aren’t many instances that allow the user to decide what they want to see, using the tools that lemmy provides, and defederate or block entire instances.
In 2025 Lemmy is at like 50k active users. Still no community or connection like the forums I used in 2005 with 500 users. Still no community or connection like the subreddits I used in 2015 with 5k users.
Kinda thinking the internet really is dead, even on our outlier of federated open source social media.
I have the opposite problem I receive so many dms on Lemmy and Matrix as I need to respond to them eventually but then the call of the void to post more gets me. Everyone is so talkative here.
I also tend to see the same individuals on a regular basis, I really do feel the companionship. Like when I talk about Manitoba with [email protected].
I do like how you are free to comment on anything without people caring whether you know them not, and i like how it’s not private communication but open for anyone to participate.
Personal connection. Building relationships. Growing community. Realizing we’re intricate humans and have a lot to share. Nobody has ever DMed me. I’ve DM a handful of people but it’s obviously such a foreign concept that it never lasts.
Some of my closest friends I made via DM/pm on small forums 20 years ago.
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Honestly don’t know if I’ll keep using Lemmy. Been 2+ years now that Lemmy has been the only social media I use and can’t say that its doing anything for me other than being a outlet for my shitposting. Lemmy feels pretty empty. People dont DM. There aren’t many coms with core regulars that create a community. Saying anything beyond basic obvious sarcasm opens you to being banned from entire instances. There aren’t many instances that allow the user to decide what they want to see, using the tools that lemmy provides, and defederate or block entire instances.
In 2025 Lemmy is at like 50k active users. Still no community or connection like the forums I used in 2005 with 500 users. Still no community or connection like the subreddits I used in 2015 with 5k users.
Kinda thinking the internet really is dead, even on our outlier of federated open source social media.
I usually see the same people on
If it makes you feel any better, satire is dead and we’re trending toward either nuclear, biological, or AI-based human extinction
So cheery
I have the opposite problem I receive so many dms on Lemmy and Matrix as I need to respond to them eventually but then the call of the void to post more gets me. Everyone is so talkative here.
I also tend to see the same individuals on a regular basis, I really do feel the companionship. Like when I talk about Manitoba with [email protected].
I do like how you are free to comment on anything without people caring whether you know them not, and i like how it’s not private communication but open for anyone to participate.
Why would you want people to DM you?
Personal connection. Building relationships. Growing community. Realizing we’re intricate humans and have a lot to share. Nobody has ever DMed me. I’ve DM a handful of people but it’s obviously such a foreign concept that it never lasts.
Some of my closest friends I made via DM/pm on small forums 20 years ago.