Post #1903747

2026-01-14 19:54 UTC

Look at it from a new user’s perspective; someone who has not curated their feed or otherwise “made the fediverse what they want”. e.g. They land on Lemmy World or another big instance and their default sort is “active”. Doing that now in an incognito window, and half the front page is rage, same on the second, and the stuff that’s not are some random shitposts and Linux filling in. Truth be told, looking at that, I probably wouldn’t want to sign up. Especially if I didn’t know that different instances have different cultures, etc. Assuming they’re a normie (which we desperately fucking need here), I just don’t see that they’d want to stick around. Aside from trolls and spammers, the only people we seem to consistently attract here are the “Wah wah I was banned from Reddit” types and, while there’s certainly a sizable pool to draw from, I wouldn’t exactly consider them the pick of the litter for growing the fediverse. The point of OPs post is that usage here is declining, and I am simply pointing out that I feel all the rage and politics is not particularly inviting.

Replies (3)

@Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2026-01-14 20:38

We really need better onboarding for new users, maybe ask them about their interests to give them a default set of subscriptions (it would probably just be a tweaked version of the community search page). And default to the subscribed feed, not the All feed

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@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-16 12:24

> There’s too many armchair activists here who won’t let you enjoy a single moment without reminding you that something bad is happening somewhere in the world and that you have some kind of moral obligation to be angry all the time about it. And if you’re not angry all the time then you’re somehow part of the problem. That's exactly what i'm complaining about as well. Being angry doesn't even help. Having a clear head helps, but being angry IMO stands against that.

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@TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2026-01-16 16:16

> Edit: And you know what? I’m just going to fucking say it. There’s too many armchair activists here who won’t let you enjoy a single moment without reminding you that something bad is happening somewhere in the world and that you have some kind of moral obligation to be angry all the time about it. And if you’re not angry all the time then you’re somehow part of the problem. Amen. I am so sick of being lectured by some weirdo about 'WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING'. It's nothing more than them projecting their pathetic helpless miserable life onto others. 'if you dont' support my pet issue than you are a morally bankrupt person!'

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