Personally, I was surprised that you get as much help – and frequently even more – in channels that are like 1% of the corresponding reddit ones.
I think the reason is that total numbers mean little, and your ratio of reading-to-responding matters the most. If you’re surrounded by people who like to help each other, then they can easily process and actually read all new posts, and reply to newbies. If you’re surrounded by people who just like to skim through and not dive in to the actual question/post, you get brainless upvotes/downvotes and of course frustration.
For me, lemmy is not flawless, but it’s pretty good.
UPDATE: be careful to not over-read simply “Local” news, but stay on the topics that interest you though. Otherwise, you may get overwhelmed by bots or propaganda, which also exists here. E.g. you read your stuff and then suddenly encounter “Russia Today” and such? Block both the author and the channel immediately. I’d recommend that at least - your choice ofc.
Personally, I was surprised that you get as much help – and frequently even more – in channels that are like 1% of the corresponding reddit ones.
I think the reason is that total numbers mean little, and your ratio of reading-to-responding matters the most. If you’re surrounded by people who like to help each other, then they can easily process and actually read all new posts, and reply to newbies. If you’re surrounded by people who just like to skim through and not dive in to the actual question/post, you get brainless upvotes/downvotes and of course frustration.
For me, lemmy is not flawless, but it’s pretty good.
UPDATE: be careful to not over-read simply “Local” news, but stay on the topics that interest you though. Otherwise, you may get overwhelmed by bots or propaganda, which also exists here. E.g. you read your stuff and then suddenly encounter “Russia Today” and such? Block both the author and the channel immediately. I’d recommend that at least - your choice ofc.