I’ve been on Lemmy for 12 days apparently, feels like a lifetime! And I keep seeing posts about how it’s too empty or there’s no content outside of the Reddit drama or whatever.

So it got me thinking, am I just subbed to way more stuff than most? Because I go into the “all” tab maybe once a day, and keep busy in “subscribed” the rest of the time.

Here’s my stats:

  • 121 Lemmy communities
  • 42 Kbin magazines
  • 163 total

That’s for this account, although I also have a second account for slightly different topics so there’s probably another 20-30 or so unique subs on there.

How about you?

  • dominoko@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m subbing to anything that seems remotely interesting but I’ll probably end up pruning the list eventually. The same thing happened when I joined reddit back in 2010. I was so excited to read about everything and then realized I didn’t actually care that much about the individual topics.

    I’m at 60 which already feels like too much

  • a_mac_and_con@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    The problem is I don’t want to be buried in content. I just want an acceptable amount for the things I am interested in.

    I’m subscribed to seven and none of them are very populated. I want a bit more to browse through, but I want it in those particular pockets. I’m pushing myself out of my comfort zone to be more active in the areas I’m interested in (and even have anything to say about).

  • Ni@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Weirdly I’m subbed to 162, so almost exactly the same. Not sure of the kbin/lemmy breakdown.

    Most of the communities are still really small or inactive but I’m subbed in the hope they develop in the next few weeks or so.

  • michikade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m subscribed to 50 total communities / magazines across Lemmy and kbin and honestly, almost every time I hit refresh (while using subscribed and sort by new - I understand there are some front page bugs) I get new stuff to read or look at.

    I haven’t felt like it’s dead here since I signed up and the engagement has just gotten better as people get more comfortable with whichever software they’re using (either Lemmy, kbin, or even Mastodon). It’s not an overwhelming amount of posts like trying to read Reddit by New.

    And I look regularly for other communities I might be interested in.

  • Audalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Wow. I’m subscribed to 13, and only one will be left of 5 of those once I figure out which is the best replacement for the defederated !Literature@beehaw.org.

    ~160 communities would be too much for me. If something isn’t my active interest, I prefer putting it into my locally hosted MediaWiki.

    • TeaHands@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Too many interests most of which are quite small and niche is definitely a major problem in more than one area of my life lol, Lemmy is just the latest 😅

    • TeaHands@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I accidentally added one just after writing this post, but you’re still beating me by two.

      Ding ding ding we have a new winner! 🏆

      • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        People need to make active communities I’m interested in, cause I’m not making them. Only a couple subs I’m missing from reddit though, more just want more activity in the existing ones. And I don’t care to start threads…

  • chalk46@kbin.social
    0·
    1 year ago

    your post inspired me to go looking, so I browsed around 50 pages worth of mags and am now subbed to about 82

  • Gatsby@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    One, it would be two but the second one has been pending for like 24 hours and I don’t know what that means.

    I mostly perfer to browse /all anyway and block what Im not into vs only seeing what I think Id like

    • TeaHands@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Fair enough! For reference though I think the “pending” bug is just a visual thing and you’re actually subscribed anyway. I have a few of those (mostly from .ml) but they show up in the subscribed feed just fine.

      • Gatsby@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Hey you’re right!!

        Thanks for the tip, I am actually subscribed! I thought It was because of my very very limited internet lol

        • TeaHands@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Happy to help! See, all this subscribing I’ve been doing has led to some useful things learned and therefore hasn’t been a total waste of the last 12 days of my life 👀

    • arisoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sub as a noun is fine. Sub can just mean subscription (to a community) or “at a lower level” so lower than an instance, thus community.