It reminds me how Imgur is often discussing images that were uploaded for Reddit and OP will never know about all the comments.

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    one thing that I’ve noticed the last week when using Lemmy is that content is slowly coming along but the discussions are somewhat lacking.

    Reddit offers a shitload of topics and content but the real reason we were there was for the comments and the discussions.

    Bots reposting material can be a way to artificially secure the constant flow of topics but we need to throw some gasoline on the discussion bonfire…

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      I’ve been making a conscious effort to reply to posts I find interesting, even if I’m just adding a sentence or two and not the most engaging of content. At least it helps get things started, I think.

      My problem is that I’m experiencing a bug wherein I don’t get notifications when people reply to me unless they @ me, so I can only see if somebody has by going back and looking at my own comments through my profile. I assume that’ll eventually be fixed, but if others are experiencing the same bug, that will be a huge drag on discussion.

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      When 90% of the comments are sarcastic or jokes like Reddit I can’t call that discussion or engaging. It’s noise just like all of the reposts and duplicate content.

      I’ve been on kbin (the fediverse) for over a week and I feel the opposite of your sentiment. The content was lacking but discussion is A+. Content is definitely picking up steam now, but I don’t want the fediverse to be a reddit clone.

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        Reddit has really become overrun with the garbage comments in recent years.

        It’s like all of the sudden everyone decided they were a comedian and reddit threads were the place to test their new material.

        It really has been a huge piece of what’s been killing the appeal for me recently.

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          I really hope the fediverse isn’t going to be completely overrun with “this”, “this is the way”, “fuck around and find out”. FFS, people, try to have an original thought.