To be frank the overwhelming amount of trump news is starting to make me feel drained
I should post some art on the furry communities to cheer up the place

MY BAD, I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER (:

... I need to post more lol

I’ve noticed I spend less time on Lemmy than I did on Reddit. Some of that may have to do with content, but I think it’s mostly Lemmy isn’t manipulating what I’m looking at to keep the dopamine hits coming. It definitely feels like withdrawal at times.

I am learning to appreciate the joy of opening Lemmy after I checked it a few hours ago and not seeing anything new and having the freedom to close the app again.

i think the users might actually be slightly increasing but the doomerism is dominating

Not sure about Lemmy, but I have noticed an influx in loops.video content recently, especially in my native language. That's probably because Loops is starting to be usable now. There's some YouTubers I already followed and even some local progressive politicians. This year a project named "digital day of independence" started, that educates people every month about how to switch from big tech, which probably also has something to do with it.

It happens from time to time. Post and comment more.

I honestly don't mind. Before this was the replacement go to site after the API fiasco elsewhere. Now I feel like coming on here only makes me sad and depressed; so I stopped coming on here even though I was mostly a lurker. I stopped getting any enjoyment from browsing the internet or my old internet hobbies.

People started yelling at each other more than on all the stuff I blocked on reddit, so I only check it every couple weeks now. I check back bc if it ends up 100% negative I'll delete it from my phone, but I still have hope ppl will be kinder

The devs seem happy with Lenny not growing and the numbers seem to indicate that Lemmy isn't growing unless brought on by an external source.

Mbin has "loud" subscribing, which notifies you on any post added to a community (or posted by a user). I don't know if Lemmy has something similar, but that really worked wonders for me in making the fediverse feel more alive.

No, not really

Ohh I actually thought I was the only one, it’s too quiet I kind of like quiet but maybe with time would fun like Reddit

Not me, but it's important to remember that Lemmy doesn't just feed you an algo. You have to actually post things.

Nah, I'm just checking it more often, which is a sign I need to take some preventative corrections towards my mental health now that I think of it

Not quieter, no, but the memes are all gone now. It's just "This is how fucked the world is" now. I miss the funny memes.