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Yeah, I've heard several people complain about the meme communities. There are a few that post lots of stuff and overshadow the real stuff. If you don't happen to find out how to do it, I can understand why you'd be annoyed and not join Lemmy.
But I was talking more about low quality content like writing a cheap joke that is very obvious. Or being the 10th person to just agree in slightly different words instead of upvoting the first comment. Or having meaningless arguments. I kinda do all of that. But it's more a social media thing and wasted time, than something advancing society or my own life.
And some other people just write 5 comments a month in topics they really know something about, and use their spare time to read the remaining Terry Pratchett novels instead.
I do it too... It may be low quality but its kind of like meeting friends - not everything someone says is going to be very interesting but at least it's socializing...
That's true. And there are a few positive aspects. I like talking to different people across the globe. I wouldn't know about the struggles of everyday American life or the UK healthcare fuckups if I wasn't here. And sometimes you get into an argument and get to learn stuff. It's just still a form of social media. I think you still got to pay attention not to overdo stuff and participate in the conversations that are good for you. It is still easy to waste your time. Albeit not as easy as doomscrolling on Reddit or YouTube.