It’s definitely not old reddit. But absolutely hate the new reddit crowd. So much low effort bullshit that’s making this place feel like /r/funny.
I do agree not enough of the niche stuff I’m into has built up though. Personally enjoy local/regional and hobby stuff. So far, regional communities are big enough to have much discussion or content, and the hobby stuff I’m into hasn’t really moved over much other than the various tech stuff which is something, at least.
The issue is it takes a lot of users to hit a point where enough niche communities can exist. Until then it’s just gonna be this lame tryhard shit with people trying to force lemmy memes about beans or some dude who can’t poop.
Absolutely the biggest issue for Lemmy (and any other federated threadlike site). This whole reddit “implosion” business (though it really is doing just fine still) has done wonders for user growth, but it’s gonna take at least another few hundred thousand+ people on here before there’s enough random distribution to make smaller niche hobby communities viable.