It does explain why all the niche communities I visit have gone from quiet to abandoned.

Someone the other day referred to posting in niche communities as shouting into the void currently, which I thought was apt.

I’m seriously impressed with how functional this app is from the start. Like lots of others have said, it felt like coming home given how long I’d used Sync for. Didn’t hesitate to pay for the ad free version once that option was added.

Yeah, this is my experience with Lemmy so far: it has replaced the “all” experience for me, but all my hobby / interests subs are completely dead.