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by lolinder 1030 days ago
> Yet find myself doomscrolling much less and being more satisfied than Reddit. Still a small community though…

I think these two things are tightly related. When a platform gets too big, the content trends towards the lowest common denominator, which tends to be content that appeals to our primal fears, anger, and hatred. Lemmy is small enough that the community is still drawn together by something healthier.