Because the people who left reddit for lemmy are the people who left digg for reddit, mostly. So old Internet people. Hence old memes.
Edit: my phone decided digg should be high. IDK.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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I find it quite funny that you sometimes see posts here that say that they are glad that all the smart people left reddit and the cringe people are now all on reddit.
All followed by the most cringe boomer humor i have ever seen. Like some shit that wouldn't even get upvoted on /r/funny
Donβt subscribe to those communities?
Or post new content. I see lots of posts about people bitching that there isn't enough content they like, but few of them posting any content.
Yeah, I don't see this at all, maybe I subscribe to very different communities.
Because you subscribe to communities that are full of old memes and/or because you browse 'all' instead of your subscribed feed.
As to why the wider Lemmyverse has too much of that sort of stuff, it's because a lot of people are trying to recreate Reddit instead of building something new. Or because they're trying to kickstart the something new by posting plenty of content and, inevitably, much of it is old.
Post stuff you want to see. Engage with stuff you want to see.
Some people who like to post memes also like to post them in multiple communities, and crossposting can be much more obvious here than on reddit
I mean, it's the low hanging fruit content. It gets done engagement, some amount of almost nostalgia, but doesn't require much work to post. It's not the end of the world, it just comes in larger volumes and takes up quite a bit of "all". Honestly blocking some of those communities would probably work well to clean up your all feed if you wanted.
Block those communities
Your subscription list must look very different from mine.
It is all the content that some people have.
Probably because the average lemmings is way older than the average redditor.
It's possible, is there any actual data published on age distribution?
Great question, I don't think so. I just feel like that I rarely see teens here, or maybe even my age group is uncommon too to some degree. (22 here)
If I may suggest, start following federated pages too. Each social media has its niche, and now, with federation that allows direct communications, it's the perfect opportunity to find a social media whose features you like (which you seem to have already gotten), and curate your contents so it's perfect for you without depending solely on your chosen social media's niche.
Unsubscribe from the meme communities. Problem solved.
Or block it so it won't appear under "all".
It's a total pain to have to go into the community, scroll all the way down, and then get an error message when you click the block icon. Or a login screen. It should be possible to block communities from the front page.
Use an app blocking is as easy as 2 taps
Itβs because a lot of people here are people who miss the earlier days of the internet and are trying to recreate that feeling. Iβm not that old but itβs got me feeling nostalgic so I enjoy it
new way of transmitting thoughts, through images or bots
You can block the meme communities, then you won't see those posts in your feed.
I sort of enjoy seeing the ones I had forgotten about.