I joined during the first Reddit exodus, and it seemed like for ages the amount of Lemmy content was generally increasing (sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, but overall increasing). Now it seems that when I sort by New, I get through everything since my last visit much more quickly than I used to. Is that my imagination, or is the activity declining?

  • AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    As for why it subjectively seems to be declining… maybe you know what you’re gonna see in New, and so you engage less with posts?

    I don’t think so. For ages (maybe two years) I’ll sometimes sit in bed in the morning and browse New until I hit the stuff I saw previously. That used to take me well over an hour - maybe two - but now it takes less than thirty minutes.