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I find that I see memes here about a week before my wife shows them to me (presumably from reddit)

I don't feel out of it, but I also use tiktok, ig reels (suprisingly amazing algorithim, least controversial, my 3d edm visual profile (amateur af) only sees 3d and edm reels for the most part, doesn't really favor low follower counts but its great for popular stuff.

I miss old twitter, wondering if any mastodon or pleroma instance is like that. Sharkey seems more tumblr ppls vibe. It was always current and fun to talk in.

Reddits out of it forsure, ppl can identify a redditor and its never a compliment lol. I always hated when ppl called me on, but they were spot on. Lemmy's not too bad, ppl just dont seem to care about pop culture here, might be due to lack of communities or posters, gotta be the change you want to see in growing communities like this.

I need to start posting more stuff on the edm ones, I feel out of the loop there and want them to be as active as reddit was.

Pop culture is mindless drivel to keep the masses complacent.

Create the posts you want to see.

Be the change. Start discussing those things, and others will eventually discuss it with you.

[email protected] has a bunch of active users, including me.

Yes, lemmy is so small sadly.

No, because Lemmy isn't social media. It's a link aggregator.

Social media requires you to know who the other people are, or at least that the identity and personality of the other people posting matters to what you consume. Apart from one or two attention-seeking exceptions, I almost never notice who posted something.

In fact, Lemmy being a Reddit clone, you may remember Reddit stirring controversy for years as they did try to become social media - adding avatars, followers functions, chat groups, etc.; none of which really suit the platform or its audience. Perhaps as the audience has changed they've gotten what they wanted.

If "social media" is just the ability to comment anonymously on Internet content and argue with strangers, then the guest book on my Geocities soccer page was social media.

The big events of my Sunday were [email protected] and Monsterdon. I consider this an absolute win. My cousin was telling me something about some halftime show but I was like huh?

Mixed feelings about Eurovision entries. I like seeing them without expectations. I had no warning that Kaarija's Cha Cha Cha or Go_A's SHUM were gonna be as epic as they are. I'll probably be on Mastodon when Eurovision's live.

Anyway, nothing's keeping you from the mainstream social media if that's where you'll find what you need. You're always welcome here!

I don't. We have most of the news everyone else has, if not the same. So i feel up to date on world events on the days i don't bother reading actual news.(Although id prefer less USA news everywhere)

For entertainment there are comms, especially on .ee that cater to movies and tv well enough. Though some stuff slips by, but that's ok.

For more specific things it helps to search for whatever subject you're interested in. Barring Superbowl, which is actually Superb Owl, I'm sure there's people here talking about the game and the show. Sports is definitely covered on lemmy.

If there isn't that you can find, then make it happen. People interested will reapond if you post it.

I support Palestine and trans people

This feels like some kind of religious catechism, uttered to allay the suspicions of those who might question your standing as a member of a virtuous tribe.

Personally, I support Palestine and Israel, trans people and feminists. The world is complicated, history even more so, and individual moral situations must be judged on their merits.

I like to think that one difference between mainstream social media and this place is that here people might choose to think a bit more.

You want to be on a bigger instance, like Lemmy.World. Always room to grow, but closer to what you're wanting these days