Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
True. It would also mean more lurkers though, and lurkers up-voting and down-voting stuff adds to the perceived value of the content and makes the community feel “alive”, for a lack of a better word
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