I agree 100%. One of the reasons Switch got me back into gaming was the ease of picking up and getting into a game, and the minimalist UI is a part of that. Even opening Steam these days gets your eyeballs immediately flooded with ads, call to actions and other irritants, so it’s nice to have at least one system that is only focused on playing games.
Migrated here from RIF (RIP), lemmy.world being suggested on top of the how to join guide definitely played a part in choosing this instance along with all the recommendations from other users.
Definitely feel much more inclined to comment here than on Reddit as of late, all the regurgitated meme shitposts and karma farming bot comments were getting really old. If it takes donating / paying a sub to keep Lemmy human discussion focused, that’s what I will do.
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FWIW Lemmy has fully replaced Reddit as my go-to toilet reading material, and I’m sure there are many other lurkers around here who don’t post much and thus don’t show up in these stats. The more niche communities are still lacking in content, yes, but these things are best left to grow organically over a long period of time to maintain quality. It was the same on Reddit too before the enshittification escalated.