Yeah people will downvote random shit for no reason.

They often downvote because they don't agree/can't be fucked/don't relate rather than upvoting the content/effort or just moving on. It's kinda dumb, but people are like that.

This girl is on fire!

The general is inspecting his troops.

There you go:

The Smelly Finger Bandit Gang

It is now the year 2043, 5 years after nuclear war wiped out the human race on Earth.

The chupacabra attacks unsuspecting business men.

It's how Leonardo would've wanted it.

"Let us join together in prayer"

If the chickens decide to start a band, what would it be called?

I think many people lost interest once the initial excitement faded. Reddit is so vast that there is never a shortage of content and people to interact with it. Lemmy doesn't have the same vastness, most content creators don't get a lot of engagement so they're not as motivated, users don't have that many things to scroll through so they start checking in less often, etc.

The growing pains Lemmy has been experiencing have certainly left many a bit disillusioned too. People in general don't really want to put in effort towards anything they don't have to, and many things about Lemmy require a bit of effort. But overall I like Lemmy and I'm optimistic about it, I think it will do fine eventually, as long as we stick around.

Anthrax