is there a place for me if im interested in people's stories and experiences but not in depersonalized news and jokes and us politics? i dont want to post from the name of community but from my name, i dont want to subscribe to the whole community but to interesting people/topics
i use mastodon for a long time now but i thought lemmy was a social network too, but now it seems more like news website that organizes news in categories.
That is still a growing aspect of Lemmy. There are a few communities that may be interesting to you, such as !Asklemmy@lemmy.ml or !Asklemmy@lemmy.world, !askmeanything@lemmy.ca, !casualconversation@lemm.ee, and probably some others. You can also find some active fandoms by searching, as well as some lifestyle communities (like !fatherverse@midwest.social)
I usually click the icon on my phone and it opens, but ymmv...
Just kidding. Click search, find a topic that interests you and hit subscribe. Then you should be able to go to your settings and make only your subscriptions show up on your landing/home page
Sarcasm aside, I hop on it every few days to see what new stuff Lemmy is talking about, comment a few things, then move on. Return to reply to replies, rinse and repeat for a few days until I'm in the mood to browse Lemmy again.