Yeah my local is just as trash as the all though?

I honestly mostly stick to subscribed.

Once a day I check all with "Top of the day"

For emerging communities I use !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl (which just moved today to !trendingcommunities@endlesstalk.org

I’m just about ready to give up.

Don't force yourself if you don't feel like it. Lemmy still have a lot of rough edges, hopefully it will get better over time, but at the moment it takes some commitment to use it as a Reddit replacement