I won't be lying I've seen like 5 reposts of some amd threadripper news in my active feed within 10 pages.

It's true and one of the pitfalls of the de-centralized model. As a poster I try to crosspost the same link across servers to multiple communities big and small, as a way for people to "discover" niche communities.

I'm in full agreement on how there should be more laid back "chat about something" content. You might interested in having a look at https://beehaw.org (not federated with LW or SJW), that has !chat@beehaw.org and that server might be more your speed, I personally like it a lot. Bee sure to read and follow the spirit of the server rules.