Does anyone else feel this way about their Lemmy experience?

Yes. I usually stick to fandom communities where I post some cool fanart and chat about latest books I have read. I avoid all feed at all cost.

I hoped that !hopeposting@lemmy.world would be the same as r/hopeposting@reddit.com but the comments are night and day in there. I still repost stuff but a drive to make OC memes is just not there.

I usually hang out in !anime@ani.social, !lightnovels@ani.social and !hermitcraft@lemmy.world

P.S. Also my polish instance szmer.info doesn’t have as bad ALL feed as the lemmy.world due to people that don’t care about US politics and not subscribing to those communities.

You are in luck! That feature is already worked on. https://github.com/LemmyNet/rfcs/pull/4