It’s mildly reminiscent of the social internet I grew up on.
I couldn’t agree more. While the platform is vastly different, the people and the various niche communities are more similar to how I used IRC 25 years ago.
I love being finished doomscrolling after 15 or 20 minutes not because I hate myself, but because I ran out of fresh content for the day.
Due to having less content on Lemmy, your questions have a better chance of getting a reply even if the person can’t answer the question, they usually show support in your efforts of finding the answer.
exactly, on reddit a lot of stuff just got buried
Greater degree of healthy dialogue. People disagree on here, but they’ll more often talk it out and try to come to an understanding of some sort. Generally more curious and/or interested people and less vague shitposting.
Totally agree. One of the really cool things I’ve seen on here is people acknowledge being wrong instead of being cranky shites about it.
Not only is it OK to be wrong but it’s absolutely brilliant to acknowledge it.
Love the quality of discussion here.
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that’s what I liked about reddit originally, and I feel like its much stronger here. especially since this is such a small community, basically every one of my comments (aside from ones on shitposts and the like) gets at least one solid response
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The bugs?
That it’s not Reddit.
It’s free, no ads, and cool communities.
I think the only thing missing is creepy pastas
I feel like there is more variety in the content here than there was on reddit. There’s less content, but it’s a lot more interesting than the stuff on reddit’s front page.
It’s also easier to find helpful people here than it was on reddit. Reddit was super arrogant and hostile compared to Lemmy.
oh man you don’t even notice the moderators here. it’s so nice, they don’t feel the need to butt into every fucking conversation
I do wish it was possible to comment in communities you moderate without having it marked as a moderator comment. Rarely do I want to make an “official” statement but if I’m a mod Lemmy defaults to making any mundane comment appear that way.
I think that is WIP to “wear a moderator hat”.
Luckily, multiple accounts are widely supported.
Most admins will have multiple accounts, an official-hat account and a casual account.After some federation drama, i believe marking posts as “official” or not is in the works (as opposed to mod/admin always being official). I dont know if the “official” hat also aliases the user (so there can be a “moderator” account that any mod can assume)
Federation. I will never use centralised social media again…
I don’t feel lost in a crowd of shitposters. I post something on c/poetry, ten people upvote and I’m like hey ten people read this, that’s cool. It feels real where Reddit does not often.
Afaik upvote count on Reddit isn’t even real anymore. It is still somehow rooted on the real count but their algorithm tampers with the count in undisclosed ways.
That’s right, the votes are fuzzed. I left Reddit after I made a post about a Nazi, and Reddit banned me for harassing Nazis. Reddit is evidently ok with Nazis.
Capitalist platforms are okay with anything until it’s no longer good for business. Fascism, and by extension, Nazism, is generally good for business.
Exactly this. Everyone has enough space to have their voice heard here. There aren’t too many threads I read where i get bored before I read everyone’s comments.
I post every day since I know people will see it and it won’t immediately get buried. I get to know the names of people that regularly comment on my posts. Just seems more personal.
Exactly. I feel like the smaller crowd and lack of stupid running joke comments makes it very positive.
I am sometimes one of the ten. Thanks for sharing content.
I’m glad you like! I’ve discovered that if I check out several poetry ebooks on my phone at a time I’ll always stumble across something amazing. Someone asked me last week who my favourite poets are, and it’s really a five way tie.
It’s non-profit.
Nicer, kinder and less judgemental people.
I’ve had some controversial opinions here but the conversation is always civilized. It’s like people are aware that not everyone is from one culture and are willing to give people the benefit of thr doubt and not judge the language of the text. Noone is judging tone.
But even more importantly I love seeing the same people around on different communities. Kolanak, cheese greater, call me lenni, picard maneuver, blaze are all names off the top of my mind that I see everywhere. It’s like a small community.
I was scrolling down to see if anyone said this, since it’s been the case for me so far. I have to say lately I’ve seen a raise in unfriendliness (not referring towards me, but in general), but I suppose it’s inevitable.
I’m still really happy with how people interact with me and with each other, and I haven’t felt that on Reddit for a while (am referring to both pre APIcalypse and after, though I now visit Reddit rarely)
Ive seen a little too but reddit and all other social media is just soooo much worse that a few situations weren’t enough to sway my opinion on the matter.
Reddit was honestly not the worst interaction wise for me pre APIcalypse, font have any account on there anymore. Also was never an active user on reddit tbf.
I have to say that is mostly the case. Yes, there will always be that one individual that gets offended at your different opinion, but that’s just the way of the world.
I don’t need a crappy first party app to use it on my phone.
The clock hands move faster when I use Lemmy.
I’ve just had a ton of really friendly and amusing interactions with people here, that’s my favorite thing. Not sure what feature Lemmy has that makes that happen though.
Not sure what feature Lemmy has that makes that happen though.
It’s open and small. It takes a certain type of person for that to be appealing so despite our differences there is some quality we share.
