Hey everyone, I’m new here and just testing the waters. I’ve been on Reddit for years, but lately it feels like a mix of heavy-handed moderation and echo chambers where any dissenting opinion gets buried.
For those of you who’ve spent real time on Lemmy: • What do you like better here than on Reddit? • What do you miss from Reddit? • Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?
I’m curious how people see it — especially those who made the switch after the API drama.
If you wouldn’t mind helping me out here, am I getting this right? I signed up on Lemmy.world, so while I can still access other instances, people can see that I’m from Lemmy.world and kind of make assumptions about me based on that?
Yes. Although lemmy.world is broadly the “normie” instance, so they won’t make many assumptions.
Ok sweet. Are there any instances you’d recommend to a newbie? Totally open to see whats around. Also, are there any perks to being signed up to one instance versus another?
Yes. Some instances will block (known as defederate) other instances, so you won’t see any users or posts from those instances. Some instances disable downvoting. Many are similar to each other.
Lemmy.world is the everyman instance though, so you will get the broadest look at the fediverse.
Some instances will be topical themed, such as mander.xyz (science), or programming.dev. others have political and aesthetic leanings: lemmy.dbzer0.com (Anarchism, AI and cyberpunk aesthetics).
Oh whoa sick. Reckon I’m about to nerd out on this for a bit. Thanks for the starter points.
There are also regional and national communities too like lemmy.ca, feddit.uk, quokk.au, feddit.org