Seeing the same-ish users about. Like Emperor and Kolanaki.
Feels smaller and more cozy to me.
Same
Thats the biggest issue I DON’T like about Lemmy. I want everyone in the world on the fediverse.
I like a large userbase myself, would prefer it to be larger than it is, but if everyone showed up tomorrow, it’d collapse. We’d see scaling problems that hadn’t been anticipated, anti-spam/anti-abuse systems wouldn’t have had time to adapt, etc.
Takes time with problems gradually appearing and becoming more serious and solutions showing up to deal with them.
Yeah we’ve have 1 Influx and the result was we retained a pretty decent userbase. I think the next influx will be even better for lemmy.
Commenting on a post doesn’t feel like yelling into a void, comments are more than a number here. Also people are always trying to be helpful, which is so nice compared to reddit.
We are Lemmy, we were on Reddit.
Eh, I’d rather say we are on the fediverse. Lemmy is just the app that some of us use to access the fediverse, but there are many others.
We are Lemmy, resistance is futile.
You will be elemmynated
If I can resist Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok (of which I have never had an account, don’t have, and probably won’t have on any of those 3), I can resist Lemmy.
Took me a second to understand, but yeah that’s a great way to put it
Shitters often self segregate. The Donald or FatPeopleHate would get run out of existing instances, start their own, then go to defed hell. Contrast with reddit where they were allowed to fester in the name of “valuable conversation”
A distinct lack of Monetization/ads
Worry not, ads still appear, tho we ban them relatively quickly.
Can you tell us more about that, please?
An example would be posts in science communities advertising a service that writes papers for you.
Another example are posts advertising platforms for the sale of narcotics.
These usually get reported relatively quickly.
Thanks!
Lemmy is also not tracking the sites you visit. Everytime you click on a link on reddit, you’re redirected through out.reddit.com.
Less assholes for the most part.
No bots too
The mods are actual humans, not bots with no life who scroll reddit all day. It’s free, doesn’t track my data and can be used without an app on mobile…
Lemmy allows 3rd party apps and is not run by a company that would disallow them
I know it’s arguably part of why it’s intimidating to your average newcomer but I adore that it’s mostly nerdy techies lol. I’m so used to dropping something vaguely technical and being met with the online equivalent of blank stares so people being willing and able to engage with that sort of thing is super nice!
I don’t think it is only techy nerds, I am a granny and much prefer Lemmy. I no longer feel nervous when posting here at all as people are polite and are actually interested in discussion rather than simply arguing. And the premise that there can never be only one person in control is refreshing.
Also old and non-tech. Prefer it here.
Oh I don’t think it’s all techies, but they definitely make up a good chunk of the userbase. Hard agree on it feeling more chill too, I’d been kinda afraid to comment anything on reddit before I left.
Ive read so many amazing detailed tech posts. It feels like a treat to read some of the threads started here. I think my favorite post was a blog going into detail on what swap was. I and many others had been completely wrong about swap and it was a joy to read how it worked and why it was a default on so many linux systems.
Early Reddit – I was on when it was one page and a large amount of the content was directly posted by spez and company, was mostly talking about stuff that they cared about, like Lisp and Linux and startups – was somewhat similar. More of a university focus and didn’t have the economically-far-left, furry, or LGBT crowds prominent, so not the same, but some decided similarities.
Good point, I didn’t get into reddit that early but it definitely rings familiar
I like that it’s slower moving and the moderation is open. I like that the different instances have different culture.
I like that the content and discussion generated is open and will remain open forever. I don’t have to worry about the content being locked away behind a paywall or bad company direction.
I love that the platform is open to alternative technology and values open source and copy left philosophies.
I’m either much nicer here, or people are far less confrontational. I’ve said it a hundred times, but every time I receive a notification on Lemmy I brace myself for another senseless asshole. But it’s almost always positive on here.
Senseless asshole here. FUCK YOU!
nah jk
Frig off, Berb!
This so much. I feel like the founding values of Lemmy lead to creating a community in which users want this to be a respectful place. There’s nearly no tolerance for hate. It’s awesome.
It truly is night and day. I still see a bit of clashing in the bowels of political posts. Usually a MAGA being downvoted to -48, or various subspecies of liberals having it out, but next to that it’s certainly a lot more tame and respectful.
r/ seems so angry and attacky. I see it some here too, especially recently, but still much less than over there.
Reddit was bad for my mental health. Especially from 2016 onward. If it wasn’t toxic or aggressive people, it was an endless onslaught of all the shitty things happening in the world politically. I don’t even live in the States anymore, and I was still angry every single day. I still see some of it on Lemmy and it’s good to be informed, but Reddit’s algorithm was tailored specifically for my anger. The platform is all ego.
Subreddits could often be narrowly focused to a severe degree.
r/whatisthisthing would routinely remove comment chains that were tangent to the topic of identifying the thing posted. Say someone posted a picture of a Betamax tape and said “What is this thing?” Someone identifies it as a Betamax tape, links to the WIkipedia page, mentions that it was Sony’s competitor to VHS, etc. Que a tangent where someone says “VHS won the format war and became basically the only standard available, so for a long time we didn’t call the format by its name; commercials for movies would say “now available to own on video” and we called the machine a “VCR.” And someone else says 'There was actually an early and unsuccessful format called VCR, it didn’t do well and is pretty rare though.” And all these comments get removed and the commenters get 7 day bans.
I’ve yet to see that brand of “the kind of anal retentive you only get from welding someone’s ass crack shut from spine to scrotal seam” here.
Yeah, that really bugs me when Iook at r/askreddit. The mods only seem to allow seem to allow generic personal questions or questions about sex.
Edit: it looks like three moderation is better now! Although it’s still mostly about sex.
Yeah the old “what’s the sexiest sex you’ve ever sexed” channel.
Less privacy invasion, less corporate, less fash, less incoherent fury, less trolling, less need to doomscroll.
No one asking questions you can simply put into a search enging and get the correct answer
Well… some people still are. Just not nearly as many on Lemmy compared to Reddit
