I like that its smaller, it feels like the Internet used to back in the day. You get to know posters better which is nice
I never really did spend much time on reddit, so Lemmy was never a replacement for me.
Even now Lemmy feels much different than it was a few years ago. It is wild seeing posts with only a few comments and hundreds of up/downvotes.
A lot less mod power trips, willful misinterpretations, rage-baiting, and neurotic narcissists on the verge of episodic breakdowns.
I do wish Lemmy felt more than just an online repository, though. I don’t know how to get to know anyone since there haven’t been many things relevant to me.
Funny rat image.
It’s not reddit. And it’s not for profit. And the people here are great!
I genuinely feel different writing here. On Reddit I constantly analyzed the 18 different ways some random person would take my comment badly. Now I just write stuff and people don’t instantly assume I’m an evil moron.
No Spez, and not getting permabanned for criticizing Corporate interests, or Musk, specifically.
I like the fact I’m not giving some megacorp ownership of my 0 thought comments
Don’t worry, they’re here scraping everything being said to train AI
Yeah, model the AI you’re going to sell to the military off my comments.
Ability to selfhost.
No intrusive ads or trackers. Less AI slop and more genuine human interaction. The ability to easily block communities, users, and instances is nice too.
And it’s safe to say Luigi here
All this plus no profile karma. Meaning instead of chasing numbers to inflate our accounts and increase our perceived worth (whether consciously or subconsciously), people just are.
Or as you put it: more genuine human interaction.
To me it’s more like the numbers mean something different. While they still mean mostly nothing, the numbers that display on your profile tell what kind of user you are and how much seniority you have here. Been here close to two years? Maybe you came from the API fiasco. Got 1000+ comments and 50+ post? Somewhat active user you probably seen once or twice before. 0 post and below 50 comments but seemingly active? Potential lurker. Still mostly meaningless because it could be alt and who really cares but NGL when I look at the stats of the really active users I’m like damn they really contributed to the Lemmy content mill.
- Self hosting
- Can’t get banned
- Feeling of being a part of something larger but not overwhelming large yet still having some control
- Good range of mobile and web frontends
- No adverts
- No tracking
- Memes, sometimes older memes and not getting ridiculed for them
- Seeing other users from my instance on my travels
Some things I tolerate
- American politics
- Random porn
- Bot spam
Can’t get banned
Well, technically if you’re a chud, you can get widely defederated.
True enough. I hope that my instances behaviour would never warrant such drastic action by other instances.
Your instance is cool!
Fewer conservative dickheads with a persecution fetish than reddit
They’re here, they’re already on the new Digg, but there aren’t as many of them. Yet…
They really hate it when they’re bigots and someone tells them that they’re a bigot
I just block em
Me too
I irritate them for a while, then block them
They’re so hypocritical
They talk about everyone else being triggered, when the reality is that I pity them, and see them as victims of a system they celebrate while it hurts them.
That seems to enrage them even more…
I decided not to block them, but I give them user tags for what type of BS they spread. Like if they’re just negative all the time, what type of propaganda they sling, if they troll.
It lets me know right away not to interact with them again, but it also lets me make sure I didn’t make a mistake if I catch them on a bad day or with a random bad take, but if they are up to no good, I can see what they’re trying to say to other users, and then I can try to bring things back in a more legit direction by providing a counterpoint. Or to enjoy watching others call them out too. I like seeing when everyone can call out their BS right away. Makes me feel we have a wise community.
The fediverse compatibility. I feel like I’m on the cutting edge of the internet atm.
I can sort my subscribed page by top 12 hours and only use Lemmy once or twice a day. Helps with controlling doom scrolling.
Other than that, there’s better human interaction here. I’ve started recognizing names and pfps which is pretty cool too. Some of y’all seem rad.
NO U SEEM RAD
No ads, apparently no bots, no reddit-style comments like “This.”, no corporation involved
this
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SPARTA!
Nooo
I like the lack of downvotes on blahaj. It helped me break the karma-dopamine loop of Reddit, while still giving the satisfaction of socializing on a board.
There are some things I’ve grown to like. I feel better represented by my choice of instance. I could self host my own, but don’t really want to incur that maintenance. I do like that if my instance were to do something I disagree with, I don’t have to leave the community as a whole like I did with Reddit, and should instead find a new home.
I also kind that it’s easier to filter out the personalities that bother me, since they tend to flock to specific instances. I still have to contend with them occasionally, but that’s no different than Reddit, but less often.
Most of my interactions here have been with reasonable people, even when we disagreed. It does feel a little quiet at times, but that’s ok.
