I’m delighted by Lemmy. I post all the time and probably am a bit annoying but I’m really having fun.
Comment less, but I’ve enjoyed it much more. There’s so much shit slinging in reddit. Every comment thread eventually devolves into one guy with an out of pocket comment or hot take, or miscommunication even, and then everyone dunking on the guy. So much negativity.
Folks are generally nice here.
The endless trains of people responding that clearly saw the other comments but are commenting as if they didn’t was - and imagine continues to be - maddening over at Reddit.
Spez did manage to understand something real about Reddit: that many people (not all but enough for the sake of his profits, he hoped) want to speak, rather than listen. Never mind about feeling heard or it being worthwhile by adding anything to the conversation, just simply, plainly, shouting your opinions into the void. Like Discord chat except based on topics rather than channels.
Those of us who HATE that about Reddit, and want a greater balance, enjoy it here much more.:-)
It’s a very interesting way of putting it. I’m gonna be chewing on that for a little while. I think you’re definitely hitting at something very important. I’m also loath to admit that I know I have brought some of my nasty Reddit habits here. For instance, sometimes I can get pretty combative in the comments. Not all the time, but sometimes I look back on the way I talk to people and think “jfc I am not actually that nasty of a person,” but something about being online certainly draws it out of me unfortunately, so clearly I’m capable of it.
I get you.
Even toddlers learn to speak first by babbling, and only later to converse and communicate with someone rather than talk at them. Some technological platforms have even evolved to facilitate that - like instead of “^This” and “I also choose this guy’s wife”, what about emoji reactions that do not extend the length that you have to scroll through to find the next substantive comment? Except that - this is the enshittification part - when ads can be placed in-between comments, or even someone hopes that they could be in the future, or more likely they want to purposefully obscure the signal so that “x number of comments appear on this post”, rather than “x number of comments + y number of emoji reactions”, that works against their profit model. (and yeah, there was “awards”, but who even used those, plus they just were not… good, especially for this purpose)
About both that and being combative: fwiw, we all are that way - the good thing is that some of us are honest about it, which gives hope for change.:-) But we all will have bad days when we are cranky and especially when we feel “attacked” we feel the need to strike back, and the feelings at least are not wrong, just how we handle them may not be so productive.
So I get you - I am the same way, though fortunately less and less over time. Leaving Reddit truly has helped me leave a lot of that behind. Over there that is just the “expectation” that people encourage you to do, but the culture is better here.:-)
Appreciate the thoughts, truly. I know this response isn’t as through and thoughtful as yours, but know that I do appreciate it.
I think I was “wordy” - I appreciate your thoughtfulness and conciseness both.:-)
It’s refreshing to not have so many Trumpers. They’re still around but not as prevalent. Overall this is just so much friendlier.
Really? When I first got here I noticed way more nasty and dismissive comments.
That said I feel the % of people with *uninformed but fairly extreme in their views” being higher here, but it’s more varied.
Lot more tankies here, that’s for damn sure. This place feels a lot easier to run a social network campaign against fwiw.
I’ve already moved on. Couldn’t care less about Reddit any more.
Before the APIcalypse, I was already playing with the thought of quitting Reddit. Spez just sped up that process.
I’ve already moved on. Couldn’t care less about Reddit any more.
This.
But not much has changed, functionally, for me: I still get downvoted when I point out where people can improve their English and surpass my nephew when he was in the third grade. And I still get to debate technical things based on what I know, so that’s really no change. Different pile, is all.
Not here to fight you, but this line of thinking might be why people downvote you for being a language/grammar nazi.
i downvote because 99% af the time people already know how to write, they just don’t want to bother fixing that single error or just wanted to make a quick comment, also it is boring
idownvote because 99%afthe time people already know how to write, they just don’t want to bother fixing that single error or just wanted to make a quick comment, also it is boringI* of*
Can I has downvote please?
Correcting someone’s English also almost never adds anything to the conversation at hand, which is the literal purpose of the downvote.
no. it’s a disagree button!
The admins made it really easy to quit when they suspended me after RvW for saying that riot police should quit their jobs en masse
But somehow straight up calling for the end of trans people is totally fine and dandy by them
Same lol. Was basically just waiting for something new to pop up, was already using lemmy for a bit before reddit cut third party apps and made the transition that much easier.
I hate the idea that most people have on lemmy that every interaction has to be a positive experience and full of sunshine and rainbows and butterflies. I like to argue.
But whatever. It’s iight. I stuck around.
I disagree with your comment. Change my mind.
lmao
Debate me, betch. ;)
I comment now.
Same, never did before!
And we enjoy them!
I comment more again. Used to a lot on reddit 5-7 years ago, less and less the recent years. Now back on Lemmy.
I was very active on reddit until around the 3rd meetup year or so. Thats when I noticed a major change in what had been an amalgamation of communities and while I still visited there was no urge to interact.
when you are in a smaller community, read: when you are around a manageable amount of people and even recognize some of them, you are more likely to interact. and your comment wont be buried, and its less likely some random asshole really hates what you said and makes sure you wont bother anymore. oh and less bots and chills whats not to hate.
I want to actively build community and engage with people here; to make this place home. That’s how it changed me. I’m not a lurker or passive. It has made positive improvements to my reading and cooking, along with bending my language more positively. I’ve also further grown in my appreciation of diversity.
I want to actively build community
That was the key for me. To take one of my favorite communities (“bande dessinée,” i.e. Euro comics) and create a version on Lemmy eight months ago. It’s taken a load of work (usually daily), and sometimes I get really discouraged, but overall it locked me in to the FV.
Also, you might have to burn me at the stake for saying this-- I still visit Reddit because of the far more prolific content, and do have worries & reservations about the tankie founders of Lemmy. But so far, so good. The more the FV grows, the more I’ll have no problem leaving Reddit behind.
What do ya follow for improved cooking?
9 month already ?
Well, I was already active on mastodon, and had a pixelfed account (but not active there) for years. So the reddit fiasco was the right time to move.
Moving to lemmy wasn’t such of a big change as I was familiar with the federation, and the fediverse in general, was already considering it for a while.
I contribute far more now. I already have more posts on Lemmy in nine months than I did in all of the 10-ish years I was on Reddit. My rate of commenting is about the same.
I’ve also changed the way I get my news; I went retro and use RSS feeds now. I do fear there’s a risk of over-curation with a minimum of sources leading to narrow viewpoints. Even Reddit’s news bubble was more expansive than what I’ve got coming in. But my feeds and Lemmy’s bubble are what I’ve got for now.
Less niche content from the subs that I couldn’t find an equivalent for here. Also less random bullshit from all the reposted recycled memes that were often somehow just perpetually in my face. It would be nice if there were more people here on Lemmy commenting to link over to relevant related communities (sublemmys??) to a post that they think others would like. Sometimes that’s a good way to find more subs. Don’t really see that happening round these parts. TL;DR Wasting less time on interwebs
Lemmy simply hasn’t been enough content. I still use Lemmy (obviously, I’m here) but I also supplement with other places.
For example, I used to enjoy the sub for one of my favorite sports teams. A lot of posts tended to be articles from the same handful of news outlets. Now instead of reading through Reddit I just have that website up and routinely check for new articles.
I use the Google News app occasionally. It usually sucks.
I also use Instagram a lot more. I only reluctantly downloaded it and created an account because my wife and a few friends wanted to send me things. Then I used it more when my band released an EP as a way to promote that. For pure entertainment rather than informational purposes, I usually go to Lemmy first and exhaust what is good quickly, then go to Instagram after.
I know it sucks. I don’t like having an app from Meta on my phone. I know it can become an unhealthy habit. But I also drink and eat junk food, so there you go.
it’s made me learn to figure out a lot of things on my own instead of making Reddit posts asking for help. I do wish some of the more niche communities I followed were more active on here though. but overall it’s business as usual, same concept different app. except now my friends call the links I share “weird websites” because voyager can’t copy URLs as your host instance.
You may not see the same communities, but I have been surprised to see a lot of similar expert types are present here if you can find the right place to ask.
Like I have asked about Linux kernel code regarding the CPU scheduler and gotten good results here too. I miss stuff like Amateur Telescope Making (ATMing), some Maker niches, and people sharing more electronics projects on the grass roots side. Like I etch circuit boards and like to reverse engineer hardware. I like those peripheral projects that popped up and pushed me to get back into a project or start something new. But, I haven’t been doing those projects myself and wonder if most of the hobby community has kinda moved on as well.
The only reason I have thought about checking out reddit is for the AI community stuff. There are too many negative people here for the kinds of stuff I play with and no depth of engagement when I do post. There are a few great people, and several researchers but not the hobby like constructive dynamic I need. However I have not visited reddit a single time since June 9th.
What do you feel is missing?
well, for niche communities I moreso meant hobby stuff rather than questions haha. for example, russian is my second language but there isn’t really a community here for that. I’m also into anime and like seeing anime collectables, of which the main anime communities are pretty dead (though I try to interact with them) and there really isn’t a community for the latter.
I do wish some of the more niche communities I followed were more active on here though
This. I have a few communities on Reddit that I loved browsing that seem to be a lot more niche and quiet here than what I was used to. Would be nice to have them here as well.
No more reddit on my phone to doomscroll. I do still check it occasionally on desktop, for some niche subreddits, but not really beyond that.
Only negative is that I added Instagram reels to my doomscrolling routine. I feel like reels are more brainrot than reddit was… Should definitely work on getting insta out of my routine!
Other than that no major changes from Lemmy i think.
It’s nice to rarely deal with trolls. I say rarely, as I’ve seen a few users recently argue, just to be assholes.
Ironically, both appear to be very heavy Lemmy posters, and one seems to be downvoting he spoke with, still.
That said, I’ve actually met users I run into semi regularly in others posts, which is a nice change.
I’m a full-time Linux user now.
Hahaha yeah I’m so close to jumping in
do it
I switched to Linux, got a new phone to install GrapheneOS on it, and started self-hosting a few things.
I haven’t had this much fun with technology since I was a kid.
