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RealNooshie Jul 9, 2023

What's your opinion on all the Reddit alternatives?

What's your opinion on all the Reddit alternatives? - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1276669 [https://lemmy.world/post/1276669] > Like a lot of others, I’ve been looking at Reddit alternatives recently which is what landed me here at Lemmy. > > How do you think Lemmy compares to Reddit? But also, for people who have tried other Reddit alternatives than Lemmy, how do they compare? What has been the pros and cons of each community for you?

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Nugget Jul 9, 2023

Lemmy is the closest thing yet for sure.

The main pros: decentralized*, productive conversations, no karma, open source.

The main con is that “decentralized” is a good idea, but it only works in practice. Most people have jumped onto lemmy.world instead of spreading out. Minor cons include a lack of decent video embedding, missing some niche communities, and small bugs.

Overall I’ve rediscovered a lot of the internet that I had simply stopped checking because reddit took over my digital life. I read HackerNews again, the NYT, and a lot more. It’s nice.

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RespectMyAuthoriteh Jul 9, 2023

Most people have jumped onto lemmy.world instead of spreading out.
The main reason I chose lemmy.world is because I wanted to set up a community and my account on an instance that seemed less likely to disappear. I suspect that’s the reason for many others as well, though it might end up being a false hope.

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Guy_Fieris_Hair

For me I started on lemmy.ml because that is where you get kinda herded to when you come initially. I don’t know if it’s still clunky, but when I was on there it was slow. Tried lemmy.world a couple days later and it was smooth as butter. My goal was the smoothest experience after the initial impression I got from lemmy.ml I was worried. But lemmy.world was way better. Been here for a month, lemmy.world went through a few server upgrades and the reddit hug of death on the first, but either they handled it pretty quick or I have become patient with it as I learned how the fediverse works.