kucuvaAug 28, 2023

Lemmy probably feels like Reddit when it first started, all warm cuddly and friendly to newcomers eager to discuss and collaborate around central topics.

https://lemmy.world/post/4025605

Lemmy probably feels like Reddit when it first started, all warm cuddly and friendly to newcomers eager to discuss and collaborate around central topics. - Lemmy.world

I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

Show threadhydrospannerAug 28, 2023

It’s already like that here, friend.

Lemmy might be friendlier on the surface but has a much stronger hivemind-y aspect to it where you agree with it or else.

Show threadRoundSparrow @ SJW

It’s already like that here, friend.

Lemmy didn’t take off until well into May 2023, despite being online and open source for over 4 years. The quantity of posts, communities, comments was very small for 4 years online.

Then everyone flocked out of hate and anger of an API money matter with Reddit.Then crowds got hate-filled and angry when Threads was launched by Meta/Facebook on July 5. And crowds became hate-filled and angry over Elon Musk rename of Twitter to X on July 23.

outside memes and shitposts, there haven’t been people here flocking out of organic goodness. It has largely been a HiveMind of hate that has been the attitude here.

Aug 28, 2023 at 9:20pmWeb
Show threadRentlarAug 29, 2023
Your timeline of events is intriguing to see and makes sense to me, even if I had a different experience. Thanks for that.