Hurculina Drubmanwhat's your favorite thing about Lemmy?
LinkOpensChest.wavI feel like there is more variety in the content here than there was on reddit. There’s less content, but it’s a lot more interesting than the stuff on reddit’s front page.
It’s also easier to find helpful people here than it was on reddit. Reddit was super arrogant and hostile compared to Lemmy.
oh man you don’t even notice the moderators here. it’s so nice, they don’t feel the need to butt into every fucking conversation
trashcanI do wish it was possible to comment in communities you moderate without having it marked a moderator comment. Rarely do I want to make an “official” statement but if I’m a mod Lemmy defaults to making any mundane comment appear that way.
I think that is WIP to “wear a moderator hat”.
Luckily, multiple accounts are widely supported.
Most admins will have multiple accounts, an official-hat account and a casual account.
After some federation drama, i believe marking posts as “official” or not is in the works (as opposed to mod/admin always being official). I dont know if the “official” hat also aliases the user (so there can be a “moderator” account that any mod can assume)
Most admins will have multiple accounts, an official-hat account and a casual account.
That would have been smart, yes.
Glad to hear it’s being worked on though.
Engagement.
Users tend to like or dislike your comments and posts more, and post comments and reply back more often.
Compared to the millions of users on Reddit, I get more interaction on lemmy.
henfredemarsIt’s the small world effect. Federation works better for our tribal human brains. We aren’t designed to be in a room with a million people all talking at once.
At first, the redundancy of having multiple communities on different instances covering the same topics bugged me, but it’s actually a good thing because it means you’re grouped into smaller groups of humans and your voice will get heard. Rather than a few comments dominating the conversation, there are simply more conversations.
At first, the redundancy of having multiple communities on different instances covering the same topics bugged me, but it’s actually a good thing because it means you’re grouped into smaller groups of humans and your voice will get heard. Rather than a few comments dominating the conversation, there are simply more conversations.
I like that take.
Except when i am subscribed to multiple similar communities so i can hear those voices. Then something happens, and i see multiple reposts of the same thing by multiple users over multiple communities.
I dont know what the middleground is.
But maybe reframing towards the “smaller voices get heard” and learning to accept the occasional shouts as an unfortunate downside to a better scenario will help me.
QuarterSwedeAbsolutely, I get replies on almost all of my comments and usually multiple. The engagement is really great.
People are fairly responsive on posts and comments.
LazaroFilmThey’ll also upvote anything. Even a can of beans.
Kierunkowy74Its federation. Even to that point, than I can reply to you when not using Lemmy at all. I am writing this from /kbin.
SorteKaninYea the real question should be “what’s your favourite thing about the Fediverse?”. Lemmy is just what some people use to access the Fediverse. Kinda like asking “what’s your favourite thing about Firefox” when really you mean the Internet.
AdaFederation. I will never use centralised social media again…
SnokenKeekaGuardNicer, kinder and less judgemental people.
I’ve had some controversial opinions here but the conversation is always civilized. It’s like people are aware that not everyone is from one culture and are willing to give people the benefit of thr doubt and not judge the language of the text. Noone is judging tone.
But even more importantly I love seeing the same people around on different communities. Kolanak, cheese greater, call me lenni, picard maneuver, blaze are all names off the top of my mind that I see everywhere. It’s like a small community.
I was scrolling down to see if anyone said this, since it’s been the case for me so far. I have to say lately I’ve seen a raise in unfriendliness (not referring towards me, but in general), but I suppose it’s inevitable.
I’m still really happy with how people interact with me and with each other, and I haven’t felt that on Reddit for a while (am referring to both pre APIcalypse and after, though I now visit Reddit rarely)
Ive seen a little too but reddit and all other social media is just soooo much worse that a few situations weren’t enough to sway my opinion on the matter.
Reddit was honestly not the worst interaction wise for me pre APIcalypse, font have any account on there anymore. Also was never an active user on reddit tbf.
youmaynotknowI have to say that is mostly the case. Yes, there will always be that one individual that gets offended at your different opinion, but that’s just the way of the world.
I don’t feel lost in a crowd of shitposters. I post something on c/poetry, ten people upvote and I’m like hey ten people read this, that’s cool. It feels real where Reddit does not often.
OkokimupI am sometimes one of the ten. Thanks for sharing content.
I’m glad you like! I’ve discovered that if I check out several poetry ebooks on my phone at a time I’ll always stumble across something amazing. Someone asked me last week who my favourite poets are, and it’s really a five way tie.
Afaik upvote count on Reddit isn’t even real anymore. It is still somehow rooted on the real count but their algorithm tampers with the count in undisclosed ways.
That’s right, the votes are fuzzed. I left Reddit after I made a post about a Nazi, and Reddit banned me for harassing Nazis. Reddit is evidently ok with Nazis.
Capitalist platforms are okay with anything until it’s no longer good for business. Fascism, and by extension, Nazism, is generally good for business.
anon6789Exactly this. Everyone has enough space to have their voice heard here. There aren’t too many threads I read where i get bored before I read everyone’s comments.
I post every day since I know people will see it and it won’t immediately get buried. I get to know the names of people that regularly comment on my posts. Just seems more personal.
Exactly. I feel like the smaller crowd and lack of stupid running joke comments makes it very positive.
squirrelIt’s non-profit.
Remy RoseI’ve just had a ton of really friendly and amusing interactions with people here, that’s my favorite thing. Not sure what feature Lemmy has that makes that happen though.
Not sure what feature Lemmy has that makes that happen though.
It’s open and small. It takes a certain type of person for that to be appealing so despite our differences there is some quality we share.
OliviaFeels like the earlier days of interesting reddit.
I have no doubts bots/hostile actors will find some way to fuck things up. Hopefully the devs can finish up tools to keep those problem actors at bay.
I feel instance admins/owners are in tune with the community to deal with the bad actors.
Instead of reddits “line goes up” mentality
Instead of reddits “line goes up” mentality
I think one of the major benefits Lemmy has over Reddit is the intentional lack of user karma. I think, on balance, that entire dynamic was more harmful than helpful in the long run. Allowing voting on posts - but not aggregating votes across all comments and posts - still allows community sentiment to be expressed towards comments and conversations, but at the same time prevents the sort of popularity contest bullshit that became so prevalent on Reddit after its nascent years.
Would it be possible to have consistent karma on Lemmy? With instances being able to defederate from one another I thought that would be impossible unless there was some centralized karma counter.
DeceptichumYes, there already is karma. Lemmy just turned off the ability to see it, you can still view your Lemmy karma via Kbin.
Any other Fediverse app could track it as well.
Ohh, good to know. I prefer it without karma too
muntedcrocodileI get a total vote count for my comments and posts up and down its not made into one big scoreboard but its definatly something i can see.
You would see the karma count according to your own instance. Different instances might then disagree about the exact karma count but your own instance should have the right number.
ScrubblesAgreed. Karma was fun when Reddit began because it was truly useless internet points, but quickly fell off as soon as people got too serious about it. Buying/selling accounts with high karma, rules about only posting when you have a karma threshold, and of course the endgame now of buying stock if you have high enough karma. It’s just easier to throw away the whole concept here.
I never understood that… Why did people want karma points? Was it anything more than having ‘liked’ posts? There’s no real value. It’s like when my BIL used to give all the kids brownie points for getting salsa or reading a book.
Personal insecurity. The same reason why Instagram exists.
If you gamify something people with addiction and addiction-adjacent problems will inevitably interact with it in the gamified way.
Then once karma started getting more “serious” (preventing users from posting/commenting and being used as an “authenticity” check- what led to farmed and sold accounts) led to a further breakdown of the karma system.
The underlying issue is despite being an absolutely useless measure in reality- the site itself ascribed value to them and people with (what we’d probably refer to as bad) economic incentives to act on that behavior then rationally acted.
I don’t need a crappy first party app to use it on my phone.
The clock hands move faster when I use Lemmy.
Dr. WeskerIt’s mildly reminiscent of the social internet I grew up on.
I couldn’t agree more. While the platform is vastly different, the people and the various niche communities are more similar to how I used IRC 25 years ago.
Shady_ShiroeDue to having less content on Lemmy, your questions have a better chance of getting a reply even if the person can’t answer the question, they usually show support in your efforts of finding the answer.
strawberryexactly, on reddit a lot of stuff just got buried
Greater degree of healthy dialogue. People disagree on here, but they’ll more often talk it out and try to come to an understanding of some sort. Generally more curious and/or interested people and less vague shitposting.
that's what I liked about reddit originally, and I feel like its much stronger here. especially since this is such a small community, basically every one of my comments (aside from ones on shitposts and the like) gets at least one solid response
Precisely. I am interested in reading what people have to share, and for the most part I feel that people here are interested and thoughtful when they share! I am not taking it for granted - its good while it lasts - and still have this sense that it is closer to Reddit than the 00s forums that I really miss, but it’s good.
khannieTotally agree. One of the really cool things I’ve seen on here is people acknowledge being wrong instead of being cranky shites about it.
Not only is it OK to be wrong but it’s absolutely brilliant to acknowledge it.
Love the quality of discussion here.
EliseThe bugs?
Che Bananafly on the wall
That it’s not Reddit.
I grew up on the internet of the 90’s and 00’s. Lemmy is a far cry from that, but it’s more like the original internet than reddit or facebook. So here I am. I miss the small, interest driven internet holes you and they’re here more than on any other platform.
It’s not Reddit.
come on down to lemmy town everyone.
at least we're not reddit.