JohnnyEnzyme

Fellow 'Fediversers,' what keeps you hanging on here despite the "FV" being a work-in-progress, with all its built-in, various bumps & difficulties to experience along the way?

“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski

You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.

So, to sum up– who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby..?

EDIT: For people wondering about what kinds of ‘bumps & difficulties’ I’ve personally experienced, here’s a tiny sampler:

https://piefed.social/post/1431056#comment_8685458

Oct 31 at 10:55pmWeb
Show threadSnokenKeekaGuardOct 31
The people. Gotten to know a lotta lovely people here. Like you! Also the Lemmy community as a whole is nice. It’s also a small cozy place.
Show threadBlazeNov 1
Good to see you here!
Show threadRhynoplazOct 31
I’m not here despite what it is, I’m here because of what it is.
Show threadcramolaNov 1
I can do no better than to second this sentiment.
Show threadHadriscusNov 1
I’d love to third it, but it would start to look like a reddit thread
Show threadsquirrelNov 1
This
Show threadsemNov 2
Love
Show threadHubertManneNov 2
was going to write something but this sums up what I wanted to say better than I could say it. I also quite like it as it is. It can stay like this forever for my tastes. I don’t want it improved to the level that im seeking something else.
Show threadAndyOct 31

It’s good enough to keep me interested.

It’s not good enough to replace Reddit yet, in the sense that I’m still active on Reddit. But there is enough worthwhile content here that I can check in each day and find some stuff that I enjoy. And that’s enough to give me a reason to keep coming back.

Show threadN0t_5ureOct 31
The people here, and the vibe, is nicer. It’s like reddit was 15 years ago. Reddit has just gotten worse over the years as it became more popular, and especially after went public. Many subreddits are plagued with engagement bots that ping you with lame questions to get you to respond. Post a comment even slightly controversial and you get reported and banned, even if it wasn’t malicious. I just got tired of the shit show. I do miss the more robust traffic for niche subjects that reddit has, but not enough for me to go back.
Show threadTollana1234567Nov 2
it has accelerated this year alone, right when trumps started enacting his plans, plus MUSK is interfering with reddit. significant ban waves went after non-propaganda spamming that usually arnt the problem(of and link accounts), then it started banning people in large numbers, plus all thier old accounts were hit, and shadowbans have increased so much.
Show threadEiriOct 31

The app is decent.

That’s honestly 90% of it. If Reddit hadn’t programmed their app and mobile website with their feet, I’d probably still be over there.

Show threadMunkysUnkEnz0Nov 1

Use free app redreader or payed app relay for reddit 2 bucks a month

On PC Reddit enhancement suite is your friend…

The other day I was using incognito and went to Reddit what an eyesore so many promoted threads…my lord

Show threadEiriNov 1
Oh I don’t even mind the algorithm. It’s just so full of bugs.
Show threadgigastasioOct 31

I like this place because it’s a work in progress and because of all its perceived imperfections.

I’m an old GenXer who remembers AOL chat rooms and Usenet. Each featured a small cluster of folks you’d talk with each day and thought of as friends. Reddit offered that kind of connection once, but now it’s become a monolith that believes its own hype. Not to mention the infestation of bots and trolls that no one cares enough to do anything about because engagement is engagement.

I’m new here so I’m still learning my way around but I like this way better. I have more control over what and who I see, the memes are fresher, and the communities feel more human.

Show threadJohnnyEnzymeOct 31
FWIW, I’m GenX myself, BBS’s all the way! :D
Show threadbobalotNov 2

I miss the old forums.

The peak of the internet.

Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 2

They had their day, and I enjoyed them, but one thing I love about the Fediverse experience (patterned after Reddit of course), is that one can sample and subscribe to a super amount of divergent sources, and have it all pulled together in to one stream.

Outside of specialty forums, plus the pleasure of hanging out with online chums for years at a time, I’d argue that this method is in fact more useful and generally superior.

Show threadbobalotNov 4

I miss the hanging out with the same online mates.

It occured to me when I quit Reddit that I hadn’t made a single friend on there in 10 years but made loads on the forums I used to frequent.

Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 4

Haha, same. *sweat emoji*

I find the FV better in that regard though, perhaps because of the smaller userbase. So maybe size plays a role in these things.

Show threadshalafiNov 1
Same age and feelings.
Show threadMagicShelOct 31
That’s been the whole Internet for a good chunk of my life. This feels more comfortable to me than slick corporate sites.
Show threadneidu3Nov 1
Yeah, being terminally online on my 4th decade has taught me that the polish usually comes with caveats, such as a ™️
Show threadsmegOct 31
I don’t accept the premise of the question.
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeOct 31
Excellent, and well done.
Your reward is in the mail.
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 31
Show threadghost9Nov 1
No you didn’t!
Show threadTropicalDingdongNov 1
Show threadSanguineParNov 1
Oh, I’m so sorry, this is Abuse.
Show threadTootSweetOct 31
What’s wrong with the Fediverse exactly?
Show threadclassicNov 1
Yeah. I don't feel like I'm suffering for being on here rather than somewhere else
Show threadshalafiNov 1

I’m on a Windows PC browsing with Firefox. How long you got to talk technical issues? This place is a Bulgarian clusterfuck. If this was a serious social media platform looking at an IPO, it would be in alpha.

Anyway, more right here than wrong for me. Been in tech for 30-years, handled Win 3.1, BASIC in the 80s, I can live with it. But it’s a technical mess.

No government or corporation gives a shit about us, no bots!

Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 3

I don’t recall saying something was “WRONG,” but as with all such things, there will be issues of nuance.

So I’ve added a tiny bit more in the OP.

Show threadburgermeisterOct 31
I enjoy the discourse and the memes here more than anywhere else in the internet
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeOct 31
Wow. oO
Show threadburgermeisterNov 1
Wow?
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 1

I mean… it just felt like high praise, indeed.

Makes me feel like… dang… somehow, we’re on the right track! <3

Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 31

I think for me its about being around fellow travelers. I’ve been on the internet for a while. Started commenting forums, then in political threads via craigslist. Then fark, digg, reddit. Users and commenters made those places, and when one went to shit, we just moved along to the next.

I have to say that I think I truly see the fediverse as a place to build a home. It meets my values where they are, and I don’t have to make compromises.

And I think my fellow travelers would agree, if this place goes to shit, we’ll vote with our feet.

Show threadGodnrocOct 31
The issues get fixed, conversation happens, and there is content worth engaging in without feeling like an endless trap of doomscrolling.
Show thread「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Nov 1

I can share stories of my experience as an immigrant and almost never get a “go back to your country” comment.

Like if you tried that on reddit, jeez, they’ll dig up that one comment you made against the administration in power and send you death threats and try to get the authorities to swat me. Also, they ban proxies, so all they have to do is make a false accusation and trick reddit admins to revealing IP to authorities. I use Tor on Lemmy, and, while its not foulproof, its another barrier to add more effort, and usually law enforcement is lazy and aren’t gonna do much effort for a “lol donnie is so dumb” comment.

Show threadBeesbeesbeesNov 1
Interactions feel genuine. I like talking to people here.
Show thread「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Nov 1

Can confirm. I am a human and I love human things such as… um… breathing air, and um…

Human Music

It is a great day to be a human, fellow human!

Human Music

YouTube
Show threadBeesbeesbeesNov 1
I humbly confess I never watched that show
Show threadspicy pancakeNov 1

one of those things that’s quite funny and high production value but the fandom is largely obnoxious and some of the creators are jerks

it’s also not everyone’s style of humor. give it a shot sometime and see if it resonates though!

Show thread「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Nov 1

At first I also refused to watch since its animated and I thought it was childish, but then I learned that there are like a lot of dirty stuff and supposedly for adults, so, given how popular it became, I just had to watch it.

And its worth it. Yes, its weird af and I always feel so confused and something things just makes zero sense, but some stories are interesting. Never really got bored of any of it (although some aren’t really that great for a re-watch IMO).

Show threadHadriscusNov 1
It can be brilliant, and I find it rare that it’s any less than very good. It plays with scifi tropes (any and all tropes really), is very self-aware… I am sure it stands to be criticized, but I personally love the show. Apart from season 5, of course
Show threadBeesbeesbeesNov 1
I love that with shows anymore there’s always a pariah season, lol. Maybe I’ll catch it on tv one day.
Show threaddurindanaJan 20
Totallynotrobots
Show threadquediuspayuNov 1
Because it is small enough.
Show threadFartsWithAnAccentNov 1
I'm a fan of Mbin, I like using it and enjoy being here.
Show threadLemmyoutofhereNov 1
I’m here because fuck Reddit and the US.
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 1

Just to be clear, what happened?

Why did we evidently lose your trust, if I may ask?

Show threadLemmyoutofhereNov 1
Trump threatened our countries sovereignty.
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 1
Yup.
Show threadHadriscusNov 1
It’s strange to think that this only narrows it down a bit, lol. But yea, certainly fuck that
Show threadBackgrndNoizeNov 2
Lol you are asking as if you don’t know the answer
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 2
Sorry, my telepathy couldn’t overcome your background noise.
Show threadBackgrndNoizeNov 2
Buddy you gotta be living in a cave or delusional or in denial if you don’t know what your countries reputation is and why
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeNov 3

Buddy, that’s an hilarious leap to make right there, in which I’ve talked about this stuff all over the place, already. Oh! But maybe you do require an apology? Right so, mate:

SO SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT THE ORANGEY-SPECIFIC BEE-ESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS CANADA THOUGH, BUDDY!

The relevant point being that that’s already been spewed and sprayed almost everywhere, such that I didn’t automatically remember CA’s specific beef.

I know, I know… I’m clearly a terrible person.

*sheesh!*

Show threadFlashMobOfOneNov 1

Pfft

I love the FV. No ads. No algorithm.

And that it requires a little effort means fewer dumbass jerks around.