uh i get what you mean, but that has mostly to do with the users here, and not technically with the software itself. although the (well-written) lemmy software surely encourages nice users to come here :)
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i was talking about the community and also a bit of the app
came for the beans. stayed for the nonsense.
errrrmmmm thats just silly ME in a nutshell :3 BOIIII ๐๐ซฑ(this was satire if you couldn't tell)
Reddit is proprietary and centralized. Lemmy is free and federated. That's why I love Lemmy.
yeah, thats probably why reddit is basically just twitter now
As soon as they started allowing open racism and longwinded posts, they were doomed to be reddit
i particularly hate the just buy another one crowd. redditors are awful and though there are some here, it's still a nicer place to be.
welcome, enjoy your stay
exactly THIS ๐ฅน๐คค
maybe im just an idiot or have really bad arguments and opinions
I hate how reddit relies on bullying people... all of them, who behave so similarly to one another over there - that is the result of bullying and conditioning until they match that desired social norm.
To be honest, I actually got banned from reddit shortly after I made more of an effort to show kindness to people and communicate in a more casual, natural way for me; less like redditore are known for. It could just be a coincidence but it felt like getting banned for breaking their social-programming.
And yes I've had your experience where they pretend to not know what you're talking about. If you still need something like Google pay, I hear that revolut is good.
I like to think I was banned for similar reasons, but I'm pretty sure it was because I was commenting in a gatcha subreddit that was really circling the drain regarding taste. Folk were putting up questionable images of questionable body types and I was getting annoyed that the game was falling so far. Got banned for calling a spade a spade. Ironically, the sub was banned shortly after.
Thankfully I cant have the same issue here because all the niche interest communities are dead, lmao!
MOST<< redditors thinks that what they do is perfect and works for everyone no matter what, kinda sad actually ๐ญ๐ญ
welcome!
you might want to subscribe to !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca if you haven't already
checked it out and its pretty nice thanks ๐คคโ๏ธ
Welcome!
thanks teddy bear pookie pie
Personally, I was surprised that you get as much help -- and frequently even more -- in channels that are like 1% of the corresponding reddit ones.
I think the reason is that total numbers mean little, and your ratio of reading-to-responding matters the most. If you're surrounded by people who like to help each other, then they can easily process and actually read all new posts, and reply to newbies. If you're surrounded by people who just like to skim through and not dive in to the actual question/post, you get brainless upvotes/downvotes and of course frustration.
For me, lemmy is not flawless, but it's pretty good.
UPDATE: be careful to not over-read simply "Local" news, but stay on the topics that interest you though. Otherwise, you may get overwhelmed by bots or propaganda, which also exists here. E.g. you read your stuff and then suddenly encounter "Russia Today" and such? Block both the author and the channel immediately. I'd recommend that at least - your choice ofc.
i dont really read news unless its in my niche
also true, reddit feels more like ragebaiting social media rather than a place for forums and such
but lemmy feels like it was made by people, for people
theres still bait here and there but its rare
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