As an incoming Redditor who’s thrilled to see Fediverse alternatives getting some content and traction : memes

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 15 points 3 years ago

I lurked because everything I had to say had already been said, or so it seemed.

Seems like, with less users, that's less likely to happen. Been nice.

[-] local_taxi_fix@lemmy.one 3 points 3 years ago

This has been my experience with reddit since it's so big. It's been nice to feel like comments I leave here will actually be seen.

[-] mrarcher_@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago

I'm still going to lurk

[-] alehc@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago

Same

[-] psysok@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago

I have been trying to comment instead of just lurking. Its against my natural tendencies, but I want to see this place live, so I thought I would be the change I want to see in the world.

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[-] sina@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Honestly Lemmy is much better than I thought it would be. My main problem is the lack of some niche communities that are on Reddit. For example as a GW2 player I get all my news about game updates & store discounts etc from the GW2 subreddit, but I don't see Lemmy taking that over anytime soon, if ever. Maybe I'll need to use a Reddit scraper for that, if I want to completely abandon the platform.

What I dislike about Reddit is the system of incentivizing karma farming. This leads to unhealthy posting behaviors that always bugged me. So far to me it seems Lemmy does not have that, so it's a huge win.

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[-] Voyajer@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago

It's easier not to lurk when the odds of getting a strangely hostile reply over nothing important goes down

[-] ANapSoundsNice@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago

I may have been a little... overzealous when I wrote my beehaw application but I echo this point when I submitted

My last comment on reddit was 6 years ago. I was afraid of what it and the internet at large was becoming. Afraid to be a human online because the trolls and the dox and the swats. The mission statements in the side bar, the long and insightful posts that hope to bridge new people to the culture of beehaw that speak of being nice and compassionate, of working together to build a community of varied interests and peoples let me dare to dream that there exists a place where I can be a human on the internet again.

It's going to take a lot of deconditioning to not be a lurker!

[-] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

That's quite philosophical really. Beautiful text.

[-] phox@syrma.cc 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Agreed. I always felt like I had to add five different disclaimers to my comments to avoid bad faith arguments and angry responses. Wasn’t a fun experience at all and often lead to me just deleting comments.

[-] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

It was so bad on reddit that i was surprised if i got a friendly/helpful reply

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago

I DISAGREE!

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[-] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago

Speak for yourself.

…oh, wait. Shit.

[-] darkfoe@lemmy.serverfail.party 4 points 3 years ago

Feels like 2000's message boards as I've said on a few posts now. It's nice - I do feel like my contributions matter more so I actually hit "post"

[-] Tango@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

I rarely post anything outside of the Fediverse because I can just FEEL whatever it is being leeched upon by advertisers and such lol

[-] MrsEaves@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

Yes! I’ve really been missing message boards lately. I didn’t think I’d get to feel that joy again, and here we are! Just gotta keep the momentum going.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago

Yeah as a lurker on Reddit (I use libreddit) I really wanna see some change for the better, Fediverses' seem to be the future, we just need to get the general masses aware of its presence :)

[-] CheshireSnake@lemmy.one 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

My concern is lemmy in general is too complicated a concept for the average user just wanting to browse. I've already encountered 2 users on reddit recently who might have stopped because of this complexity. One said he/she felt like lemmy makes its users answer queries before being able to join a sub, and one just couldn't get why there has to be different instances and was turned off because he/she couldn't quite understand how it all works.

I'm not sure I understand everything completely myself, but I'm willing to try. I don't think a lot of people do, tbh.

Edit: I'm aware why lenny is like this (generally) and I am definitely not criticizing it. Just mentioning some points as to why it may be hard for other people to follow us here.

[-] ritchie@lemmy.one 4 points 3 years ago

I agree, this concept of decentralization is not really widespread. I consider myself informed in topics of open source and privacy, but I also needed to get used to how e.g. searching for communities work. It is definitely not as convenient as reddit, where you have a search bar and can seek out any community, here you need to browse several nodes to find the communities you are looking for. It would be nice if Lemmy caught the interest of many and things like this could be worked out.

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[-] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 years ago

I'm commenting to boost engagement!

[-] cstaaben@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

"I'm doing my part!"

[-] Skotic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

"Service guarantees citizenship!"

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago

I would like to know more!

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[-] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

bro same!

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago

Is this a TechnologyConnections reference? haha

[-] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 years ago

lol, yes

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I'm doing my part!

[-] XLRV@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Same, I will not lurk this time, and hopefully later too. 🙌

[+] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

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[-] DarraignTheSane@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago

For me I think it has to do with the fact that by the time I got to a thread on reddit, everything that could possibly be said about the topic usually had been said already. How many times would you visit a thread only to find that exactly what you were going to say is already the top comment?

[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

or the top 30 comments were stupid circle jerk jokes

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[-] googlycoffeemea@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah I prefer this style of interaction far more than the Mastodon style. I just never could get into the twitter style of social media.

[-] naoseiquemsou@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago

I don't understand why people want to follow people. I want to follow topics of interest. It makes all the difference.

[-] Packopus@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Same. I like a forum-like style. I still think Twitter is a "shout to the void" and same to Mastodon. I like the... slower? Yeah slower, more thought out, and more interactive of this style. Like everything kinda has a purpose to exist.

[-] Hagarashi8@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah, i think reddit model is perfect balance between recommended content and what you are subscribed to. Glad things like this now in fediverse too.

[-] ritchie@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago

And it was accompanied with their character limit. It is not enough to elaborate on anything, its only use is to shout out anything that you got mad about without thinking.

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[-] Sewot@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago

It ain't much, but it's honest work!

[-] em2@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

Cheers to new beginnings. Hi everyone!

[-] codebam@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

no lurking? okay hi

[-] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago

hail from another lurker

[-] torbjoern@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago

No lurking? Okay, hi everybody. 👋😄

[-] Rakust@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

yep, by the end i hadn't posted on reddit for several months. i just saw no reason to give my own effort to reddit to make money off of.

[-] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 years ago

For real, I feel more confident commenting and posting on here than I ever did on reddit

[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 3 years ago

I'm excited to see the concept of federation gaining traction. I can't describe how disappointed I was when Jabber/XMPP failed, IRC faded from relevance, and Facebook/Twitter became the way to talk to people. Now, seeing everyone here and on Mastodon, I'm finally feeling a bit hopeful again.

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