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NoKnowledge7965 ,
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For some reason, this place is just giving me late 2000s to early 2010s vibes.

Rannoch ,

That’s one of the things I’ve been most excited about so far - it sorta feels like I’m back on an old ~2005 forum again, it’s weirdly nostalgic and nice!

FarLine99 ,

Welcum😁❤️❤️

rockyrikoko ,

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xyzinferno ,
@xyzinferno@lemmy.world avatar

It's nice people, the culture of Lemmy, and the amount of users

On reddit, if you wanted to chime in on a thread that was popular enough to reach your feed, it was probably too late to make a comment that would stand out, since the people who comment on it early would get the upvotes, reach the top, and drown out your input.

Here at least, the comment sections, number of users, and the way "Hot" is sorted allows people to feel like their input matters, rather than just trying to make short quips to farm the most karma. The lack of a karma system or comment/post awards also helps this, as people aren't as incentivized to just farm upvotes.

And of course, the bulk of Lemmy's platform as of right now is built on people who left Reddit because they cared about their communities, and had strong opinions on how an online forum ought to be fairly run, leaving the more apathetic users behind. Naturally, this means most of Lemmy's users care about their community, and share that common bond.

Trusty_McLegit ,

Absolutely, I’d go to comment on a post, notice there’s 5000 comments, and find someone else posted exactly what I was going to comment. I just gave up. I’ll have to remind myself to actually participate here.

rimlogger ,

Lemmy.world is a bit slow for me RN but given the immense growth on Lemmy, it’s to be expected. I’m still on Reddit but hopefully I get to see more niche content here! I read /r/CredibleDefense and /r/CombatFootage, would be great if they were on Lemmy too.

jugalator ,

Yeah, votes are slow for me now (5 seconds until a vote “registers” in the UI), but somehow loading entire posts with their comment chains is fast.

MindfuckRocketship ,

Same earlier. It’s smooth for me now though. Very responsive. Seems like the server upgrade paid off.

Edit: Posting replies is still buggy and slow but that’s to be expect so early on.

GatoB ,

Maybe is because there are like servers for some actions but I am not sure of how that works

hmancuso ,
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Not for any particular reason, but for a variety of reasons that work together to make it even better. I have listed just a few of them. Feel free to add to the list as you see fit.

  • No king of the hill.
  • No hidden corporate interests.
  • No karma system.
  • Rejection of toxicity. The flow of conversation is civil and has a good vibe.
  • The Federation functions as an engine of accountability.
  • A bunch of people who actively contribute to making this a good place.
  • A vocal community that actually determines what content is important.
  • The initial difficulty to make sense of it all (call it a "barrier to entry" if you will) acts as a natural deterrent to those who are less engaged.
  • Lurkers who sign up quickly feel comfortable posting.
  • The ability to sign up for a particular instance and leave if for some reason you find it's going in a direction you do not agree with. Lemmy's decentralized nature saves the day.
  • The influx of refugees includes experienced people with a lot of knowledge to make this an even better place.
  • The prospect of a quick release of reputable third-party apps. Since these developers bring solid knowledge from previous developments, their new Lemmy apps will immediately translate into a smoother user experience.

I am looking forward to great days ahead.

diabolic_seagull ,

it’s probably just me but I would do away with downvoting as well.

ShittyKopper ,

There are instances that disable downvotes. github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances has a field saying if an instance has them enabled or not.

bxyrk ,

MORE reasons to enjoy the federated aspect. I am ALL for each instance having their own rules and protocol. I’m not a fan of removing the down voting but the fact that it is something that can be chosen by a group feels really good to me.

magicmuggle ,

why would you want that? out of interest?

diabolic_seagull ,

case in point, opinions are downvoted to oblivion for no reason other than disagreement. so much for discourse.

magicmuggle ,

It isn’t for no reason other than that. Granted, that is a reason. However, without a clear ratio of upvotes to downvotes, there’s no differentiating between good vs bad. YouTube removed their dislike button, but you can still see how many views a video has. If a video has 1m views but like 3k likes, you can see a ratio there. On here, there’s no ‘views’ per comment. So a use case would be that, say I posted something objectively false that supported a narrative. If others come along and support the same narrative and upvoted it, that post would look relatively credible. Downvotes allows for democratic running of social media. Which is what Reddit once was, and what lemmy is trying to be.

I know it’s a shit thing to say, but if your posts always get downvoted to oblivion, it’s probably moreso you that’s got a skewed outlook vs everyone else. (Not you as in you but you as in the general person)

Piers ,

Personally I’m against that as it can allow controversial content to look the same as universally supported content.

czarrie ,
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Don’t forget the free ice cream when you signed up this week.

…you guys did get the free ice cream, right? It was on the sign up page and everything?

starclaude ,

do you have any youtube video that can explain fediverse, lemmy, etc so far the explanation video i have found is already old and not that clear for me

hmancuso ,
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Try these:

  1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5axSUJj0bBY
  2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y33T1-IuAqs
  3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8fBSrhHrE8 (How-to guide)

Hope that helps.

sigh ,
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I guess you could say the particular reason Lemmy is so good right now is the friends we made along the way

patchw3rk ,
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This thread has the right vibe, I appreciate everyone here. I hope you are all moderators that can maintain your communities as we see in here.

Please come with me at !BestOf too. I want all of you there! We need some wholesome contributors, even if it's just a downvote.

jpants ,

It feels fresh… idk how to describe it

killa44 ,

I think you just did.

violetgreendev ,

I know what you mean, it feels like we’re all on an adventure together to discover what the new front page of the internet will be!

SecretSauces ,
@SecretSauces@lemmy.world avatar

I just got Children of Ruin vibes from your comment.

“We’re going on an adventure”

SecretSauces ,
@SecretSauces@lemmy.world avatar

I just got Children of Ruin vibes from your comment.

“We’re going on an adventure”

biofaust ,

In Italy we call it “mountain path behavior”: just like in our mountain paths, as long as it is few people you meet you behave cordially and in a friendly manner, but it changes when the number of people goes up.

Campo ,

This is a great term. Thank you for sharing. My first upvoted comment on Lemmy.

KingScoob ,
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Definitely a better vibe than reddit, and I really hope it stays this way! The community seems to be a lot more willing to have discussions, and comments don’t just devolve into the same lame jokes that get repeated over and over.

BrambinagStoneboots ,

and comments don’t just devolve into the same lame jokes that get repeated over and over.

Let’s hope (and put the work in) it stays this way. :)

intensely_human ,

I was on reddit about 12 years. Had zero problems. Last year and a half or so started getting banned from communities. It accelerated. Got banned from communities I’d never heard of or visited.

One day I got the old heave-ho from reddit itself, and that was that.

wildeaboutoskar ,
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It’s that new colony optimism

Papito ,

LoL this is true

Cornpop ,

Amen! It’s a little slow but I’m perfectly fine with that! Everyone here is vibing for sure!

GatoB ,

Yeah, nice vibes

Anonymau5 ,

I am really enjoying my time here

BetaRebooter ,

Newbie here after RIF went to Valhalla, I really hope this place grows and develops and people stay. I am enjoying it so far it reminds me of ol' forum days and Reddit of old, maybe I'm just being nostalgic but I just want this to work well and hope it's not just a short lived influx!

ghariksforge ,

Platforms are fun in the beginning because everybody has a voice. This nurtures a lot of creativity and energy. However, as ad revenue starts to flow, advertisers demand that the platform banish fringe opinions and undesirable voices (the magic keyword is brand safety). As a result moderation ramps up, and kills the creativity and energy that made it fun and interesting.

This is why Lemmy works (for now).

Mr_Buscemi ,

So we got 10 years for the cycle to repeat if lucky?

I'm fine with that lol

Sneckster ,
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Might even have an elder Scrolls by then

bxyrk ,

Shut up! (Respectfully)… Don’t give me hope 🤣

LemmyLeaveReddit ,

It could be different since it’s decentralized

Powerpoint ,

Banning fascists is always a good thing however and fringe elements that promote fascists. You cannot tolerate the intolerable.

PixelPlumber ,

I think it’s partly a selection effect of who bothered to come here. On the positive end, scrolling All is more likely to show things relevant to me I wouldn’t have found.

On the negative end there are few comments to interact wjth

vudu ,

On this platform I'm much more likely to actually type out a comment, even when there are a just a couple (or none!). I feel like people will actually read it.

chanunnaki ,

I read this!

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