Title basically. I was here at the very start of it all and really enjoyed it. However I felt it lost its uniqueness within a few months of mass migration and started turning a bit like reddit again so I deleted my old account. However Reddit has only gotten much much worse since, and Lemmy has stayed about the same. So here again.

  • JakoJakoJako13@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Lemmy/Piefed is starting to feel like reddit when it was most enjoyable. Actual communities gathering around common interests and real conversations around those topics. Moderation isn’t too far into the curated accepted response only zone that reddit fell into even before the API debacle. Meaning if you have a disagreement or differing opinion with someone you have to hash it out instead of the insta banhammer many subreddits implemented.

    Also I kinda like that there’s a diverse age range of people here. Seems moreso than on reddit but that may be because there’s less of us altogether. So age stuff sticks out more.

  • Damarus@feddit.org
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    6 months ago

    Diversity has increased by a lot. It’s not just circlejerking about Linux anymore. Only positives in my book.

    • _spiffy@piefed.caEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I find a lot of the communities can be pretty negative. Lots of people talking about how bad things are. It would be nice to see more positive outlooks. But maybe that’s just a sign of the times.

      • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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        6 months ago

        if you try to talk about positive things they downvote you into oblivion, and/or comment about how stupid and wrong you are or you’re an ignorant boomer or you’re a rich privileged jerk.

        you’re not allowed to be happy or enjoy anything if they are miserable. miserable people want everyone to be miserable with them.

    • jimmy90@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      true and the lunatic leftist fantasists have been put back in their box, but the population is less than 5% of what it peaked at in the early days

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, I feel like when I first came here every third post was about Linux and every third post was about star trek. A lot of the remaining third was beans. Now only every tenth post is Linux and trek.

            • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
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              6 months ago

              100% agree.

              What really sucks is seeing an interesting thread grow, say like 50 responses and 80% of them are good and legit. Then at some point the bad actors come along and a few hours later it’s 300 posts, with 90% of the new content being the bad actors telling off the original responders they are terrible people for what they said or how they are tacitly fascists for not throwing themselves on the spikes to fight facism.

              and of course, also reporting the interest and nuanced responses as hate speech trying to get them removed.

  • whaleross@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    My main gripe with mainstream Reddit now is the engagement baiting that people are falling for all the time. “What are you thoughts on [Controversial Topic]?” If there is a new exodus from Reddit coming, I really really really wish all the baiting to be left behind and moderators to remove it on the Fediverse.

  • StayDoomed@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It feels more like reddit now, but still is populated by a certain type of person that would seek out Lemmy. Mostly techy, left of center+, over age 30+, etc. I enjoy it.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    6 months ago

    Lemmy seems to have increased in userbase a bit and many communities are less dark with sometimes infrequent but not absent posts and engagement. It’s looking good. Also we all hate Israel now. That wasn’t a thing when Lemmy started.

    • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I started noticing that on one of the comic comms, really opened my eyes. I’d say we’re good at not being transphobic, racist, homophobic, but misogyny is something Lemmy needs to tackle still.

      • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        Would you happen to have screenshots? I am planning on making a “what guidelines can we ask our instance admins to implement to tackle this?” Post with plenty of evidence

  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Population seems to have increased and become more diverse. There’s always communities being created. It’s not recognised as a desirable platform for businesses or influencers yet so upvotes aren’t treated anywhere near as divine, but you still see some users with remnants of Reddit; massive psychological damage if they’re downvoted. I mean, makes sense, people generally use social media to feel validated about their opinions. When it comes to comparing with Reddit, Lemmy has no monetised awards or such, bots are mostly rudimentary and live on a couple communities, and there’s little toxicity, harassment etc. because the user has complete control over blocking anything and instance admins have complete control over banning and defederating. I think being able to close some doors is preferable to being wide open to all, and I don’t think it causes any “echo chambers”.

    Overall, definite improvement over the years.

  • Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    It’s a lot busier and there are more communities, which I’m thankful for. When I first joined I was pretty much always a handful of posts away from being “caught up”.