Lemmy has a lot of issues and the only reason I persevere, is because I’m a glutton for punishment and simply hate Spez even more.
Lol well said and I totally agree. But I would be lying if I didn’t mention that at least some of my reason for being here is to have a chance at being a part of something that has a positive impact on the world. Wanting to spite reddit is definitely a part of it, but there is also a large part of my motivation that comes from my fantasies about what Lemmy could one day become, which don’t really have anything to do with reddit.
And finally, smaller reddit subs have far saner voting. Here on Lemmy there’s a lot more “I don’t understand this, so I’m downvoting because replying would require using my brain”.
Hadn’t really picked up on this consciously but now that you mention it, it’s absolutely true in my experience.
We are definitely still struggling with a relatively sizeable portion of toxic, disagreeable users that came here during the reddit exodus. But we have a critical mass of decent people that are currently battling through that obstacle, and as soon as we get another wave of growth, that problem should become much less prevalent, simply due to dilution.
Wanting to spite reddit is definitely a part of it, but there is also a large part of my motivation that comes from my fantasies about what Lemmy could one day become, which don’t really have anything to do with reddit.
I’m a voluntarist and put up with constantly getting shit on because I think federated networks are the proper way to organize communities in real life as well.
It’s way less bullshit than reddit was, and I’d rather be shit on by principled leftists anyway.
Haha you’re preaching to the choir, the idea of federation has taken over my thinking a little bit. It’s like those people who want to put everything on the blockchain, except I want to federate every hierarchical structure that exists 😅
I never even moderated anything before Lemmy, but it really hasn’t been that bad. It helps so much to have other good users/mods to lean on, and to have faith that the platform is steadily getting better with time.
It’s way less bullshit than reddit was, and I’d rather be shit on by principled leftists anyway.
I won’t lie, I did get a bit down after the hexbear federation saga, but I feel like I’m starting to get my mojo back. When I see other users and developers building things like fediseer, it renews my motivation and refreshes my attitude. Infectious positivity, what a concept!
All browsing is what really sucks for some niche communities. Until we have the ability to exclude our communities from all, these niche communities don’t have a chance to survive.
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Lol well said and I totally agree. But I would be lying if I didn’t mention that at least some of my reason for being here is to have a chance at being a part of something that has a positive impact on the world. Wanting to spite reddit is definitely a part of it, but there is also a large part of my motivation that comes from my fantasies about what Lemmy could one day become, which don’t really have anything to do with reddit.
Hadn’t really picked up on this consciously but now that you mention it, it’s absolutely true in my experience.
We are definitely still struggling with a relatively sizeable portion of toxic, disagreeable users that came here during the reddit exodus. But we have a critical mass of decent people that are currently battling through that obstacle, and as soon as we get another wave of growth, that problem should become much less prevalent, simply due to dilution.
I’m a voluntarist and put up with constantly getting shit on because I think federated networks are the proper way to organize communities in real life as well.
It’s way less bullshit than reddit was, and I’d rather be shit on by principled leftists anyway.
Haha you’re preaching to the choir, the idea of federation has taken over my thinking a little bit. It’s like those people who want to put everything on the blockchain, except I want to federate every hierarchical structure that exists 😅
I never even moderated anything before Lemmy, but it really hasn’t been that bad. It helps so much to have other good users/mods to lean on, and to have faith that the platform is steadily getting better with time.
I won’t lie, I did get a bit down after the hexbear federation saga, but I feel like I’m starting to get my mojo back. When I see other users and developers building things like fediseer, it renews my motivation and refreshes my attitude. Infectious positivity, what a concept!
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When in fact upvoting should be the default for everything you see unless you don’t think it belongs at all
All browsing is what really sucks for some niche communities. Until we have the ability to exclude our communities from all, these niche communities don’t have a chance to survive.
The devs said that they’re working on a new sorting method that pushes small communities up in the feed. I’m excited to see how it will work.
That’ll be great for most communities. That’s the exact opposite of what I want for a few specific ones though
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I am already subscribed!
Throwing it in my All feed at least so other people in my instance will see it eventually next posts =)
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