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    Jumping ship is the easy part. Now we have to keep this up. Let’s make sure this isn’t just something that’ll disappear in a month or two. Make Fediverse more active than before permanently.

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      I’m more of a lurker myself but that was due to Redditor’s attitude towards me aha. I would say my opinion and I would get downvoted to oblivion as well as a bunch of mean replies. And DMs I have never checked lmao. Over here though, it looks a fucklot more friendly and that makes me want to engage more!

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        It’s certainly more about discussion here. I’ve made mistakes already and no one has criticized me (yet). Just someone responding about why my opinion/statement was wrong in their opinion.

        If I did that on reddit I’d probably never check my inbox again lmao. Not saying all reddit subs are like that, but a lot are.

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          I am biased (of course), but you are experiencing the best of the best - the core of what made reddit good. people who take that leap of faith and break free from the reddit shackles (like you) are just plain built different and I am glad you are here.

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            I have to agree about many users from a certain group/type of people affected enough by the reddit fiasco are those that are here rn. I’m biased as well, but I appreciate the compliment. Tbh, I’m just going with the flow. I saw a recommendation from reddit and was curious enough to check lemmy out.

            But many of the users here (most probably you included) are here because they actually give a crap. Some are pretty active. Some are already starting communities and posting. I’d love to see the fediverse grow but I’m afraid it’ll end up like reddit.

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              I’d love to see the fediverse grow but I’m afraid it’ll end up like reddit.

              federation will go a long way to keep things in check. current server not your cup of tea (rules, content, etc)? then switch to another or run your own. create your own exactly named and curated community on a different server and federation propogates or prunes it across the network.

              we are in brand new social teritory here and I am thrilled.

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                I’m lurking and exploring the fediverse now, and I must say, federation does pull me back to the Internet Age of Forums. And it’s nice. Decentralization of the internet is the only way to preserve the Internet. I don’t want Reddit to be yet another Facebook, or Twitter, but here they are. And I can say for certain that centralized social media is one of the reasons. There was once a time when different hobbies has different forums, and we just follow whatever we like on the Internet.

                Federation is the old forum-based internet packaged in a new package for me, and I’m not even mad at it.

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                  Yeah reminds me of Usenet. Whatever happened to Usenet?

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        Reddit and Twitter are incredibly hostile places.

        I have a friend who privated her Twitter account a few years back. She made the mistake of replying to a tweet to state that non-white people can be racist too, and ended up getting doxxed and harassed.

        Also, I remember the time when I kept getting DMs on my Reddit account stating things like “just reminding you that you’re a c***”

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          I’ve not been in a situation this bad before but sometimes I do find it funny to get a random DM without any context say “You’re a cunt”. I would just rofl and go on with life😂 Like what does one achieve woth saying something that doesn’t even land in my brain lmao

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          Crazy, that should be an uncontroversial statement. It’s sad that people on the left have radicalized too and are sometimes going too far, giving the right a larger attack surface. Of course regular algorithm driven social media stimulate radicalization because rage drives up engagement.

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      Well, when the Twitter exodus happened, I too feared that the (4-5x!) increase in traffic would quickly come down. It’s been several months and Mastodon is still just as strong!

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      This is my first time stepping into the fediverse, actually. Time will tell, I am cautiously optimistic. May try Matrix at some point too, don’t know quite yet.

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        Matrix, especially Element is really nice to use. I’ve now been a matrix user for 3 years but only joined lemmy today 😃