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On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I've started posting multiple times a day.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Posting and commenting on Lemmy feels a lot better, like a breath of fresh air. The last few years on Reddit got progressively more combative as certain types of people found their soap box there. Literally any comment could turn into a toxic political spitting match when the topic had nothing to do with politics. Probably a good mix of trolls and bots in there to incite the toxicity among the actual people who bought it. It’s amazing how many people actively defend Reddit’s ability to milk their user base and I think that says a lot about the community too.

Also always feels easier to get in on the ground floor of a new community before things are settled. Things get clique-y and stale after a long while. I think most people who have played an MMO (or other mostly online game) from launch versus playing an MMO after it’s been established a while can relate to that feeling.

I just hope we see more of the niche communities come over. A number of smaller communities decided to go to Discord only, which is a fine chat platform but that’s not a Reddit or forum replacement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My thoughts exactly. It feels like its early enough the culture is still being molded and can be less annoying than reddit was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed, and hopefully it will evolve into incorporating more of the positives of Reddit instead. Already getting good vibes but that may also be the newly wed feelings talking 😂