Amen! It's a little slow but I'm perfectly fine with that! Everyone here is vibing for sure!
Let's be nice too :)
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I think it’s early tech adopters are just excited about something nice and will play nice to try to hero it grow. I remember the early internet being a really nice place.
It’ll get ruined soon enough.
That's just the Fediverse. It's magical mostly because everyone in it is just committed to being so awesome. <3
The reason is federation. People actually happen to be pretty good at holding each other accountable and self-regulating when there isn't a central authority deciding what is and isn't acceptable. Bad actors naturally gravitate toward the instances that welcome them, and then the rest of us defederate from those instances to maintain the peace. Those bad instances then stagnate or fizzle out from the inactivity.
On centralized social media, what stays and goes isn't dictated by the community but a handful of people at the top, and troublemakers are often given a bigger platform than they would have had otherwise.
Mastadon is a lot bigger and older than Lemmy is, and yet it still has the same vibe as this place.
Lemmy is janky, but that's probably a good thing. Keeps the entitled asses away. I've only seen one asshole on this entire site in the last month.
For me is the (for now) lack of repost. Those fuckers plagued my home page for years.
It really is nice here. I love the break from the constant shitposting that is on reddit.
I agree. Haven’t seen any trolls at all.
I remember when people made the effort to be nice on Reddit as well. Opinions were valued and courtesy was extended with a benefit of the doubt, before it turned into a "not up for discussion" shithole. It was like watching someone get wealthy with their fuck you money, and then the community went to shit as mods got tired of trolls, opinions were no longer valued, and the echo chamber effect became amplified.
Oh, this is actually what I clicked and not a baseball post
Realistically, this is one of the reasons Lemmy is so good right now. The masses generally don't put up with alpha software. Honestly, I like it this way. Improvements are good, but there's something about seeing something grow and develop
I know fuck all about coding and software but THIS IS THE ONE. It feels really neat being nestled in the foundation of something that's somehow already cozy. Only visiting that other site to mark which sub FORUMS might migrate over here
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.