I've felt more compelled to contribute to the "Fediverse" than I ever did on Reddit.

Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have a lot more fun engaging in discussions on here as opposed to reddit.

On reddit i always felt like i was shouting into the void and there was nobody listening, which resulted in me becoming a lurker for the last 12 years.

Maybe it's the small size of this community, the lack of karma farmers, that I've finally lost my mind or a little bit of all of the above, but this place just feels like something special. I'm really looking forward to building the fediverse with all of you!

lixus98,
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Same, when I posted on reddit I felt rejected, even if what I said was something unimportant, there was always someone who made you feel like you were wrong for just participating, this is much better.

hydra,
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Sadly I've observed throughout the late 2010s how Reddit society gradually became about parroting the right opinion and walking on eggshells all the time.

clobble_wobble,

Yeah Reddit had this fascination with being "right" all the timing and "owning" stupid people...

squirrel,
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*time

Sorry, I had to do it :)

CynAq,
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I was never a lurker on reddit. I liked commenting, but the community feeling is much more substantial on kbin (and fediverse in general).

I find the engagement here more real than I ever did on reddit for twelve years.

TurboRotary,

Exactly. On Reddit, most of the time there was not point commenting, because of the sheer size of the audience. Here, I can actually contribute!

Oofnik,

Absolutely, but I think we will have to be vigilant to keep that culture here as the place continues to grow.

CynAq,
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I hope we can do that while keeping gatekeeping to a minimum.

Oofnik,

100% agreed!

lividhen,
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First thing I noticed when moving to kbin is that I see what I want to see, and have only talked to people who felt like humans so far.

epicspongee,

This is what's so hard to convey about the Fediverse lol. Mastodon is obviously not everybody's cup of tea, but when I made my account it was kinda shocking to me how I communicated with actual people. No ads in the feed. Took time to find good content but it was there.

iByteABit,
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Still haven't found much good content on Mastodon, but I'm really liking the platform and app

mizu6079,

SAME. This is why I'm not going back to Reddit even if they decide to undo the API stuff.

Badabinski,

Same here! I upvote/boost a lot more than I did on Reddit, and my threshold for commenting is much lower than it used to be. Part of it is that I want this place to succeed, so I want to help it be more active. I absolutely agree that this community is smaller, friendlier, and less cynical than what we had on Reddit. That's the other part, it's really lowered my threshold of engagement.

z3n0x,

Couldn't agree more. Exactly the same for me.

djmarcone,

Reddit has a high percentage of bots and shills so this is still real people thus more welcoming.

Ilandar,

Casuals/normies ruin everything. Every social media platform deteriorates over time as more people join. At the moment, the majority of people here are actually genuinely interested in civil discussion and debate and the people who just spam low effort comments and karma farm remain on reddit.

KnightOwl,

I was only truly active on Reddit for about a year or so. After that, I mainly became a lurker and very rarely engaged with posts. There was just no point. Both Lemmy and Kbin have been a breath of fresh air. I’m still learning about the Fediverse in general so haven’t contributed or commented all that much…yet. Sure that will change once I get the hang of things!

kenoh,
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Agreed, but I'm taking a long view on this. I've created 2 very niche communities and I'm going to create a thread in each once a day. It's not much, but I can keep this pace up for years, even if no one joins me (some already have).

UnpopularBrainRot,

I'm more of a lurker but I'm more compelled to comment here because of the default sort algorithm in comments, you get a mix of newer and upvoted, so even if I comment on an older post, or one with a lot of comments I don't feel like I'm shouting to the void.

esty,
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the fediverse feels a lot more welcoming to interact with tbh, with reddit you had

>astroturfing

>reposters

>puns and shitposts soaring to the top of comments / subs, real discussion buried

and i dont feel any of that here

Puffymumpkins,

I mean, the meme communities and magazines I'm following are dealing with some chronic reporters, but at least it's human reposters

thesanewriter,

I've been feeling the same way. It's why I've been much more active in comment chains and why I've replied to a lot more posts, though I still have a bit of trouble with actually posting.

thefloatingpoint,

Yeah. Today I found Grimdank and I really want it to thrive on Lemmy. I even posted there and will do so repeatedly in the coming weeks.

Puffymumpkins,

Link pls so I don't have to find if on Jerboa

KuroJ,

Same here. It’s feels a lot more welcoming to post in topics!

amitten,

It does feel a bit better, but I still struggle to contribute. It feels like it's a bit noisy still - maybe I just need to reduce how much content I'm subscribed to.

MrShelbySan,
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Feeling the same. I love commenting and posting, whereas on Reddit I was always nervous and felt like I was shouting into an empty void, like you said.

I hope it lasts, because it's so cozy here so far.

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