On lemmy everyone acts like reddit is dying and only the worst part is still there. and on reddit they are saying lemmy didn't catch on and reddit's worst part are here so reddit is now better .

I personelly think lemmy users doesn’t just have that reddit feel where if you referenced something most people will get it or when you say something everyone will say the same thing and fill the thread .and people on lemmy seems to think they are absolutely right.

(EDIT :I am not saying i miss these thing or like them even though i kinda do i am just saying things like that were a part of reddit culture like how 4chan have their on culture. Like lemmy is supposed to be a reddit alternative but now there are no niche subs and everyone is too into politics it just doesn’t feel like a reddit alternative .) .

I have been on lemmy for more than 2 months and i mostly lurked or had temp accounts with different usernames (there were only one or two which i have now closed) but this place seems more serious than lighthearted fun but i will still stay here becuase f**k corpos . So these are my views and opinion what do you guys think ?

EDIT: I must include one thing which is on reddit i have never had a real account i just made one or two the entire time i used it which were throwaways that i used to view a post from “subs that are not reviewed” and may not be safe (unless in their app of course -logic.exe missing) or comment . Here i have aldready decided to create a permanent account and start contributing to the communities and i have only been here for 2 months. And i guess i just used reddit to access information and just didn’t felt the need to have an acc or contrubute .END RANT.

EDIT : DO READ THE EDITS.

EDIT : I AM NOT IMPLYING OR EVEN WANT ANYONE TO GO BACK I REALLY DO WANT LEMMY TO BE BETTER . I AM NIT SHOUTING I AM JUST AFRAID SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE WRONG IDEA . AND FOR WHAT ITS WORTH IN MY OPINION REDDIT IS SHIT COMPARED TO LEMMY. SO PLEASE NO ONE GO BACK AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REDDIT FRIENDS INVITE THEM HERE.

cosmicrookie,
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Edit: I edited the edit because people were not reading the edits when I created new edits

Edit : also I miss edits

Edit: BTW I am not saying edits are good or bad.

Hadriscus,

I don’t really have a choice, Reddit became unnavigatable. But still it’s true, we’re all vegan DIY communists here, so careful where you tread… Redditor

ONRYO,

You got me

Wahots,
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Reddit was tolerable because of the app I used. With the apps gone, old.reddit a pain in the ass to use, and new reddit being a garbage mobile site, there’s little reason to go back. Using it’s site is such a chore, it’s no longer worth it, even if it did have great content at one time. The content was getting pretty recycled even into the mid 2010s though.

Tywele,

For the first few months after the API disaster I used Lemmy exclusively but then I came out as trans and went back to Reddit to read and participate in the trans subreddits because on Lemmy they don’t have as many participants, resources and info.

Right now I’m at a point where I don’t need it as much anymore and I’m ready to slowly get back to Lemmy only.

Although I mainly use Bluesky now since many artists switched to it and the feed is so much more controllable compared to Mastodon.

gmtom,

I go back to reddit occasionally for certain things, and I’m always instantly reminded how many more trolls and alt right losers reddit has. So I think it’s safe to say we have the better community, even if reddit isn’t dying.

mvirts,

Don’t care, reddit deaddit.

Gotta hop off the eshittification train somewhere.

ONRYO,

Yeah

nevernevermore,
nevernevermore avatar

Say less

Feathercrown,

everyone will say the same thing

Glad that was left behind

no niche subs

We don’t have enough people yet. It’ll happen if we grow.

more serious and politics

I think the people who had strong enough opinions to leave reddit probably have strong opinions about other things too

Reddit had its time, I’m ready for something different. I can still use it as stackoverflow 2 when I need to google something lol

JimmyBigSausage,

What is a reddit?

Krudler,

I’m really not sure where this argument could come from that somehow all the bad drained out of reddit?

Every time I visit that site, I’m met with 200 reposts.

Yes, we get it, you’re not happy with your earning power as a young person. Yes it is indeed very sad that somebody you once saw in a TV show died. You don’t like the politics of your region, I understand.

I literally do not even understand why people go there anymore, there is nothing novel or meaningful to be gained from visiting that site.

nevernevermore,
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Reddit blocked my favourite app (Apollo) and now block every IP I use (proton VPN) so I don’t use it because they’ve made it too hard to use; not because I hate them.

Don’t get me wrong, I think reddit itself is a terrible company who I feel better not supporting, but I’m not going to act like there isn’t value to the content hosted there.

Plantfoodclock,

Honestly, I do wish more people used Lemmy, especially for more posts and engagement for certain communities. But also, I like the smaller user base on Lemmy. I only lurked on my old reddit account because it was too populated to have real discussion. Here I feel more comfortable commenting or posting because it feels like there’s a chance my comment will be seen. Also, I just don’t care all that much about being on social media anymore. Feels better to have more healthy activities.

If Lemmy ever picks up, great I guess. If not, oh well. As long as I don’t have to use that godforsaken reddit app, I’m fine.

megabat,

As for the worst joining Lemmy. I was starting to feel the same way until I deleted my 3 year old .ml account and blocked the lemmygrad, lemmy.ml, and hexbear instances. Now my feed is quite pleasant and I’m enjoying the place much more all around.

FenrirIII,
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What about those particular instances is so bad?

stembolts,

I assume those are the instances from which I occasionally catch stray misc political statements that seem to be goading me into a fight.

They get bored quickly if you talk to them like people, they target people with tempers. Works well.

Who knows though.

GilgameshCatBeard,

Yeah, they absolutely goad you into a fight then report you for the exact same shit they do/say but you’ll get banned- they won’t.

mnemonicmonkeys,

If you’re not familiar, r/ChapoTraphouse was the left wing version of r/The_Donald, complete with trolling and brigading. And like r/T_D, it got banned, then remade, then banned again, etc. Until most of their users switched to lemmygrad and hexbear, particularly the more toxic users.

GluWu,

I started reading but then remembered I don’t give a shit about reddit. The only people that bitch about reddit on lemmy and the addicts. It’s just a fucking website, use it if you like it or move on. Nobody cares and neither platform will get better by bitching about the other.

ONRYO,

Maybe if you have fully read it you woulda’ve understand that was not my point.

livus,
livus avatar

Reminds me of that Don Draper meme

shinigamiookamiryuu,

I’m active on both sites, my Reddit profile not being a secret to most communities on Lemmy. I don’t see so much of an issue regarding either one, the transition not being any different from, say, alternating between Netflix and Amazon. The only thing I’d say bugs me is in fact the Reddit complaints, since people on almost every single site I’ve been to with a place for complaints have complained at least once about Reddit, like it’s trendy even though it’s actually better than most sites.

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