Guys, I’m starting to think the problem is me…
I totally relate to this. I didn’t like the environment on R*ddit, but here people are much nicer, so the addiction is even worse!
Yeah, I wasn’t really using Reddit much before Reddit had its meltdown and the threadiverse exploded onto the scene. I’ve had a lot of fun here. Frankly I think I understand how the threadiverse works more than I understand how Reddit works.
I’ve had a similar experience with Mastodon. Wasn’t a big Twitter user, but now I’m more active on Mastodon than I ever was on Twitter. On each of multiple Mastodon accounts.
I’d upvote, but your at 69 so I won’t. If it changes: wasn’t me, I swear!
Oh man my Lemmy addiction is much stronger because I’m actually participating as opposed to lurking on Reddit.
The vibe here is so good though. I’m really glad to be here.
The positive interaction on Lemmy is what keeps me coming back. On reddit, I have about 15 comments in 10 years.
I have like 400 comments in 5 weeks here across multiple accounts. It’s crazy how non-intimidating commenting feels.
I have like 80,000 total Reddit Karma on an 11-year-old account.
In four weeks on Kbin I’ve already gotten 3,100 reputation. It’s just a much nicer community than Reddit.
It’s the size for sure. I don’t think I’ve ever gone thread to thread and seen the same people on reddit. But her eon the fed, I’m actually surprised to see the same few names pop up here and there.
I’m liking Lemmy more because the last few years of Reddit were just so filled with dumbfucks that missed obvious jokes/sarcasm and had shitty comments to make on questions, it was bumming me out. I can ask questions and get answers. I can make a joke and people get it (it might suck, still, but they understand it’s a joke). I feel like this is where people who can, and actually do, read and understand everything before responding are hanging out.
It’s an interesting quandary.
There is an inherently higher quality to posts and comments in smaller communities. It’s something many people value.
People flock to the high-quality offerings, and as a result, the quality decreases.
Is there a way to get the best of both worlds, whilst still maintaining A “free speech” ethos?
Typically, enforcing quality standards requires heavy and overbearing moderation that makes the interactions feel artificial.
^ if you can crack that code, you’d be sitting on a goldmine.
I think a lot of work has to be done with society as a whole before we have a chance of that. I don’t think that particular problem (sometimes called Eternal September) is inherent to the systems of communication themselves, but really the inherent nature of humans. The same thing will happen in a community of people IRL.
I also find it difficult to see how we could reconcile disparate cultures and ideologies while also unifying as a singular “human culture” that isn’t constantly bickering with each other and could actually agree on how to go about doing things. I mean, short of an alien invasion forcing every human being to come together to combat a new threat.
" I feel like this is where people who can, and actually do, read and understand everything before responding are hanging out."
Don’t worry, me and other new users will get that corrected ASAP!
But for real, the users and vibe here seem far less caustic and I’m enjoying it. It’s been a nice journey recognizing that I want hooked on Reddit because of content so much as because of the dopamine hit I got from endlessly scrolling through a lot of low effort content.
Anecdotal, but I don’t see the rush to downvote legit opinions because people disagree with them. Lemmy seems a lot more chill at present.
