I think the interaction is a LOT better here - for one thing the community is so much smaller you get tons more replies here, which is more engaging and feels more being seen and heard. I still feel a strong one-answer-is-correct atmosphere, like you mention on .ml memes. But I guess that just means some subjects simply aren’t discussable objectively, because that involves questioning your own ideas, which is seen as enemy infiltration. I’m slowly learning to avoid the echo chambers, but far from successful yet lol. Overall I heart Lemmy.
I feel you there, I actually love Lemmy BECAUSE I loved reddit. Sure it’s a shit show now, but to me Lemmy feels the way reddit did like pre 2015 where communities were smaller, not as many people had heard of it etc. Around 2016 it all started going downhill fast, I’m forever thankful to spez for fucking with the api stuff as that drove me out and found Lemmy (well I found kbin first, but through kbin found Lemmy) which feels a lot like reddit of days gone by. In the end Aaron Swartz is who I think made the reddit I love, and after his passing in 13 things started sliding in the wrong direction.
I think the interaction is a LOT better here - for one thing the community is so much smaller you get tons more replies here, which is more engaging and feels more being seen and heard. I still feel a strong one-answer-is-correct atmosphere, like you mention on .ml memes. But I guess that just means some subjects simply aren’t discussable objectively, because that involves questioning your own ideas, which is seen as enemy infiltration. I’m slowly learning to avoid the echo chambers, but far from successful yet lol. Overall I heart Lemmy.
That’s funny, I got a ton of engagement on Reddit. I get plenty here, too, for its size but Reddit was was impossible for me to keep up with replies.
I feel you there, I actually love Lemmy BECAUSE I loved reddit. Sure it’s a shit show now, but to me Lemmy feels the way reddit did like pre 2015 where communities were smaller, not as many people had heard of it etc. Around 2016 it all started going downhill fast, I’m forever thankful to spez for fucking with the api stuff as that drove me out and found Lemmy (well I found kbin first, but through kbin found Lemmy) which feels a lot like reddit of days gone by. In the end Aaron Swartz is who I think made the reddit I love, and after his passing in 13 things started sliding in the wrong direction.