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I don't miss Reddit at all. (beehaw.org)
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I've been really enjoying my time here lately and I have noticed things.

  1. discussions are more chill. On Reddit people would get into flame wars over things and here while it happens it's not as bad, and I actually enjoy spending time here.

  2. people are nicer.

  3. moderation is amazing.

  4. diversity in thoughts is also amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss some niche communities that haven't started here yet

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry! They'll appear. And if they don't, you can make them yourself! You have the freedom to do whatever you want and no one can tell you otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've made two already. But I mean I miss having active niche communities, but I know they don't just start instantly with a user base

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. But together we can make it happen! I've seen malicious compliance reappear, it's just a matter of time.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same. The fragmentation is actually a good thing imo. Makes it easier to keep the extremists contained in their own choleric bubble.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Also makes it much more civil when big changes happen. Like beehaw actually made a post about defederating as they care about our opinions. Instead of just going "we're doing it, fuck you". They care about us. And if we don't like them, we can just change instances. That's ultimately our call, and we don't lose out on the content, we can still view it if we want to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

100% - I am so amazingly refreshed every day about the quality of interactions I’ve had here. I don’t miss it at all, I’m glad this isn’t reddit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Twitter is killing itself, Facebook and Instagram just hit 3 billion daily active users, and Reddit still has hundreds of millions of active users. I'm definitely enjoying it here, but this meme is inaccurate and cringy.

Also, asking for credit when you didn't credit the original comic's creator is a bit ironic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is like comparing the Titanic with one of her lifeboats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, somthing like a agricultural muck spreader casting"enshitifcation" accross them would be accurate...but they are no where like dying people just love living in shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Insert the “I made this” meme.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

I am having a similar experience. I've had a pretty serious reddit problem and since I moved to /kbin, Tildes, mastodon, feedly, and of course a few lemmy instances, I'm a happier person. Seriously.

I guess if you don't subject yourself to social media that aims to magnify hostility and rage for clicks, it has a positive impact on your life.

I, for one, am feeling thankful to spez for placing the final straw, and, more seriously, feel indebted to beehaw, Tildes, and mastodon admins for doing such a great job creating a positive community.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I noticed that as well! People are nicer here. Perhaps because it's all new etc.

Let's see how it goes. Reddit used to be nice too haha.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If they stop being nice or you feel hurt don't be afraid to change instances. The fun of it all is that moderation is dependant on the instance you're on!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If I had to venture a guess, I think it's nicer because the minority of hot-headed people haven't come over, so the level headed are more likely to actually comment

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I kinda regret not moving here sooner. It's so much nicer here!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I completely agree! It's a little sad as I go through my saved links and comments through the years before I delete my account, remembering the discussions and communities. But that version of Reddit died long ago.

Lemmy has been really enjoyable though, I'm looking forward to seeing the communities and platform develop over time

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Long live the revolution!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

that version of reddit

Yeah that's the thing, I have not jumped due to API thing (although I am worried about how it will be moderated). I was looking to jump for last year or more, but nothing scratched that itch....between big subs being so big, being shouted down for having an opinion and slowly building up bans (when you post every day for 12 years you are likily to post something mods don't like in that time). Been looking to get out ofr a while.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a really nice vibe so far! I wonder if the lack of downvoting threat makes it easier to share ideas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you mean? I can downvote things.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I'm still getting used to the fediverse thing. On Beehaw, there's no downvote button.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is how it should be. Reddit destroyed all discussions by having downvotes, and discussions died because people deleted their downvoted comments and left the thread.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it took me a while to realize that broadcast content (things like YouTube) ca. benefit from downvotes (as it allows misinformation to be pushed down), it isn't very useful in a discussion format.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It still very much was, solely within the scope of disinformation on subs I was on. It just also had unexpected consequences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've mostly just found that having downvotes ends up discouraging discussion (which is often the states reason for disabling them). With passive media that is already the normal state.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I only subbed to interests/hobbies and low-volume cute stuff, so I didn't really get the full effect. I've seen it used to make a disliked-by-some valid point disappear, but maybe 1-4 times a year? It certainly wasn't high on my list of Reddit vexes.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I love the information I can find on Reddit, but at the same time I don't miss Reddit at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A better comparison is formerly popular social news/link aggregators such as Digg and StumbleUpon. Digg dominated just like Reddit for a while, and then it died when users flocked to Reddit after an unpopular change. The similarities are uncanny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Facebook is sadly one of the most popular.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

In the country where I live, it is basically the internet. Want to find a business? Look for their Facebook page. They rarely have a website.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find that fediverse is perfectly adequate internet fix for me as Reddit was. I checked back last night to quickly see the malicious compliance by r/pics and r/gifs. Also checked out other sub like r/science. With the state of Reddit right now I enjoy Lemmy/kbin far more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I Straight up deleted reddit from my phone, begone corporate app!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I don't know, it's been difficult to access a lot of information without reddit, especially when reddit makes up half my google results. I hope people start using the fediverse to share information, but we'll have to see if it catches on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

While that is true don't be afraid to ask questions! [email protected] would be glad to answer all your tech related questions

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is true. But you can use Reddit just as a source of information. You can always bring that back here and share/contribute that info with others.

Reddit has had a good decade of a head start over Lemmy instances. It's no surprise there's so much more information indexed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I also read somewhere that kbin/lemmy etc are not indexed in search engines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's true for some Fediverse platforms (Mastodon for instance opts users out of search engine indexing by default, though they can opt in if they wish), but doesn't seem to be the case with Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So true. I add reedit at the end of my query to get solutions for very specific problems. Now after that whole fiasco, it feels wrong to do that anymore. I hope this gets good traffic in the future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can try "forum" or "forums" instead and it'll pull from Reddit, official MS boards, and sites like Tomshardware. Since all those things come up in the search engine as forums.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We just need to post tons about our niche interests until fediverse sites start ranking higher due to having fresher more up to date information, bringing us back to the time where search results yielded hits from a range of specialized forums, except this time they're all connected.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

-reddit... minus Reddit on all Google search

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love your illustration!👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I made it in GIMP and it was so hard to find the dumb image this meme originates from. I couldn't even find a hq one ;w;.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Reddit feels like people are yelling to be heard. Kbin feels like a conversation. I'm also impressed with how chill kbin is.

I miss the niche communities but until they are made I can post to the main mag.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know that any of those platforms are dead yet, but I like that this platform is growing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This meme does apply to me personally, as they are dead to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I miss it. It was the only massively used social media without a for you page (obviously that doesn't apply anymore) and I've learned a ton and developed so many hobbies from it. Obviously I enjoy beehaw but I'm not going to pretend it's the same experience (maybe if the community grows)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Reddit has been dead a while. It's corpse has been shambling along for at least a few years though.

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