In theory yes, although the moderation is pretty lacking. So people use it as tech support, ideological rants, no stupid questions, support with actually using Lemmy, DAE, and all other manner of stuff that theoretically doesn’t fit on here, and which is often low effort and doesn’t prompt much discussion.
At least we don’t get the hourly “What’s the sexest sex you’ve ever sexed” question from someone who’s horny on the internet for their first time.
So it’s better
Yeah, I guess some people think it’s more of an Ask Jeeves than an Ask Reddit. Might be better if it was just called "open-ended questions"or something like that.
theoretically doesn’t fit on here,
According to what theory?
the theory of Utopian Tightwaddery
The fewer options people have to do the wrong thing, the better everything becomes. Eventually, (in theory), we’ll get to a world where all you do is press a big green button and get a shiny sticker each day.
Good, let’s keep it that way. Lack of freedom of speech is what has made that 3rd Reich of Reddit impossible to use.
Even though there is already a !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world and a !doesanybodyelse@lemm.ee This c/ is still quite small, and doesn’t get saturated with questions which belong elsewhere. Somehow splitting the content over 3 communities also get them way more empty than a big active one.
We’re still far from the magic reload button we have on that other website which every minutes would see tons of new post.
It’s also fun to let the user interpret what sort of question they want to ask. Sometimes it’s fun when people do unexpected things.
What’s DAE?
“Does anyone else… (have trouble finishing video games/use their toenail clippings to add texture to a pot of chili/etc.?”
Ah, thanks, also, hilarious examples!
Just to add, on Reddit it was segregated away from askreddit pretty early on in the site’s life because it was realized that there’s not much useful discussion that can come off a question structured in that way. Better to ask something like “do you do X? Why or why not”. DAE is mostly just people seeking approval.
Yes
That’s it boys, let’s pack it up!
sir, this is a burger king.
Could I get a large whopper meal?
no
You got eighteen bucks?
Yes
Yes
What’s lemmy? My grandson told me these were the reddits.
Nope. That’s over at !asklemmy@lemmy.world. This is the Lemmy version of askMarxism
everything to the left of monarchism = Marxism, apparently
though I’ll agree with you that the rabid anticommunism on .world will definitely help Redditors feel at home
Case in point.
I have blocked lemmygrad, but shouldn’t a potential !asklemmy@lemmygrad.ml be the Marxist one?
I have heard that people dislike this instance as it is run by the devs who people claim to be right wing.
You are correct. I was only joking, lemmy.ml is officially a general purpose server and this community is meant for everybody. But nonetheless, lemmy.ml users tend to be very leftist.
I’m confused by the second part, are you referring to lemmy.ml or lemmy.world when you say this instance? If people are claiming that the Lemmy devs are right wing… wow.
Since this thread is hosted on lemmy.ml, I meant that.
They tend to be very Marxist. Let’s be specific.
You won’t see this, but… the Lemmy devs are Marxists, not right-wingers. Lemmygrad is definitely Marxist (Leninist). Lemmy.ml is left-wingers of all types.
Yes because most people are from reddit : )
Yes. Although on AskReddit, this question would’ve been removed by the automod because it’s technically a yes or no question.
It is one version, yes, I subscribe to asklemmy on both lemmy.ml and lemmy.world
Yes
It’s called “Ask Lemmy”, so no… It’s about lawnmower maintenance.
Ask reddit has a lot of annoying rules, e.g. no questions with a definite right answer
Yeah
No, askreddit is the reddit version of asklemmy.