I still use reddit for some niche topics that have like zero activity on Lemmy. But still, I feel kinda bad over it… What about you people?

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s full of such inflammatory rage bate

    But how is that not just a function of the size of the audience there? We see political trolls crawling out here, too, as the number of commenters increases.

    • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I mean part of the thing is that the federation allows instances to be more strict. Right now, Reddit has a huge financial disincentive for clearing out bots. If these bots bring in attention, and bump up their numbers, then the company looks better. Here, instances can be more aggressive with banning them. I do agree it will be more difficult as there’s not as much money coming in here to help deal with bots as instances get larger, but at least the incentive is there.

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        You have a point. I would say though that the subreddit mods generally have an incentive to keep their sub running amicably even if the site admins have an incentive to just increase engagement numbers regardless. But we do have the capacity for instances where the admins better support the mods versus Reddit.