It’s growing one. The dislike of bots and one-liner posts seems like it could actually stick around as a form of etiquette, although it’s too early to really say. A lot of readers will remember the poop post a couple years on, too, which counts.
The political bent and heavy tech-orientation are just a reflection of who the early adopters (and devs) are. Ditto for any extra civility or insight on the part of the people posting.
one-liner posts
I feel like Ask Reddit is at fault for that one. They changed their rules to have the entire question fit in the title. Before that, you were allowed to have the question expanded upon in the post.
Not sure if you remember/were around for it, but I think this was in a response to AskReddit titles being a story followed by a question instead of just a question.
E.g. dear reddit, today my dog killed my flowers. What’s a time you were emotionally devastated?
Don’t see why you couldn’t have limited to a question in the title and allowed story time in the post though
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That’s unfortunate, i was hoping to also read stuff from the maga assholes. Really, this separation is very harmful imo
The difference is the type of people who are drawn to Lemmy are more technical, computer savvy
I joined, hoping that it is way less censored than reddit. Is that the case? Nowadays you can’t say shit in the “social platforms” if it hurts someone. I want to be able to say what In think and read what others have to say even if it hurts my feelings / views.
I want to be able to say what In think and read what others have to say even if it hurts my feelings / views.
I promise you, after two days moderating an actual large discussion forum, you will implement sweeping rules about who can say what about who. The only places people enjoy chatting anymore are places that are moderated.
We can complain about youtube and facebook taking down messages critical of power or corporations, but places like Lemmy are managed by people. It’s not censorship, it’s going into someone’s house and abiding by their rules. It’s a whole other topic if what you want to read/say is popular enough that you can find someone’s “house” that centers around that topic and is also large enough to have meaningful interactions.
And if you’re looking for debate, that shit is dead.
The fact that every community is now insular and bubbled echo-chambers is a result of human tendencies, we gave people total freedom on the internet and instead of using it to learn more and include more people in more conversations, our instincts turned the place into a curdled honeycomb of walled-off communities which were ripe for the plucking by corporate interests.
That’s very unfortunate. I deleted my Facebook account a decade ago because it was flooding me with superficial stuff from people that i didn’t care about. I stopped using Twitter as soon as Musk bought it, it was shit before that too. Deleted Reddit a couple of days ago because it is impossible to say anything that the moderators disapprove of. Maybe lemmy will be the next thing to delete
I think a big problem is we aren’t really sure what we’re looking for in social media. We see things that give us satisfying dopamine boosts and want more of it, but also feel the hollowness of it. It’s exactly like eating processed carbs when you’re starving. You end up addicted with cravings for more even as the stuff you’re consuming makes you sick.
I was there for the start of it all, I’ve seen the space evolve over the decades. I was out in the pioneering days championing free discussion and moderating huge communities. I love reading someone debating an idiot more than anyone arguably, I get the same sense of satisfaction seeing groups connect and share great ideas and jokes.
But I also know the pleasure gained from that kind of community is as contextual as it is fleeting. We are not the same people we were when we first read some chain-post replying in stupid memes until it got so absurd we’re laughing so hard we can’t breath and we’re waking up our housemates. We’re just not “that people” anymore. Even the younger people now are living in a different time, we are so desensitized to imagery and text on a screen that it won’t ever have the same impact on us, but it doesn’t stop us from looking everywhere for a hit of the ol’ drug.
I want to murder-death-kill someone every time I see/hear “unalive”.
You would have been banned on Reddit for me inciting violence… wish i was kidding. Kudos
Yes, we have way higher percentage of neurodivergent people here and I love it.
I think it’s plausible that there are more people here that are neurodivergent. However, even more significant than this is a culture where neurodivergent people are more visible. At Reddit, calling someone or something autistic would usually be an insult. Here, it’s more often that we are recognising each other and existing in solidarity.
The Westerners are slightly/somewhat less imperialistic, which is great. Also, people are visibly not as intellectually challenged.
I’ve been trying to figure out if there are fewer bots here. I think there are. If there’s any substantive difference between the two that’s it.
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Everyone on Lemmy is a fed.
Alright, wrap it up boys, we’ve been made
I dont think we’re a bunch of angry 16 year old white boys who worship musk and jbp so no we’re not the fucking same
Systematically the same. Different weight shift (views and interests). Smaller userbase also makes it a bit different, but will become more similar with more users.
I actually think it’s way more like 4chan than reddit.
Niche threads are small handful of people every time, people feel pretty safe to get nasty really quick, and wild mix of people thinking it’s their safe space full of people that agree with them entirely from anarchists to fascists.
Also likely to see a random porn or furry post.You can just turn on the NSFW filter for your main feed. Removes pretty much everything except the “moe” communities.
Sidenote: you Moe people are weird af. Please tag your communities as NSFW. I would honestly rather have someone look over my shoulder and see a hardcore gangbang post than see me looking at fully clothed anime girls.
What are those moe people?
Moe is when you take your fetish/the type of girl you like, then draw an anime girl about it. But the girl is cute, not sexy, and fully clothed and doing normal, not sexy things. It is very weird. I do not understand this level of sexual repression. It feels like the online porn art equivalent of getting a human shaped pillow to hug while you sleep at night.
Moe is a cutsey anime style, iirc.
I block the moe communities when they pop up.
Yes and no. To me it feels like going from one subreddit to another. It is different? Yes. That much different? I don’t know, maybe, like going from a big city to a town without leaving the country.
People seem nicer here in general.
Lemmy has the 3 day no poop challenge and reddit definitely doesn’t, for one thing
the what?
If you read the user agreement when you signed up, your would know that you’re not supposed to poop for 3 days after signing up. You shouldn’t be posting until you complete the challenge.
This is the lemmy deep lore https://kbin.social/m/asklemmy@lemmy.ml/t/78689/I-need-to-survive-for-3-days-without-pooping-and
the kbin part of the link is making it not work I think but I did see that post when it was making the rounds!
forgot about it but it is great we’re getting some home grown poop knife/swamps of dagobah/jolly rancher/no arms guy/safe stories :D
I was going to say “bit of both”, but I realise this is complicated by how long I was on Reddit; the culture and experience over there changed over time. I wonder whether the parts of Lemmy that remind me of Reddit are invoking my earlier experiences
