For me this is the closest reddit alternative i know of. Sure lemmy isint as big as reddit and reddit has far more tech issues, But im new here so i cant really say much.
Do you prefer lemmy or reddit? are there any other social media i should try? please briefly explain your thoughts and ideals.
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I prefer imgur tbh
Lemmy is almost perfect, we just need more users here. a new alternative is piefed, greatest point is that you can combine sublemmys from different instances into communities.
Be careful what you wish for. Some might consider “more users” to mean a huge influx of assholes and normies.
Or maybe more friends idk.
The one thing I miss from reddit was the ability to disable inbox replies.
What do you mean, like the notifications or no direct messaging at all? Also if it isn’t available here, you could verify if it is available on Piefed, which would just have you accessing the same content from another client. Aka you would still see your comments here, but if that feature is important to you maybe they have it or are building it. I don’t know much about the project other than users mentioning some features they were looking for existed there. (And some instances on Lemmy are building instances there)
It stops replies from showing up in your inbox… I know reddit has notifications but I use old. layout so I never saw them.
Maybe this is what you may like? This was from the Piefed settings
It appears there is a setting where you can only get private messages from your instance, or trusted instances if that is appealing
Thanks! Not what I’m looking for sadly. I like to engage in political discourse and a lot of the replies I get aren’t worth reading.
Still hard to ditch Reddit entirely, there’s just too much valuable content on there.
But accessing Lemmy via mobile app is darn near perfect, and feels a lot like early Reddit. Just need more active users.
feels a lot like early Reddit. Just need more active users.
Which will, ironically, ruin it.
There was a point at which reddit because so big as to fundamentally change. Call it ‘when regular people joined reddit.’ But that’s not what ruined it, it was reddit itself capitulating to shareholders.
Reddit died for me when they killed the API. I hear it’s only gotten worse.
I wouldn’t know. I haven’t been back since and I couldn’t care less.
Lemmy. I like decentralization, and third party apps
They’re both ass
Try turning off NSFW content.
Why would i do that?
(Joke. I’m taking your wording overly literally and interpreting your post to mean that you’re complaining that you’re seeing literal ass(es) all over both platforms. I might also be subtlely implying that you’re confused as to why for additional comedic effect. I’m, again jokingly, suggesting that turning off NSFW content would give you vastly fewer literal images/videos of ass(es).)
Haha I did not get the joke but now I do. Seems obvious in hindsight. Good stuff.
Lemmy. Don’t have a Reddit account, let Reddit die
Reddit. I’d never use Lemmy.
/s
For now, Reddit. Not because its good, but because Lemmy still doesn’t have enough users to fufill its use case unless you want to talk about politics or IT-type tech. Hopefully, that will change in the future. Once a few of the semi-niche communities like Dota 2, painting, cats, or city-based communities takes off, I can hopefully stop going back to Reddit.
Lemmy and the Fediverse have a stronger foundation, but without a userbase, its kinda pointless.
I liked what Reddit used to be, but I refuse to support the platform now.
I like what Fedi stands for, but it can’t - and might never - replace all the small niche subs I used Reddit for. But I’m still here to try and push for a platform that no CEO can enshittify.
No. Reddit was better in almost every possible way with just few exeptions. I’m simply too principled to go back and I see Lemmy as the only viable alternative.
Totally agreed, I haven’t touched reddit in years but the diversity of people and options is what made Reddit so fun. After using Lemmy for a few years I can’t imagine it ever getting to where Reddit was.
Lemmy by a mile. Questions asked here return helpful and helpfully funny responses. Reddit brings out the moronic hoards. That said, I use libreddit to browse some subs that aren’t as big here. But only briefly and I always shower afterwards.
I agree 100%. If I want help with something, people are generally kind and helpful on Lemmy. The worst that typically happens is no one responds.
On Reddit, asking for help in a sub specifically created for these requests usually results in being downvoted heavily. I might get a response or even a few, but it’s not uncommon to also get mocked and trolled unless my request is unusually interesting.
I recall being in a tough spot in a previous relationship and asking for advice. I got some helpful advice but it also resulted in one user mocking me and encouraging suicide and another user attempting to dox me.
2 years on Lemmy now since API made me realize Reddit was going full enshittification and censorship. Lemmy has grown a lot and my mobile client, Boost(which came over from a Reddit client), makes it so enjoyable it makes up for many things.
I dearly miss r/NBA and r/Wallstreetbets users for being able to make me laugh so much but maybe with time Lemmy will grow there.
I am literally unable to use reddit, so…
They are hellbent on permabanning all their users and using advanced fingerprinting to prevent them from ever using reddit again.
