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I noticed that kbin has stalled in development recently and the ongoing problems with federation etc. made me use it even less for the past few weeks. I even spent more time on reddit than here.

Today, I decided to give my abandoned lemmy account a try and see how that goes.

As many others, I disliked the UI of lemmy, compared to kbin, but soon enough found this one https://p.lemmy.world and it's been very smooth so far.

So yeah ... hello from the other side of the fence ๐Ÿท

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[โ€“] Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, come to Lemmy and bring your kbin friends...we have chocolate chip cookies and a lack of being able to see who downvoted you...hehehehe

[โ€“] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's even an option to hide the fantasy Internet points entirely. I love that option because I find fantasy Internet point chasing completely risible.

[โ€“] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

'point chasing' e.g. karma farmers on reddit is fucking stupid, but I find the metric useful on an individual post. I think of them like an online extension of a facial expression: if I read a post attempting to explain something, and it's got way more downvotes than up, the kinda tells me the poster is full of shit, which is especially useful in threads where I don't know enough about the topic to actually identify the bullshit myself. Like a flat-earther trying to give a lecture to an auditorium of booing geological scientists - my clueless medic ass is going to be gauging the audience as much as the speaker.

Or, say I post some joke: if it gets a lot more upvotes than down, that tells me other folks folks got a kick out of it.

It's just another tool to communicate - and communication is hamstrung right out the gate in a predominately typed medium, so I'll take the crutch.

[โ€“] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That is a valid viewpoint.

It's not mine.

So I turn off the votes view. I have no idea if my votes are up or down. And I don't care. I love having that choice too!

totaly agree. Additionally if I see a post/comment with racist/fascist/sexist views I want to know what the general consensus is. It makes a difference knowing that people disagree or support.

[โ€“] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

as a former karma-whore from reddit... I love the fake-internet-points system... It makes me feel special :-D