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As a long time Reddit user, there's something about Lemmy and the fediverse that feels really refreshing and new. I think it has to do with a few things...

  1. People are more respectful of each other and interested in discussion and being social.
  2. Less trolls (users are probably older?)
  3. Due to it not being absolutely huge, I feel like people will actually see my posts and comments instead of being lost in a sea of content. I suppose once Lemmy grows this will change, however the cool thing about the fediverse are the new servers. So you can stick to the server when you want smaller community discussion and go to "all" when you want more populated threads.
  4. The clean UI feels refreshing and clean, almost like the early internet.

What have you noticed? Do you find it refreshing too?

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[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's likely all this will change as the user base grows. However there are some distinct advantages.

  1. Having instances focused purely on certain topics or ethics makes it so you can join the communities that align with your ideas. while all these communities federate having a home base that aligns with your ethics is important. Also if any particular instance becomes overly trollish there is the option that your instance can defederate from them. While this is not ideal having smaller instances with a more homogeneous community means that it will be easier to lobby for things like that than a monolithic service.
  2. people at the moment are focused on building something that is community oriented and that people will want to use. Right now we have mods, power users, tech enthusiasts, and community leaders mostly. We don't have a ton of trolls yet. This will change but I think we can adapt to it.
  3. There is a sense of comradery. People are dusting themselves off after the collapse of a former community of bolstering each other. This will wear off. however hopefully by then the service is robust enough that people will have found their new communities and groups that they jive with.
[–] May@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is kinda random but till know i always saw "camaraderie" which i guess is more of a French influence spelling, but TIL comradery also an allowed way to spell it! Also ya I agree w you PLUS there seems to be less bots than Reddit atm

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am aware of the other spelling. The "comradery" way agrees with my lazy American attitude a bit more. English is a strange language.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've never seen that spelling of it. No sir, I don't like it!

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RE: #3 - we can all choose to be kind to newcomers. Be patient with people as they make those β€œTesting from Mastodon - can you see this?” Type posts.

How does Lemmy even work with mastodon? I couldn't figure it out when on mastodon.