I feel the same and am wondering what I can post. I've been lurking for so long the thought of submitting anything isn't even in my mind. Good to switch gears and shake things up, start seeing the world a little different like what can I share, not just what can I consume.
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Exact same here. I've always had a hard time posting on the Internet at all until finding the fediverse.
Yeah. Today I found Grimdank and I really want it to thrive on Lemmy. I even posted there and will do so repeatedly in the coming weeks.
On Reddit, there was so much bot spam that you were guaranteed to have your post drowned out. Here, your post is guaranteed to be seen.
I once got a bot reply that was word for word a comment I had made somewhere else in the same thread...
Like, people always joked that everyone was a bot, but I think it was a lot more than anyone thought.
Everyone on Reddit is a bot except you
I was like a consuming bot when I was at Reddit, and lastly I become a human at here Fediverse.
Same, when I posted on reddit I felt rejected, even if what I said was something unimportant, there was always someone who made you feel like you were wrong for just participating, this is much better.
Sadly I've observed throughout the late 2010s how Reddit society gradually became about parroting the right opinion and walking on eggshells all the time.
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Reddit posts would only get acknowledged if you said one of the pre-approved comments. Commenting felt pointless because so many of the upvoted and comments that actually got engaged with felt like they were written by a bot or just automatically generated by reddit.
"fuck about, find out"
"maybe, just maybe..."
*"I'll take for 500, Alex" *
"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"
I wonder how may of the commenters were just bots.
This is the exact reason why communism and anarchy would work. People love to do stuff when things are fair.
When you feel like you are just helping some rich person get more data on you, and you're being exploited you shut down.
When you are working towards something with other people and you all benefit from it you can do things that would normally be considered work and enjoy them!
It does feel a bit better, but I still struggle to contribute. It feels like it's a bit noisy still - maybe I just need to reduce how much content I'm subscribed to.
I'm more of a lurker but I'm more compelled to comment here because of the default sort algorithm in comments, you get a mix of newer and upvoted, so even if I comment on an older post, or one with a lot of comments I don't feel like I'm shouting to the void.
I did not see any SteamDeckEmu replacement so I made my own. I would have never have done that on Reddit. The future of the Fediverse depends on the content provided by the users! Unlike Reddit, there are no bots generating content and this is solely a human focused network
I've been feeling the same way. It's why I've been much more active in comment chains and why I've replied to a lot more posts, though I still have a bit of trouble with actually posting.
Feeling the same. I love commenting and posting, whereas on Reddit I was always nervous and felt like I was shouting into an empty void, like you said.
I hope it lasts, because it's so cozy here so far.
the fediverse feels a lot more welcoming to interact with tbh, with reddit you had
>astroturfing
>reposters
>puns and shitposts soaring to the top of comments / subs, real discussion buried
and i dont feel any of that here
I’ve made more posts and comments here in the past week than I did on Reddit for a long time. I think I have 80 posts now it’s insane and like nearly 300 comments. This place is fun
Casuals/normies ruin everything. Every social media platform deteriorates over time as more people join. At the moment, the majority of people here are actually genuinely interested in civil discussion and debate and the people who just spam low effort comments and karma farm remain on reddit.
Reddit has a high percentage of bots and shills so this is still real people thus more welcoming.
I can relate very much.
for the first time in a longer time, I see that most commented are just nice and honest instead of the cascade of misunderstanding and closed minded discussions I sometimes had on Reddit.
with 4 comments over 4 days I don't know how much of this is either a secret karma farm or honeymoon phase, but at the same time I don't want to force you to exert more posting than you feel like
It could definitely just be a honeymoon phase, but I also sense that opinions seem to be more valued here.
I'm certainly not trying to karma farm. I haven't seen any total "karma" score on kbin, and don't think that there should be. I think a total karma score encourages reposts and very predictable comments all in the name of increasing the score.
I myself only felt compelled to create this post because i wanted to do my part to try and create content for others to interact with. The biggest advantage reddit has over alternatives is the sheer amount of content, and the only way to compete is for all of us to populate this place with the content we want ro see.
Social anxiety will most likely prevail in the end and i'll return to lurking, but im not going to let it stop me from having a good time while it hibernates.
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same, i'm trying to encourage myself to contribute more by making an account that has a name unique to anything else i'm on so i can have the anonymity
I also am feeling this. It feels super refreshing to be here for the same reasons. I felt like when I commented on stuff I'd get ignored too.
Same here. It’s feels a lot more welcoming to post in topics!
I feel the same way I almost never commented on reddit, but here I feel like its just much easier to
SAME. This is why I'm not going back to Reddit even if they decide to undo the API stuff.
I think it's the same for me but to be honest I mostly participated in smaller communities on reddit and here on the fediverse the communities are even smaller. If fediverse grows to the same size as reddit one day, believe me it's going to feel like shouting into the void again. Subreddits go to shit if they get too large (and moderators aren't strict enough), and social networks in general just get too big for meaningful discussions or interactions with people eventually. We're just not built to handle that many different people and opinions per day and actually still see them as people to be empathized with.
I was never a lurker on reddit. I liked commenting, but the community feeling is much more substantial on kbin (and fediverse in general).
I find the engagement here more real than I ever did on reddit for twelve years.
First thing I noticed when moving to kbin is that I see what I want to see, and have only talked to people who felt like humans so far.
Exactly. On Reddit, most of the time there was not point commenting, because of the sheer size of the audience. Here, I can actually contribute!
Absolutely, but I think we will have to be vigilant to keep that culture here as the place continues to grow.
I hope we can do that while keeping gatekeeping to a minimum.
100% agreed!
Every major forum/social media site has had this adoption curve. The early adopters are dedicated and can actually see their contributions make a difference. As the site attracts more and more casual users the quality of interactions descends to the lowest common denominator and loudest voices.
For that reason, I think there will always be demand for a "new thing" because those early adopter contributors are so good at making it happen.
I think I would like the FEDIVERSE even when its the "old thing" just because as far as I can tell, the product itself seems like a terrible place for investments and profits. Then again, I could be WAY off here.
Also, at the moment, there's an almost complete lack of marketing/advertising, which is REALLY nice.
Same here! I upvote/boost a lot more than I did on Reddit, and my threshold for commenting is much lower than it used to be. Part of it is that I want this place to succeed, so I want to help it be more active. I absolutely agree that this community is smaller, friendlier, and less cynical than what we had on Reddit. That's the other part, it's really lowered my threshold of engagement.
Couldn't agree more. Exactly the same for me.
Yes, Ive got the same thing. I did use Reddit to ask stuff, but never engaged in discussions as it didn't seem to matter. Whenever something had hit the front page, new comments wouldn't be seen.
On Lemmy I've been very active, and people are just nicer. Also I want to make certain communities a success so I do even more my best to post content.
Absolutely agree. Some things need work (really feel like boost and favorite should be switched because imo the button that drops rep and visibility should be next to the button that raises them - it's just mildly confusing from a design standpoint) but so far I think I'm enjoying the interaction more.
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