Asklemmy

I love having no karma system, and that the admins are actually real life humans with a soul instead of a soulless being only meant for giving out PR statements.

I like that the admins actually use the website that they admin, so they can also see issues on the user perspective. Plus it's nice to just know a bit about them.

I like that it's currently a bit small, so I can see some of the same users over and over again. It's not random user number 4 million, it's "hey, that's thann, I've seen them around on a lot of posts". etc

• It doesn't run like crap like Reddit's redesign while still looking modern and good, unlike Old Reddit;

• Good dark theme;

• FOSS and federated;

• Shuts down fascists and trolls hard and quickly enough for me (the new moderation system seems to be really good);

It's overall a very strong asset to fediverse in general. I've personally wanted FOSS, federated last.fm and Reddit alternatives, and @dessalines@lemmy.ml and @nutomic@lemmy.ml are doing a great job at bringing one of my dreams to life.

• No spam, resposters, low quality content, tryhards trying to get karma
• No cringe normies
• No videos (seriously, especially if you go to r/all, it's all videos. and the video player still sucks). If I wanted videos, I would go to youtube or tiktok goes the clock
• Little to no emojis (call me what you want, I just find them annoying)
• UI is not bloated like new reddit, or horrific like old reddit
• The inline expandable images and previews are nice
• No worrying about tracking
• Everything just feels simpler and more homely

Should I break this into multiple comments?

If the admins ever get power hungry or implement tracking and advertising it's easy to switch servers and still have a well populated reddit experience.

The interface is simple, quick and easy to use.

For me it's the fact that it has no karma system, so karma farmers or people who get big ego trips over having fake internet points have no home here, and with that comes the fact that there is no karma threshold stopping someone from posting in a community.

No adverts, they make me feel really annoyed for some reason (I'm normally quite calm/unreactive)

The people!!! You all expose me to cool stuff. Thanks!

Its potential

It's the people (most of them). I'm here for the people.

It's not malware

My answer is nostalgia. I yearn back to the idea of social media before karma was a business model and information was supposed to be free. I used to love Reddit as a collective place to find information that does or does not interest me. Lemmy is a worthy potential successor.

Lemmy uses proper markdown for posts (and comments); they even support HTML tags!

No spying.

It doesn't feel like I'm shouting into a hurricane.

It like reddit but not being crap. I really like the fact that is FOSS and decentralized. And tbh it feels refreshing and also is usable on desktop, not like reddit.

I like that users have a say in improving the entire experience, criticism is being heard & acted upon

It's FOSS

Its FOSS and donation supported instead of being run by an effing corporation.

The ideas, the independence, the foss creation and the community behind the project.

You all made attentive comments - honest and original. That is what I love.

All the things that have been said already.

PLUS that there is a very nice app on iOS (Remmel) for it

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