Honestly, Lemmy is starting to really disappoint me. I figured I was leaving most of the circlejerking, reposting, and shitposting behind on Reddit. However Lemmy is every bit just as bad :-/ which is frightening considering how few people are on Lemmy. If it’s getting this shitty right now, imagine it if there was a real Reddit migration…
This. It’s another link aggregator that focuses on serious discussion rather than jokes. I have invite codes if you want to try it. Too serious for my taste, but if you want to get away from the shitposting and memes you might like it.
Half my comments just get downvoted for no reason. I told someone I was sorry their houses got messed up by tornados…two down votes. Like I know karma doesn’t matter, but it’s not fun or encouraging to see and has genuinely made me post less.
Yea but then you miss out on 99% of the fediverse. Although if that 99% is just shitposts and bullshit then maybe that is the better solution. I really do not know.
It’s not that I wanna get rid of downvotes, I think down voting is a good feature. It just feels like people are more downvote happy here, even though it doesn’t mean anything. It’s like instead of it not meaning anything making people use it less, it actually make some people use it more specifically because it “doesn’t mean anything”. I’m not sure if this is just mean people being negative or just trying to get their own post more attention, but I’ve definitely noticed it.
One thing I like about Lemmy is that it shows upvotes and downvotes separately in addition to the composite score.
When I make a controversial post that gets 7 upvotes and 20 downvotes, I think “Man, this was a good post. 7 people liked it”. On Reddit, I would just think 13 people downvoted it. If anything, on Lemmy downvotes are just proof that I made someone I don’t like mad on the Internet, which is great.
I mean…most of the bullshit on Reddit wasn’t due to Spez and corporate stuff. It was due to idiots reposting dumb shit and bots flooding the website at all times from all angles. I don’t see how Lemmy would be immune to that unfortunately. Ad in the threat of AI and no website will be safe from ruin :-/.
You can’t have a large, diverse community without all types. If you would like a community that only focuses on specific things, I would look for a more niche site/forum.
Honestly, Lemmy is starting to really disappoint me. I figured I was leaving most of the circlejerking, reposting, and shitposting behind on Reddit. However Lemmy is every bit just as bad :-/ which is frightening considering how few people are on Lemmy. If it’s getting this shitty right now, imagine it if there was a real Reddit migration…
Lemmy has the same users that Reddit has. What the fuck were you expecting?
Sounds like you might prefer tildes.
What is that?
This. It’s another link aggregator that focuses on serious discussion rather than jokes. I have invite codes if you want to try it. Too serious for my taste, but if you want to get away from the shitposting and memes you might like it.
Interesting. I’ll check it out. Is it federated? It’s invite only?
Not federated, but open source. And yes, invite only.
Half my comments just get downvoted for no reason. I told someone I was sorry their houses got messed up by tornados…two down votes. Like I know karma doesn’t matter, but it’s not fun or encouraging to see and has genuinely made me post less.
You could always go to an instance like beehaw that disables downvotes.
Yea but then you miss out on 99% of the fediverse. Although if that 99% is just shitposts and bullshit then maybe that is the better solution. I really do not know.
It’s not that I wanna get rid of downvotes, I think down voting is a good feature. It just feels like people are more downvote happy here, even though it doesn’t mean anything. It’s like instead of it not meaning anything making people use it less, it actually make some people use it more specifically because it “doesn’t mean anything”. I’m not sure if this is just mean people being negative or just trying to get their own post more attention, but I’ve definitely noticed it.
One thing I like about Lemmy is that it shows upvotes and downvotes separately in addition to the composite score.
When I make a controversial post that gets 7 upvotes and 20 downvotes, I think “Man, this was a good post. 7 people liked it”. On Reddit, I would just think 13 people downvoted it. If anything, on Lemmy downvotes are just proof that I made someone I don’t like mad on the Internet, which is great.
Oh? I use Liftoff and don’t see that information! I think I’d like that better, too, I think all it’s showing me now is the composite.
What do you use so I can check it out? Or is it the default web browser?
I use Jerboa on mobile and the native Lemmygrad UI on desktop.
Come to Lemmy as an alternative to reddit!
… No don’t use it like reddit!?!
I mean, I’m not sure why you expected any different. This is what the internet is now; A bunch of ads, hate, and shit posting.
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I mean…most of the bullshit on Reddit wasn’t due to Spez and corporate stuff. It was due to idiots reposting dumb shit and bots flooding the website at all times from all angles. I don’t see how Lemmy would be immune to that unfortunately. Ad in the threat of AI and no website will be safe from ruin :-/.
You can’t have a large, diverse community without all types. If you would like a community that only focuses on specific things, I would look for a more niche site/forum.
Like the stupid beans memes
I mean, lemmy is just reddit with fewer users haha
Tildes is, I think faring well for what it’s worth
Tildes is anti free speech and has a dictator for life as Deimos, it is well know they can ban you without reasons.
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