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Why does Lemmy feel so fresh compared to Reddit? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by AB7ORH7D to c/[email protected]

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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...

People are more respectful of each other and interested in discussion and being social.
Less trolls (users are probably older?)
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.
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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[–] git 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think it has people with above average reading comprehension because amount of people I saw that said opening a Lemmy account is too hard and they couldn't manage to do it is way too high

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Early adopters of any innovation likely have certain personality traits that make them able and willing to assess a new technology and learn/overcome some obstacles to use it. Maybe those traits translate into pleasant, respectful online communication?

ETA: I need to see if I still have my old grad school copy of Diffusion of Innovation. It might have some answer in there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

ETA1: Most everyone seems thoughtful and patient. So maybe those are early adopter traits?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That's my thinking. As an example the people who usually end up answering people's tech queries are the most likely to end up here.

[–] AB7ORH7D 1 points 2 years ago

This is a really great point

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does ETA mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Edited To Add. :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's true! If an article is posted, the discussion shows that people really did read the article!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My wife is a teacher at a small district. She's watched student's abilities drop over the past twenty years and the time of covid left them severely lacking. Yes. Their writing skills are practically not there. It's truly sad.