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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you've already nailed my feelings on it. The vote weighting algorithm prevents points from snowballing super hard on specific posts/comments, so I think it mitigates 3 a little bit even as we grow. I don't know if we can sustain that forever though.

I like the more mature user base and lack of redditisms. Whenever I see people try to post pun comments or useless fluff they're heavily downvoted. The lack of global account karma really limits the incentive to be a clown for farming upvotes.

[–] samus12345 2 points 1 year ago

And on the flipside, if I post a comment people hate, it doesn't matter because the downvotes stay on that comment only. I get why karma was a thing, but it was inevitable that it would become a net negative in the end.