I'm a recent reddit semi-convert (haven't left Reddit entirely just yet) and I'm loving it so far
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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This will go away with growth sadly.
Smaller community= nicer trolls and jerks usually don't stay but if lemmy gets big enough new ones will reply e them.
I've had more traction on my posts and comments in the month or so I've been on lemmy than the entire 14 years I was on reddit. I'm glad I've moved, couldn't give two shits how it does from here out, I'm away.
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The people aren't assholes. The place is not that big to be totally ruined.
Because everything is small and manageable for mods right now, and everyone is talking to everyone else.
Lemmy also has the advantage that the default "hot" sort favors recency instead of upvotes so that you can get into a thread pretty late and still have your comments be seen.
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Points 1 through 3 are all because there aren't that many of us here. Reddit in general used to be fun as well, many years ago. Now it's just the smaller subreddits that remain cozy.
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.
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Because it is?
I think right now, there are a lot of passionate old school reddit users on lemmy who are exited about it and eager to participate and who are finding a lot of things they were missing from reddit.
The community is a lot smaller and made up largely of enthusiasts.
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i joined reddit in 2015 when the site was already heaving with content and users. good for killing time and consuming, but not for engaging in the community. right now lemmy/kbin is in the sweet spot where there's enough people to talk to but not so many that i can't be heard.
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