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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Lemmy is so good right now for no particular reason (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 2 years ago by snek to c/showerthoughts

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It's not the kids, not the lurkers, not the mods... y'all just nice people. Lemmy's got a good vibe going... or at least enough windows that we can close if the vibe gets shit.

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[–] S_204 16 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Lemmy kinda sucks for me right now. Laggy, buggy, awkward.... I love it. Looking forward to being part of its growth and development.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Still getting used to all the different servers/instances but it’s promising

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[–] Corey1031d 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It really is nice here. I love the break from the constant shitposting that is on reddit.

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[–] Hypersapien 15 points 2 years ago (10 children)

The content is nice. The performance, not so much.

[–] ryno364 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah it’s got some growing pains. Anything worth it’s salt will have growing pains.

Even Reddit did back in the day. Ya know back when Aaron Schwartz was running the show.

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[–] epique 14 points 2 years ago

mostly a lurker here so far but it seems the comunity is developing well.

[–] Graphine 13 points 2 years ago

Lemmy is janky, but that's probably a good thing. Keeps the entitled asses away. I've only seen one asshole on this entire site in the last month.

[–] rimlogger 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lemmy.world is a bit slow for me RN but given the immense growth on Lemmy, it's to be expected. I'm still on Reddit but hopefully I get to see more niche content here! I read /r/CredibleDefense and /r/CombatFootage, would be great if they were on Lemmy too.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It feels fresh.. idk how to describe it

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[–] Anonymau5 13 points 2 years ago

I am really enjoying my time here

[–] jtablerd 13 points 2 years ago

You guys are awesome everybody good out there?

[–] KingScoob 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Definitely a better vibe than reddit, and I really hope it stays this way! The community seems to be a lot more willing to have discussions, and comments don't just devolve into the same lame jokes that get repeated over and over.

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[–] MrModule 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Le kiddos are still over at Reddit

[–] ConTheLibrarian 10 points 2 years ago

I suspect (/hope lol) a lot of them will just use the reddit official app.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it’s early tech adopters are just excited about something nice and will play nice to try to hero it grow. I remember the early internet being a really nice place.

It’ll get ruined soon enough.

[–] Shadywack 9 points 2 years ago

Instances can get ruined, sure, but the decentralized nature means ruination has to focus on the Fediverse. It remains to be seen how it will get ruined. Like the Reddit honeymoon after Digg's collapse, we get to watch this be the hero until it becomes the villain.

[–] Cornpop 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amen! It's a little slow but I'm perfectly fine with that! Everyone here is vibing for sure!

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[–] sabriy01 10 points 2 years ago

Federation is the best thing i have ever seen.

[–] wildeaboutoskar 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's that new colony optimism

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[–] beefstu 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Give it time... Once something gets enough attention people will look to make money off it. Enjoy it now

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it's because these are actual communities. The admins are just regular people you can talk to like normally. You choose your community. They're not faceless corporations and I think when a network is a corporation the platform gets less respectful conversation for understandable reasons.