I wonder if all the bot activity on reddit makes it look so busy that people are confused when they come somewhere with far fewer bots around?
I notice significantly more positive interaction with (at least what I believe to be) real humans here than I did on reddit in my last couple of years there.
I’ve noticed the same. I’ve also noticed it become slightly more combative and strawman-y with the influx of new folx, but maybe getting better again lately? Anyway, this is just going by anecdotal/vibes, and it’s definitely better than mainstream/commercial socials.
I’ve also noticed it become slightly more combative and strawman-y with the influx of new folx, but maybe getting better again lately?
I’d like to think it’s because the mods here are a lot less likely to aid and abet that shit. I don’t know if it is, but that’s what I’d like to think.
Yeah mods and admins around here put in some real good work protecting their users.
have you looked at comments on an instagram post? you’d absolutely never be allowed to to say half what gets said there here
What I like about fedi is that while we usually give people the benefit of the doubt, we don’t tolerate dog whistles, sealioning, or other ““subtle”” methods of spreading bigotry and intolerance.
Whereas the big commercial platforms we on’t do a thing unless it’s blatant harassment, or matches one of the 12 slurs on their no-no list.
and if your admin allows that shit you can go find a new admin. no one’s the only game in town out here
I think it’s the same phenomenon in multi-player gaming - community hosted servers tend to have less garbage flying around compared to centrally hosted company servers.
If you run your own server, you’re far more likely to care about the user experience. And if you run your own server, you make your own rules and can manage how you’d like - no obligations.
People always talk about wanting to grow Lemmy, but honestly I like it a lot more the way it is. You can comment on a post that’s been on All for 6 hours and still get plenty of thoughtful responses. On reddit, there was so much noise - especially on major threads - that commenting was like pissing into the wind.
i can see the same thing, things that have been published for hours see steady activity, even some which are lively for a good few days, it feels less like flitting between a bunch of new things which is useful
I also choose this guy’s comment!
Now make people restating it 800 times half the thread. Switched a few weeks ago, and honestly the fact I have yet to see the words heckin or wholesome, nor the annoying as fuck story style of banal metaphor they think is relatable and super clever, sounding like a chimichanga doused in tabasco making its emergency 3AM exit be known, has all sold me. Reddit seems to be a bunch of people who think they’re super unique and progressive as they salivate over Marvel movies and rehash the same 9 political talking points, 50 posts, and 4 philosophy quotes they don’t understand ad infinitum. It is reddit without redditors, and doesn’t feel like it is curated by the DNC’s PR department. What’s not to love?
I think lemmy’d be ideal if it was double our triple its current size. Maybe just large enough to convince r/askhistorians to jump ship.
The solution on that on Reddit has been, retreat into more niche communities, remove default subs from your feed. Right now the way to make Lemmy usable is to browse All, because otherwise there isn’t enough content, but I bet as it grows it will go the same way.
I sub to smaller comms I don’t see much on, and use all as a generic feed.
Probably slightly controversial but I’m actually missing getting into arguments with strangers. I feel like I need some conflict in my life.
Go to hexbear[.]net or lemmygrad[.[ml comms then ;)
Thank you. Just took a breif look at Hexbear. I wasn’t able to see much but from one comment I was able to see, they seem like colourful characters. Lemmygrad are obviously tankies. Don’t know what I was expecting from the name.
hexbear has a lot of tankies, but it has a larger variety of leftists than grad.
The name doesn’t give away much.
Thank you for the explanation. Apparently, they defederated from the instance I’m using because of transphobia. Is it worth changing instance to see their content? (And perhaps I should to begin with?) I wasn’t aware of transphobia when I joined it originally.
eh, I don’t think you’re missing much from hexbear.
Ok. Thank you for clarifying. I had initially considered joining them because the description said “leftist meme space” which is similar to a subreddit I frequented but I gave up when the form basically asked me if I was a vegan.
What’s your most controversial opinion?
That if Trump annexes Canada, European countries should provide weapons and ammunition to Canadian guerrilla groups. Tends to scare people IRL. Didn’t get into an argument on Reddit over it. They just report me.
Sorry I think I’d agree. No argument for us today :(
No wait… don’t you see?
The robots have already breached our defenses.
You’ve seen what they’ve done to other websites!
And worst of all, they could be any one of us…
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I honestly think that there is more direct activity here. I asked the same question on reddit in 3 different places, but had more replies here than there.
Less bots. Reddit is all bots now
Dead Reddit theory Explains the popular subs’ comments
Take my updoot, buckaroo! 🫵🤠👍
It depends if you want to have a conversation with bots or other people
Yeah, what the hell?
I was a prolific reddit commenter for over a decade and myailbox would be empty each day
I have 600+ comments waiting for me now iny Lemmy inbox. Something is different
601 now >:)
You were shadow banned most likely
Because if you didn’t post to small subs or be one of the first 20 or so comments on a big sub post, you’d get buried.
I wish I could check a box “No notifications” when posting
Piefed has an option to disable them
Mbin does as well.
I need to use Piefed more.
The people who say there’s no activity tend to be lurkers and they mean post activity not comments.
If you’re on a big community that’s usually not a problem but for the small ones it is. If you have a hobby, then chances are its biggest lemmy community still doesn’t see enough new activity to feel alive.
Funny I come here every day, and every day there are thousands of fresh posts.
Agreed. I have more than enough responses in political subs to be satisfied on Lemmy, without all the bullshit that makes up 3/4 of any political post on Reddit - bots, trolls, puns, Russian propaganda farmers, idiots, etc.
But i really miss the active guitar subs. Lemmy’s go days or even months and years between posts. I’m so desperate, I’m starting to browse guitar forums on Facebook (gag!).
Apologies to those who have messaged me recently.
I commented on like ~50-60 threads a day on reddit, when I had it.
I would get like 3 notifications, and half would be about votes.
They just want more bots to play with
Crazy high engagement
Well you do post a lot here, I mostly just comment but I do get a bit on my inbox
If you want some replies just post against the hive mind. Lemmy is absolutely big enough for some hive activity. We did it!
I feel like post wise it’s quite slow but even if you make one post to a dead community, you’ll get tons of engagement
I commented on a hexbear thread about defederating with feddit.uk (my instance) over transphobia. It’s been a busy day.
I did a couple of stupid posts with my monkey brain and I got a very high number of useful comments! Monkey happy 🐵
