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?
Here, people still feel as guests whereas on reddit, people stayed long enough to feel the place is their’s.
(“old timers shouln’t have to deal with this shit again”)
Exactly, I am very new to Lemmy and have been met with nothing but open arms from every community. Reddit at times definitely felt more elitist.
Agree completely. I thinkk my reddit account is 13 years old now. I got over the new reddit UI, took me a while. Still the main thing is, the discussions are what made reddit. Right now, everybody seems to be jumping ship to lemmy/kbin, but most of the main topics are either crapping on reddit or trying to compare reddit with lemmy/kbin, instead of letting it be it’s own thing.
My main site will still be reddit, if the quality of posts starts rising without bashing reddit on every 2nd one, then I might change completely.
Also, the UI still feels a bit basic to me.
I think the comparison is valid though. People want to know if Lemmy is a good alternative for them and you can only do that by comparing.
It doesn’t take away that Lemmy is it’s own thing.