Idk how to explain it and I imagine it’s been said plenty of times by now but it’s just, way easier to engage with posts here, usually on Reddit I’d just ignore the whole commenting aspect and just scroll through media.

I like this change, it reminds me of older social media platforms I used to use that were fairly small, player.me for instance.

  • @greenehead@lemmy.world
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    382 years ago

    Was thinking the same thing. On reddit commenting seemed daunting or something, here it’s much easier to engage for some reason, long live lemmy!

    • @Casmael@geddit.social
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      142 years ago

      Yeah seemed like there was always someone waiting round the corner to nitpick or find fault with something you said, kinda created a cagey vibe around actually taking part in the community imo

      • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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        102 years ago

        Well, akshually…

        <insert 5000 word comment correcting your grammar, quoting and refuting every line, and building 20 straw men to set on fire…>

        dust hands

        Mum! I won another debating competition online!

    • DuskOP
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      9/10 times I’d go to comment something and realise it’d already been said or it was just hectic and I just wouldn’t and it got to the point I just never bothered anymore.

      • @theoldgreymare@lemmy.world
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        42 years ago

        Yes, sorting Top/Hour helped, but I can do the same here and it still feels fresher, maybe because it’s fewer people and so far seems to be all actual people, not bots.

    • @SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
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      102 years ago

      I was on Reddit from maybe about 2008 until 2015ish. By the end I found that you couldn’t really say anything on there that wasn’t exactly what the orthodoxy was, or you’d just be downvoted to oblivion.

      I don’t think it was organic.

  • Honestly, lemmy… just works. Which is the best we could hope for. The rest is user content. As long as there are good instances that have solid uptime and the lemmy devs keep optimizing the UI, it’ll thrive.

  • @Mewtwo@lemmy.world
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    Lemmy is in a sweet spot that old early 2k forums had. Active enough to engage with people but small enough where it’s not trashy and circle jerky.

    • @veroxii@lemmy.world
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      People overestimate how many users you need to have a healthy community. As you say the forums of yore were quite small and worked perfectly fine.

      • @SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
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        42 years ago

        I noted that on my social instance. 500 followers and 500 follows and I’ve got all the everything I need. Can’t even track my timeline it flies by so fast sometimes

  • Ath47
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    Totally agree. Discussions are more engaging here, and posts are more relevant to their communities. You’ll hear some people try to explain that this is just due to the smaller user base, and it’ll quickly become less friendly as it gains more people… but I don’t think so. For one, the lack of an overall “score” for each user (like Reddit’s karma) means there is no value in creating re-posting bots that try to capture the maximum number of upvotes by copying older successful material. Less bots posting old content means more real people posting current ideas.

    • DuskOP
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      That does make sense, I do miss discussion bots for like shows and such but I’ve seen people do it manually and it’s better than nothing

  • dub
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    112 years ago

    I think the big 3rd party app developers leaving Reddit and coming on here will be a huge boon. Most hardcore power users use the 3rd party apps once we have some great options it will be even better

  • @Pickle_Jr@lemmy.world
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    252 years ago

    I have made 3 comments on Lemmy these past few days. It isn’t much; I’m mostly a lurker. But I’d average like 3 comments a year on Reddit so I’m doing pretty good myself.

  • dasprii
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    52 years ago

    I’ve also noticed that the website runs way smoother than reddit ever did for me which is a big plus

  • @sporez@lemmy.world
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    112 years ago

    Lemmy right now feels much more like traditional forums which is a good thing I think. Only time will tell if it actually stays like that or not long term.

    • @RooRLoord420@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      This has been my general sense of it as well, and likely the reason why Tildes is also popular for those looking for a Reddit-alternative. They’re quieter platforms allowing for a more engaging conversation between people of similar interests. I’m excited to see how this all shapes out.

    • @itsJoelleScott@lemmy.world
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      Exactly. This site feels like reddit when I joined it in 2013/4. I suppose I got accustomed to modern reddit, and that isn’t all sunshine and rainbows!

  • I have not been on reddit for the past 3 days. I try my best to not visit the site when it comes up in search results, I either use web archive or google cached results to find what I’m looking for.

    Full time lemmy user!