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First time posting here — how does Lemmy feel compared to Reddit for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by vegals@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone, I’m new here and just testing the waters. I’ve been on Reddit for years, but lately it feels like a mix of heavy-handed moderation and echo chambers where any dissenting opinion gets buried.

For those of you who’ve spent real time on Lemmy: • What do you like better here than on Reddit? • What do you miss from Reddit? • Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?

I’m curious how people see it — especially those who made the switch after the API drama.

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[–] vas@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I forgot one thing on the downsides. The onboarding captcha-like thingy on the lemmy.ml instance is quite elaborate where you have to quote some text from a Communism book. Instances like Memes are rich with upvotes and glorification of Stalin and of the Soviet Union. While I do agree on many of the downsides of for-profit culture (as you can see in my comment above for example), here it's just extreme levels in my opinion. I personally feel somewhat uncomfortable with the strong political push in general-purpose channels, especially since lemmy.ml is supposed to be about free software.

That's the other downside. I still use Lemmy as you see, but I felt it's fair to share a negative point even if the overall conclusion is positive.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you're not happy with communists, there are other instances like Lemmy.world.

[–] vas@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're kind of proving my point right now, this comment and the downvotes above.

I personally feel somewhat uncomfortable with the strong political push in general-purpose channels, especially since lemmy.ml is supposed to be about free software.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

There's a non-political memes comm on Lemmy.ml if you so choose. The fact is, the devs are communists, and a ton of us on Lemmy are communists due to the nature of FOSS, so that's sort of a natural sorting.

Other instances, such as Lemmy.world, are also politically biased, but towards liberalism. All instances have their own biases, you can't escape politics for good.