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[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I'm not enriching a pedophile neo-nazi

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Free, no ads and custom clients. Tech Literate and Left user .

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most of the posts on Lemmy are still made by humans instead of automatically reposting the top posts from 5 years ago forever.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

The bots ran me off. I want to read human comments and converse with humans.

Caught a permaban for my, uh, spicy opinions on Russians. I rarely go back to look at something and every post has 10,000 bullshit replies.

I like how easy it is to block people, communities, and instances. It makes it so I can curate my feed into something that's interesting and doesn't make me want to constantly ragepost. It's better for my mental health.

[–] kebab@endlesstalk.org 6 points 6 days ago

An actually solid mobile client

The people are less stupid. We weed out the people who don't know how to use computers by implementing hard stuff like "choices"

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I like that people can share their unfiltered thoughts without being censored. Especially if we’re all feeling disgusted by our world’s leaders.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Its not enshittified in various ways. Its just a news aggregate and discussion forum that functions.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 days ago

The discussions are on average much more civil, and can actually be worth reading rather than to watch a fight. It reminds me of old school slashdot.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm currently browsing Lemmy with a third party app.

Reddit wiped out that capacity, and I in turn wiped out my participation on reddit.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)

No advertising. No algorithms driving content at me.

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hate the adds...and the bots

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They serve no purpose for which I have a need.

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It really makes you wonder about the type of people that see an ad and say to themselves " I'm going to look into that ".

I see an advertisement and the first thing that pops in my mind is "ok, I'll stay away from that for sure, i definitelydont want that in my life"

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

I was checking my weather app, and they fed me an ad for something that I didn't even know what it was, so I went to the website, clicked around a bunch, just so they thought I was interested. All Praise be to VPN! Sometimes reinforcing a mis-impression is the best thing one can do.

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's one of those things I don't notice until I make a trip back to Reddit to pick up something I left (moving out takes time).

At least once per visit I end up clicking an ad by accident, because they're everywhere.

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I downvote every one . Even the ones with a puppy dog or cat.

That might be worse than not engaging at all 🤷‍♂️

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No fucking Spez messing with the API.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago

I like the idea of contributing to something built by users.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 33 points 1 week ago
  1. People are nicer here. For the most part.

  2. There are a shit ton less corporate ops manufacturing consent.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Smaller user base means discussions move a bit slower.

Better blocking and other tools for sorting content and users.

No ads.

Far, far fewer petty mods and admins. There will never be zero, but it is much better here overall.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 18 points 1 week ago

Lemmy hasn't been enshittified.

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

I don't want to contribute content to support Reddit, Inc. They've demonstrated greedy corpo BS that I don't want to support.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemmy doesn't give a shit if I'm on VPN, which means I can still access it when working from home.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Lemmy as a platform doesn't care. But Lemmy as a community certainly does: You should absolutely be on a VPN in this day and age.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lemmy didn't try to force me to dox myself for "age verification".

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

People are slightly less stupid, which makes conversation not as frustrating. I also don't get banned/suspended because a mod got uppity (and even if it happened, the solutions are easier!). I mean, it happened on .ml but I had to get at least one ban, lol.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

In real life, I prefer to live in a big town.

Online, I prefer to live in a small town.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's not overflowing with Nazis and pedos. It has a tankie problem, but it's still not as much of a problem as the Nazis and pedos on Reddit.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago

better discussions, no ads, better mobile experience

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

Nobody is making profit from my content or selling my data to advertisers.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I was reddit faithful for over a decade. Lemmy is like reddit's early days, I recognize users across multiple communities - people haven't completely closed themselves off into tiny echo chambers so discussions are actually discussions, and not brigading agreements.

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The people here are much nicer and inquisitive. It feels like im talking to a real person instead of just content bait. I dont need 1000+ comments per post for it to be successful, I just want real people talking to real people.

Plus we can have anyone talking with anyone here. Mastodon talking to lemmy talking to piefed, etc...etc....

[–] josefo@leminal.space 12 points 1 week ago

Not giving money or content to a shitty company is enough for me. Once I was here, I found out about the public modlog, the nature of the fediverse, and the love for Linux you people have. Also it feels kinda like, less karmawhoring content, because we don't have karma here. I don't know, this feels like it's shaped by communities for real.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they hadn't killed RiF client, I'd still be there.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Not sure if I'd still be there, and thank God for the Connect app for Lemmy that it getting close to the point of being actually useful because without that I don't know where I'd be

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The UX is just so much better in every aspect. UI is clean and (mostly) intuitive, but more importantly, supports alternative frontends and apps offering better and personalized UIs. There isn't a half-dozen roadblocks and annoyances put in the way of accessing content, like VPN-bans and ads. There isn't even a particularly high-bar to join and participate, so no worries about entering a phone number or building up karma.

I can just use the site. Now all I need is content thats actually relevant to me.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unpopular opinion time: Virtually nothing. Lemmy is, from the end-user perspective, just another Reddit clone filled with the same idiots as Reddit, posting the exact same bullshit as is posted on Reddit.

The only reason I can tolerate this format of interaction has been to have a policy of blocking at least 1 imbecile per day. It actually helps, try it. Block me if you think I'm a loudmouth idiot.

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

From a usability standpoint, Lemmy just works better, for me at least. I used old reddit with RES and Firefox, but ran into random issues stemming from one of the two.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Because Reddit banned me for posting "If you have the opportunity, you should always punch a Nazi".

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[–] Insane_Turnip@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I'm allowed to comment without first being required to farm an unknown amount of karma.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Reddit has a stupid karma system where you have to be liked enough just to comment. It defeats the point of having mods. At least here, if the mods are justified or not, you just get banned. There's no beating around the bush, middle-man type of popularity contest.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Not corporate controlled, friendlier communities overall.

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