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Does an Influx of Former Reddit Users create a Shift in Athmosphere? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am myself a newcomer, did a full switch straight from reddit.

However, I did it just a few weeks before mods and admins started to crack down hard on certain opinions. Guess I had seen the sign on the wall.

I believe reddit's clear change of direction has pushed many more people into the lemmyverse, many of them just like me, straight from reddit.

I sense that recently the tone around many subs has shifted towards more agressive and more divisive, and other patterns I recognize all too well from my years on reddit.

Do other people sense this too? Am I on the right track or completely off?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

yes people come from reddit because it was ruined by corporate bs and immediately start simping hard for corporate propaganda, bogging down quality discussion

and it's becoming the majority now, so just like reddit, you have to scroll so much further down a thread before the good info is found.

in other words: welcome redditors, pls leave the reddit bs at the door on your way in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

you have to scroll so much further down a thread before the good info is found.

I feel Lemmy's algorithm does a nice job of pushing newer comments to the top, but of course one needs to search longer for the good stuff the more comments there are.

in other words: welcome redditors, pls leave the reddit bs at the door on your way in.

Somebody else here commented that they will adapt. I like that, I hope it's true, and possibly my biggest takeaway from this post because it is something we can all actively contribute to.