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I like that its smaller, it feels like the Internet used to back in the day. You get to know posters better which is nice

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

YOU DON'T KNOW ME!

(you might know me)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  • Third party apps.
  • The subscribed feed doesn’t contain uninvited random junk. I guess irrelevant trash drives engagement among some people, but it’s just driving me mad instead.
  • Lemmy is still wild and untamed, like Reddit used to be.
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It's open source, would be hard for an entity to take over, and permits for third party clients.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fewer conservative dickheads with a persecution fetish than reddit

They're here, they're already on the new Digg, but there aren't as many of them. Yet...

They really hate it when they're bigots and someone tells them that they're a bigot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (4 children)
  • Self hosting
  • Can't get banned
  • Feeling of being a part of something larger but not overwhelming large yet still having some control
  • Good range of mobile and web frontends
  • No adverts
  • No tracking
  • Memes, sometimes older memes and not getting ridiculed for them
  • Seeing other users from my instance on my travels

Some things I tolerate

  • American politics
  • Random porn
  • Bot spam
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yep the no ridicule is so important, it gets really nasty on reddit

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No intrusive ads or trackers. Less AI slop and more genuine human interaction. The ability to easily block communities, users, and instances is nice too.

And it's safe to say Luigi here

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

All this plus no profile karma. Meaning instead of chasing numbers to inflate our accounts and increase our perceived worth (whether consciously or subconsciously), people just are.

Or as you put it: more genuine human interaction.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Funny rat image.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not reddit. And it's not for profit. And the people here are great!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Ability to selfhost.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I like the fact I'm not giving some megacorp ownership of my 0 thought comments

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

No Spez, and not getting permabanned for criticizing Corporate interests, or Musk, specifically.

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