Asklemmy
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Yes. Although on AskReddit, this question would've been removed by the automod because it's technically a yes or no question.
It is one version, yes, I subscribe to asklemmy on both lemmy.ml and lemmy.world
In theory yes, although the moderation is pretty lacking. So people use it as tech support, ideological rants, yes/no questions, support with actually using Lemmy, DAE, and all other manner of stuff that theoretically doesn't fit on here, and which is often low effort and doesn't prompt much discussion.
Good, let's keep it that way. Lack of freedom of speech is what has made that 3rd Reich of Reddit impossible to use.
So itβs better
At least we don't get the hourly "What's the sexest sex you've ever sexed" question from someone who's horny on the internet for their first time.
Even though there is already a [email protected] and a [email protected] This c/ is still quite small, and doesn't get saturated with questions which belong elsewhere. Somehow splitting the content over 3 communities also get them way more empty than a big active one.
We're still far from the magic reload button we have on that other website which every minutes would see tons of new post.
Itβs also fun to let the user interpret what sort of question they want to ask. Sometimes itβs fun when people do unexpected things.
theoretically doesnβt fit on here,
According to what theory?
the theory of Utopian Tightwaddery
The fewer options people have to do the wrong thing, the better everything becomes. Eventually, (in theory), weβll get to a world where all you do is press a big green button and get a shiny sticker each day.
Yeah, I guess some people think it's more of an Ask Jeeves than an Ask Reddit. Might be better if it was just called "open-ended questions"or something like that.
Or maybe everything that isnβt specified is open-ended.
What's DAE?
"Does anyone else... (have trouble finishing video games/use their toenail clippings to add texture to a pot of chili/etc.)?"
Just to add, on Reddit it was segregated away from askreddit pretty early on in the site's life because it was realized that there's not much useful discussion that can come off a question structured in that way. Better to ask something like "do you do X? Why or why not". DAE is mostly just people seeking approval.
Ah, thanks, also, hilarious examples!
Nah. Not enough sex questions.
Well, AskRedditAfterDark was actually a surprisingly wholesome and awesome community that I miss... I don't think we've got enough folks to build something similar, though.
Have you sexed the sex?
But like⦠in a sexy way?
I hit that... sexually
No, askreddit is the reddit version of asklemmy.
It's called "Ask Lemmy", so no... It's about lawnmower maintenance.
Yea - the thing is that it's called "AskLemmy" when really the whole Fediverse can access the community. I feel like it would've been better suited to call it "AskFedi" or something else. In general it doesn't really make sense to use the software as the name for stuff.
People here say "lemmy" way too much when they really should consider the Fediverse as a whole.
EDIT: Curious why people are down voting, anyone care to explain their perspective on this?
I will always call this type of discussion forum βredditβ. This format, with upvotes, downvotes, nested replies, and collapsible descendants, is reddit
That's a good point, even the platforms may change over time (either by name, or entire projects migrating).
People here say "lemmy" way too much when they really should consider the Fediverse as a whole.
Part of it is that we don't federate that nicely to the rest of the fediverse yet. I expect that to change over time though
Part of it is that we donβt federate that nicely to the rest of the fediverse yet
I mean, kinda? But it federates well enough I would say. I regularly see Mastodon or kbin users and I feel it's not fair to those users to refer to the spaces on Lemmy instances as "lemmy". And as you note, it's short sighted - Lemmy might not be around in 10 years and some other implementation might take over.
But tbf I'm not sure exactly what the federation problems are right now. I'm not sure how Lemmy could federate better (if at all).
This is part of the reason I went with feddit.dk and not lemmy.dk.
it's not fair to those users to refer to the spaces on Lemmy instances as "lemmy"
Why wouldnβt that be fair?
Because those spaces are just as accessible from other instances that may not use Lemmy. They're not on "Lemmy", they're on the underlying protocol, i.e. ActivityPub, which is the major part of the fediverse.
It'd be like if you had an Outlook email and instead of referring to it as your email, you refer to it as your Outlook, even though other email implementations can just as easily talk to you. Outlook is just an email implementation, it's not what email is. That's the protocol.
Yea it's really about what people have as the mental model for the platform they are on. It might take time for people to internalize what the network is doing.
Mastodon and Lemmy do mix as it is, but it could be better. Two big areas I've heard are
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Lemmy users need the ability to follow mastodon users (kbin has this I believe)
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Mastodon users have a hard time following Lemmy communities and seeing posts, because they end up getting a waterfall of every post/comment at once overwhelming their feeds
First part is definitely lemmy but I don't mind it that much tbh. It feels like it should be possible to post on your own profile (not on any community) and then you'd see posts from users you subscribe to just like you see posts from communities. I think reddit actually has this functionality.
The second point sounds more like something mastodon should fix. Like not including every reply in the feed or something, I don't know.
Ask reddit has a lot of annoying rules, e.g. no questions with a definite right answer
Yes
Yeah
Nope. That's over at [email protected]. This is the Lemmy version of askMarxists
I have blocked lemmygrad, but shouldn't a potential [email protected] be the Marxist one?
I have heard that people dislike this instance as it is run by the devs who people claim to be right wing.
You won't see this, but... the Lemmy devs are Marxists, not right-wingers. Lemmygrad is definitely Marxist (Leninist). Lemmy.ml is left-wingers of all types.
You are correct. I was only joking, lemmy.ml is officially a general purpose server and this community is meant for everybody. But nonetheless, lemmy.ml users tend to be very leftist.
I'm confused by the second part, are you referring to lemmy.ml or lemmy.world when you say this instance? If people are claiming that the Lemmy devs are right wing... wow.
They tend to be very Marxist. Letβs be specific.
Since this thread is hosted on lemmy.ml, I meant that.
everything to the left of monarchism = Marxism, apparently
though I'll agree with you that the rabid anticommunism on .world will definitely help Redditors feel at home
Case in point.
Whatβs lemmy? My grandson told me these were the reddits.
Yes