Don't forget to try sorting by comments instead of posts! I often forgot that button exists.
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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Good advice. 👌🏼
This isn't a qu-- actually you heard that already (˃ . ˂˶)
I can definitely attest to the culture, which is fresh air compared to a lot of networks (e.g. that Draw a Duck post is probably far beyond a lot of platforms' capabilities/proclivities)
I think some of it boils down to:
- The Lemmy Algorithm. This is a big flaw with Reddit -- people have the attention span for the first ten comments, and then subcomment upvotes halve (with decent std. dev -- we aren't Zipf's Law devotees there) until invisibility. I don't think my Reddit comments are even seen, let alone replied to. But here, new comments have a chance.
- The sense of "mineness". As another here said, there's responsibility to raise your communities right, and another to interact (hence, variably lower hostility). I don't post much but I respond a lot to the people who comment in them, because I feel that I have to contribute to keep this sanctum humanly alive.
- At risk of sounding self-absorbed/elitist, the entry level. People are here because they were dissatisfied with the state of other sites, then made a jump; this is a sieve that to an extent increases the standard of sorting by new. (This has limitations of course, and it isn't necessarily advocating for Lemmy to never be mainstream.)
Just my conjectures ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What a great take from you, Mr. Fool. You’re definitely not fool. 🤣
Haha, thanks!
Btw I think a post like this would be better suited for [email protected] (not saying to repost there now) or a similar discussion sub ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
This is not even a question. Please read each community’ guidelines before posting.
Does I do wrong thing? So where can I post my personal thoughts?
Each Lemmy community has its own rules, just as each subreddit does. They’re generally posted in the community’s sidebar. Your post breaks rules #1 & #3 of [email protected]. Don’t flog yourself over it though. For some reason c/asklemmy’s rules get abused the most, because a lot of people treat it as a catch-all community.
One good place for this post would have been [email protected]: “Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.”. But again, don’t sweat it.
It’s worth noting also that each Lemmy instance has its own instance-wide rules, which are usually posted on their home page sidebar. Which means every post is subject to two sets of rules: the instance’s and the community’s. That may seem onerous at first, but after a while you get the hang of it and internalize the rules of the places you frequent.
Noted. Thanks for the reminder.
Since you're not familiar with this forum culture, asklemmy is used to ask questions. You did not ask a question.
It's comments like this that epitomise the culture on Reddit and something that I'm glad I don't see a lot of on Lemmy.
Great, I guess, but this is in no way a question.
Just my unsolicited expression. 😪
Albeit Lemmy can too be a bit of an echo chamber at times, I find, in general, that the platform as a whole is way more open minded, and by extention, its users too, than or over Reddit.
Which their bias on most subs and janny overreach became, specially in the last few years suffocatingly annoying. Coming here was refreshing in comparison.
👍🏼
I like Lemmy, but it can be a very one-sided experience. If youre not in to tech or left wing politics you'll probably find little to engage with.
Edit: I guess the memes are pretty good too
The politics are left of center on social issues, but I wouldn't say it's as bad as Reddit. I see a lot of anti-trump stuff, but that has nothing to do with his politics.
Need a mass adoption for that.
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