• Zedstrian
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    9 天前

    Lemmy is like pre-2015 reddit

    I found it too focused on weird like, communist Linux-using privacy nerd sort of views, topics, and humor.

    For the sake of optics, the Lemmy developers should make an effort to disassociate .ml from Lemmy itself. They have every right to run their own instance as they see fit, but too many users are falsely associating Lemmy as a whole with .ml.

    Still, the average Reddit user is frustratingly more willing to put up with the platform’s enshittification than learn how to manage blocks on the Fediverse to tailor their feed to their liking.

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      I joined a couple of months ago and still have no idea how it all really works.

      And it’s really not so important that I understand the minutia. People stumble around the internet all the time, making happy little discoveries and finding new communities. It’s kind of the way things used to work - we didn’t ask, we were just happily amused.

      ZOMBO.COM

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        Posting Threadiverse URLs gets posts automatically shadowbanned on Reddit, unfortunately; people should go into more detail when recommending Lemmy or Piefed though. People jump in expecting a 1:1 Reddit experience, and end up getting confused by federation and giving up.

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          I will if they reply with a grievance or query, to be fair. I just don’t want to copy and paste a dump of information at them across the thread.

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        Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren’t Nazis.

        Also, while it’s good to help users in switching to Linux when requested, users shouldn’t feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows.

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          Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren’t Nazis.

          Uhh, have you seen the place? To be fair, many of the extreme ones could be bots.

          users shouldn’t feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows.

          Users who are forced to use Windows for work, compatibility, etc. have my sympathy. Surely the PNGVN is most merciful. But those who willingly reject the Beaked One and persist in their ignorant ways are beyond saving.

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            Uhh, have you seen the place? To be fair, many of the extreme ones could be bots.

            Yes? Reddit, mostly, is way to the left of Twitter. It’s less “left” to be fair but heavily liberal but it really isn’t a right-wing pool. Some subreddits might be.

            Users who are forced to use Windows for work, compatibility, etc. have my sympathy. Surely the PNGVN is most merciful. But those who willingly reject the Beaked One and persist in their ignorant ways are beyond saving.

            This is silly.