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Why does Lemmy feel so fresh compared to Reddit? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by AB7ORH7D@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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As a long time Reddit user, there's something about Lemmy and the fediverse that feels really refreshing and new. I think it has to do with a few things...

  1. People are more respectful of each other and interested in discussion and being social.
  2. Less trolls (users are probably older?)
  3. Due to it not being absolutely huge, I feel like people will actually see my posts and comments instead of being lost in a sea of content. I suppose once Lemmy grows this will change, however the cool thing about the fediverse are the new servers. So you can stick to the server when you want smaller community discussion and go to "all" when you want more populated threads.
  4. The clean UI feels refreshing and clean, almost like the early internet.

What have you noticed? Do you find it refreshing too?

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[โ€“] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have noticed similar things, just like you. Here are mine:

  1. More respectful, thought-provoking commenters
  2. Being early on a fundamentally different site is cool (federated vs centralized)
  3. In really small sublemmies (Less than 10 posters I guess) I kinda get the small village feeling, where eventually everyone will know eachother, which is kinda wholesome.
[โ€“] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm really liking number 3, as well. Hello PrivateNoob!

[โ€“] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Literally you're the reason why I wrote the third one. ^^

[โ€“] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like I'm eavesdropping a private conversation.

[โ€“] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll translate your comment into Reddit-speak: "now kith"

[โ€“] StarLuigi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just wanted to say I love your banner and profile picture, what are they from?

[โ€“] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, thank you for the compliment! I don't know if they are a specific character from a series or a video game, I just took them from Pinterest. With the banner, I specifically wanted to find a wallpaper that captures a bit of retrowave internet aesthetics.

OSHI NO KO ENJOYER. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[โ€“] StarLuigi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Pleasure to meet you as well!