this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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As a 10+ year reddit user who has switched 98% to Lemmy, only checking reddit on my computer every couple days: Lemmy is completely fine, and I have seamlessly transitioned from Reddit.
Its userbase is more technical than Reddit's, and there's not as much content. But it is a perfectly good Reddit alternative. I find it isn't as addictive as reddit, which is awesome. I just wish there were more educational communities akin to AskHistorians, AskScience, etc.
I’m a 15-year user of Reddit. Lemmy right now is very similar to very early Reddit. Reddit’s users were more technical back then, too. I’m betting the early adopters of places like this are usually the technical types.
Another nice thing about Lemmy is that a lot of the low-effort, casual users on Reddit haven’t gotten here yet. Interaction here is definitely a lot more pleasant.
Also 15 year account and 100% agreed.
It's very akin to reddit ~10 years ago. Grammar nazis, "um actually" and pedantic debates are everywhere. You just have to not engage and consistently remember the other guy is probably a sweaty nerd who cares way more than you do.
The worst part is the pedants aren't even right most of the time. I've seen so many people complaining about perfectly acceptable sentence structure.
I tell myself they're just younger folks that have been failed by their schools, but then I get sad that they're younger folks that have been failed by their schools.
Actually, it's not always young kids, we all suck at grammar and that's okay. If clear communication took place, who cares?
The problem is that they're not recognizing clear communication and yet assume anything that confuses them is a mistake made by another.
Let's be honest - we're all sweaty nerds here
I actually have a sweating disorder where I sweat all day. I'm also a software engineer.
I finally feel like I belong.
Ditto. No issues with Lemmy here. I mean, there were a couple of annoying communities (to me anyway) but it was easy to block them.
Generally I’ve not noticed any toxic behaviour otherwise. At all.
In fact I was somewhat taken aback at the quality of responses to my last post. It’s going to take me days to research all the options and advice I was given. And from what I could see, most if not all the comments were informative and interesting.
The signal to noise ratio here is excellent, even if the numbers of comments etc are lower.
The only toxic I got was when I accidental posted in a conservative thread without realizing what it was. Basically like /r/conservative. Fortunately I was able to block the instance and move on.
mmmm askhistorians was one of my favourite late night prowls.
Its* userbase.
That is an incomplete sentence.
“sentence fragment”
“‘sentence fragment’ is also a sentence fragment.”
“must conserve battery power”
closes eyes
It's not a sentence. Checkmate!
(I upvoted you.)
Big oof. Corrected, to my great and utter shame. I am debased before you, o grammar sage!
Lol glad to help!