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Why is Lemmy, with a tiny fraction of Mastodon's MAU, more fun than Mastodon? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by bruhbeans@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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From news, to shitposting, to memes, to more shitposting, Lemmy feels vibrant, active, lighthearted, fun and even powerful. Mastodon feels like a fucking funeral.

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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I like how votes have no sway in moderating and discoverability. It keeps people honest instead of just trying to game the system.

[–] anarchost@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

That's true, I noticed on a couple subreddits that votes don't matter unless you're mildly popular, and it's even possible to get comments throttled for being unpopular enough. Downvotes don't do much besides pushing your comments off the screen for the most part.