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What would you like to change about Lemmy culture? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by PinkyCoyote@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't Lemmy have almost no content before the reddit migration?

If the Reddit fiasco didn't happen I would have never even looked into Lemmy. I would imagine at least half, if not the majority, of Lemmy users joined around the same time.

I haven't opened Reddit since then, and I most definitely feel like Lemmy is much better than Reddit. I think you are focusing too much on the few Reddit immigrants that complain, and you interact with many of us that don't complain, more often than not.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some instances had a good amount of activity, especially if the had a non-reddit community before the major reddit exodus. Reddit brought far more right-leaning individuals.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Reddit brought far more right-leaning individuals.

Definitely not going to argue with you there. I switched here to get away from that exact thing, and because I felt much more at home on Lemmy with people like you in the comments(I see you in the comments all of the time <3).

I was sick of seeing brain dead right wing and lib talking points being upvoted to the top of every thread. So it doesn't surprise me that a lot of the Reddit immigrants are more right leaning.

Still, I am proof that at least some of us left Reddit because we found a home here surrounded by more left-leaning people. I find myself agreeing with a lot more people here than I ever did on Reddit.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Definitely not going to argue with you there. I switched here to get away from that exact thing, and because I felt much more at home on Lemmy with people like you in the comments(I see you in the comments all of the time <3).

Aww, thanks!

Still, I am proof that at least some of us left Reddit because we found a home here surrounded by more left-leaning people. I find myself agreeing with a lot more people here than I ever did on Reddit.

I came then as well, I was more referring to the average. Still, thanks for sharing!