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For example, I don’t use TikTok. I never have, and I never will, and I’d advise everyone else to get off the platform too. I genuinely believe it’s objectively harmful to people’s mental health and possibly even a threat to democracy. That said, I also believe people should be free to decide for themselves whether they want to use it or not, which is why I’m against the U.S. government banning it.

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[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly tho it's been downhill over there. I'm getting old reddit vibes here and I'm cool with never posting on reddit ever again.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Reddit is still better for communities based around hobbies (at the moment at least) just due to it's shear size.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at the actual engagement on those hobby subreddits. Dont let the thousands of followers fool you. The big subreddits got bigger, but the smaller ones got smaller. I see niche groups with thousands of followers, but posts rarely break 100 upvotes/10 comments. Reddit is a hollowing shell right now.

I saw a post about Kids In The Hall on this site the other day. Go see how popular that is on reddit. You just gotta believe.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's actually a really good point.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Agree, hate to admit I sometimes still go there (no login) to check certain communities because they are completely dead on Lemmy.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I find discord servers are filling that in much better for me

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm probably behind the times. How do you find stuff on discord?

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Idk why ppl can't just Google it get the info and leave.

Not that complicated. No one is forcing you to join.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Garbage is more entertaining than the same 5 political posts reposted between 40 instances and the only OC being posts that bitch about Reddit. This place is NOTHING like old reddit.

Sorry but not sorry, this place is borderline worthless. Until sometime figures it how to keep every sub becoming a commission echo chamber this is an interesting experiment that is dead in the water.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not that bad, stop being a doomer. It's better than reddit is right now at least.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

Ironic language. Didn't be a dinner. That could fix up the place.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Block political communities

Block !reddit@lemmy.world

And if you really think this place is worthless, why are you still here?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You do realize the entire format of reddit is designed to make "echo chambers". Every single reddit sub is an echo chamber and users have no options. At least here people can do what they want with no one to tell them how to run their community.

The only way to stop it from being a commission echo chamber is to push back or post the opposite stuff. They don't run many of the communities here like they do on reddit. The good thing about lemmy is getting downvoted doesn't restrict your usage of the site so you can make unpopular opinions without getting timed out like on reddit.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And yet, it has more content and diversity 🤷‍♂️

The people are the problem.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah it does but i dont think the people are the problem. Reddit has been around long, its a for profit company. It exploded in popularity at a time when there was no competition and now its entrenched itself as a dominate site that will be almost impossible to kill.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

no one's forcing you to be here talking about reddit

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize stating the reality precluded me from having an interest in an open protocol or interest in seeing these communications evolve.

I guess my responding to the delusional post above was out of line and totally off topic 🙄

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I interpreted “old reddit vibes” to be more about there being an actual discourse on posts more than being about the subject matter of the posts. If you look at the comments on reddit, they all just agree with each other because they’re the most popular opinions so they get the most upvotes. The thing I like about here is that I can still read that popular comment, but there are few enough total comments that scrolling down a bit leads to discussions that would have been buried in downvotes there. But since they didn’t define “old reddit vibes” I could be misinterpreting as easily as you!

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This site being small really lends to the individual experience. Misinformation isn't on max here yet.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Maybe you just need to take a break from your phone for a few hours?

Also, check out different sorting methods (like most comments 6/12 hours)

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thanks to Lemmy, I don't feel a need to return to Reddit, but I agree that we're still essentially in "pale imitation" territory and I'm not sure if that will ever change.

In Twitter terms, it's like everyone left for Mastodon but are really just waiting for a Bluesky to come around. I'd prefer to keep whatever platform I use open and free, but I'd like "approachable and vibrant" along with it if possible, which Lemmy is still struggling to accomplish.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then why are you here bitching about it?

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize stating the reality precluded me from having an interest in an open protocol or interest in seeing these communications evolve.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you hate a thing, it's really easy to avoid it usually, particularly in this case

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is what I'm seeing here.

"Lemmy would be better if it wasn't an echo chamber. There's no variety in opinion."

"Well, if you don't agree with us you can leave!"

🤦🏻‍♂️

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where "agree" means "don't find it to be a shitty platform"

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just seems like an odd thing to get defensive about.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it seems odd to me to use a platform to talk about how much you dislike it.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't like it Giiiiiiiiiit out!

It's painful to see the technically adept push away everyone away.

The reason I was/am still here (for now) is this was the only true FoSS platform. I don't like that bluesky and meta are our best hope at an open platform.

But yeah fuck me for pointing out that this user base is toxic doomers who have poor communication skills.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

user base is toxic doomers who have poor communication skills.

Trying to make that one a fact eh?

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

👌👍

Lemmy has an active and engaging user base.