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I am a reddit refugee. Keep seeing that this is supposed to be somehow better than Reddit. As far as I can tell, it follows a similar format, less restrictive on posts being removed I suppose. But It looks like people still get down vote brigaded on some communities. So I'm curious, how it's better?

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[–] awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You own your data, you can self-host your own Lemmy instance and still connect to other Lemmy instances (Like what I do)

Also you can share whatever you want, no one tells you "If you say that again I'll ban you from the entire network". And of course, there are no ads or algorithms showing you what their owners want you to see. It's freedom.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You own your data

This isn't true unless you host your day own instance. Your data is owned by your instance admin in the same way Reddit owns their user data.

But the good thing is that on the fediverse, you can choose your own admin by choosing an instance, so you still have far more choice :)

algorithms

There are in fact "algorithms" that decide how to sort posts, they just aren't as insidious as the ones on reddit and other corporate social media.

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

You own your data, you can self-host your own Lemmy instance and still connect to other Lemmy instances (Like what I do)

Can ya point to a series of instructions that show one how to do that? I mean, I'll search on my own as well, but since you seem well versed, I thought you may have some unique insight on a really good set of instructions.