572
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
572 points (92.9% liked)
Lemmy
11947 readers
5 users here now
Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to !meta@lemmy.ml.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
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.
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.