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First active day on the fediverse after 11 years on Reddit, and liking it here! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dystop@lemmy.world to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I've been on reddit for a long, long time and i've seen all the changes that have happened in the past decade. I spent a lot of time on Reddit, and have seen the slow infestation of bots, karma whores, and guerilla marketing disguised as posts.

I'm genuinely excited for the fediverse - it seems like an actual improvement over reddit, and not just a clone. There's a learning curve, but there was one when joining reddit too.

I participated in the migration to Voat, and saw how/why it failed. I'm more optimistic about the fediverse for various reasons, and I'm dedicating my time to helping this thrive.

I was a lurker on Voat, but I'm trying to be active here. I don't like modding, but I've even created my own community here, which is saying a lot given how lazy I am. Hope to interact with y'all more!

And if you're still reading this, i hope you don't mind a shoutout to my new community, maliciouscompliance - recreated this as it was one of my favorite places to lurk on reddit!

/c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/c/maliciouscompliance

!maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

EDIT: since a few people asked - I posted in this comment below why I think lemmy has a much better chance than voat did

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[–] DigiWolf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

My only concern is that I'm wondering about the viability of federated websites once the user-base of a single instance gets large enough. At that point won't it just be the same problem where there is a massive server usage and therefore needs community support?

[–] brandonsh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Are you referring to moderation and stuff like that?

[–] lucas@lemmy.lucaslower.com 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like that could lead to issues as well. The best way for the fediverse to work is users spread out across many small/medium instances.

[–] pivotraze@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I agree with Lucas here that we need to not flock to the big servers. I am on one where I greatly trust the admin to run a good instance.