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Why does Lemmy feel so fresh compared to Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by AB7ORH7D@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a long time Reddit user, there's something about Lemmy and the fediverse that feels really refreshing and new. I think it has to do with a few things...

People are more respectful of each other and interested in discussion and being social.
Less trolls (users are probably older?)
Due to it not being absolutely huge, I feel like people will actually see my posts and comments instead of being lost in a sea of content. I suppose once Lemmy grows this will change, however the cool thing about the fediverse are the new servers. So you can stick to the server when you want smaller community discussion and go to "all" when you want more populated threads.
The clean UI feels refreshing and clean, almost like the early internet.

What have you noticed? Do you find it refreshing too?

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[–] jenings@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not to pat ourselves on the back too much but right now it’s mainly the Reddit power users that are here. The normies are wondering why interesting as fuck was flooded with porn as of last night.

[–] chaddy@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would consider myself a normie, specifically regarding reddit, as I only spent my time lurking there and already have more comments on lemmy than on 7 years on reddit.

The current vibe and atmosphere just feels kind of special. Almost everyone is figuring stuff out, no one is down voted for asking some basic questions and I don't have the feeling that some grammar nazi is immediately around the corner to correct my many mistakes, just to get that sweet, sweet karma.

[–] Nugget_in_biscuit@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that’s good, no? The power users are the minority that actually build the community. So we get the core base of Reddit without the problems you get from that site trying to become more like Facebook and TikTok

[–] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

This is the truth. It's a lot of what OG Reddit felt like before it became basically anonymous Facebook 2.0