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Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have a lot more fun engaging in discussions on here as opposed to reddit.

On reddit i always felt like i was shouting into the void and there was nobody listening, which resulted in me becoming a lurker for the last 12 years.

Maybe it's the small size of this community, the lack of karma farmers, that I've finally lost my mind or a little bit of all of the above, but this place just feels like something special. I'm really looking forward to building the fediverse with all of you!

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[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, Ive got the same thing. I did use Reddit to ask stuff, but never engaged in discussions as it didn't seem to matter. Whenever something had hit the front page, new comments wouldn't be seen.

On Lemmy I've been very active, and people are just nicer. Also I want to make certain communities a success so I do even more my best to post content.

[–] KuroJ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. It’s feels a lot more welcoming to post in topics!

[–] Ace_of_spades@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit posts would only get acknowledged if you said one of the pre-approved comments. Commenting felt pointless because so many of the upvoted and comments that actually got engaged with felt like they were written by a bot or just automatically generated by reddit.

"fuck about, find out"

"maybe, just maybe..."

*"I'll take for 500, Alex" *

"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"

I wonder how may of the commenters were just bots.

[–] esty@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the fediverse feels a lot more welcoming to interact with tbh, with reddit you had

>astroturfing

>reposters

>puns and shitposts soaring to the top of comments / subs, real discussion buried

and i dont feel any of that here

[–] MrShelbySan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Feeling the same. I love commenting and posting, whereas on Reddit I was always nervous and felt like I was shouting into an empty void, like you said.

I hope it lasts, because it's so cozy here so far.

[–] DannyBoy@mastodon.ie 2 points 1 year ago

@Deralax I feel that's more related with platform addiction. Since COVID 19 Reddit became more a news stand.
Look at r/popular 11 of each 10 posts are news related and not like a generic piece of news. Feels that they're perfectly selected to create toxic comments which at the same time droves people to look for more toxic news.

Reddit is a platform designed about being toxic and addictive while Lemmy/Kbin are designed as a way to connect with people that shares your same interests.

[–] amitten@normalcity.life 2 points 1 year ago

It does feel a bit better, but I still struggle to contribute. It feels like it's a bit noisy still - maybe I just need to reduce how much content I'm subscribed to.

[–] Iamgroot11@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

@Deralax and you can interact with people outside of kbin too. The fediverse really is awesome.
Sent from Mastodon

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve made more posts and comments here in the past week than I did on Reddit for a long time. I think I have 80 posts now it’s insane and like nearly 300 comments. This place is fun

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I did not see any SteamDeckEmu replacement so I made my own. I would have never have done that on Reddit. The future of the Fediverse depends on the content provided by the users! Unlike Reddit, there are no bots generating content and this is solely a human focused network

[–] UnpopularBrainRot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm more of a lurker but I'm more compelled to comment here because of the default sort algorithm in comments, you get a mix of newer and upvoted, so even if I comment on an older post, or one with a lot of comments I don't feel like I'm shouting to the void.

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

I, like many of the other replies, feel quite the same. Although I think the highlight of this for me is just how less aggressive and how much more receptive and open to discussion people have been. tbf i still mostly lurk but I've commented more here in a few days than I have in the final few years I was on reddit.

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Casuals/normies ruin everything. Every social media platform deteriorates over time as more people join. At the moment, the majority of people here are actually genuinely interested in civil discussion and debate and the people who just spam low effort comments and karma farm remain on reddit.

[–] djmarcone@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit has a high percentage of bots and shills so this is still real people thus more welcoming.

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