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What value did you get from Reddit that you hope to realize or expand upon here? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by mcpheeandme@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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For me, it's a few things.

A way to burn time that doesn't feel like a digital sugar rush.
Support, camaraderie, and kindness, primarily from /r/stopdrinking.
Niche stuff, like ideas for local hiking and backpacking trips, propaganda posters, and kayaking info.

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[-] WillOfTheWest@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm looking for community engagement without the homogenised superculture. I'd like to be able to discuss books on a small book community without someone jumping in with "I also choose this guy's dead wife" or "not my proudest fap" because it's a low effort way of garnering meta-points. I also like the lack of an account-based point system.

So far Lemmy is delivering and so I'm engaging here a lot more actively than I ever did on Reddit.

[-] ChrV@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Exactly, it wasn't like this before. But the past couple years in every post in every subreddit I keep colapsing the same top comments until I find a decent comment tree with meaningful conversation.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago

There was also a huge problem with people posting the same comments over and over. After browsing for 10 years you could read the title and assume the top 5 comments.