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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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This. It makes it much more unlikely to see tons of reposts, and as such it will be easier to see new interesting stuff.
Which by extension removes the stupid one liner contest that every reddit post devolves into.
And karma farming shitposts
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Seeing downvotes as soon as there's at least one is so cool to me. Very small detail, but it makes a pretty big impact.
Reddit used to have that with a browser add on called Reddit Enhancement Suite. They cut off access to the downvote numbers a while ago. I've missed it ever since.
Downvotes were shown by default without RES. They removed it but RES dev made it possible somehow.
Even with RES, I remember seeing a few years ago that Reddit does some form of obfuscation with karma. So no one really knows the true number of downvotes and upvotes.
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More engagement. I think the vast majority of Reddit was lurkers. This feels more like a community.
Relatively tech literate user base
Not for long if the migration continues
Unicode characters in display names.
I was concerned of the amount of users not being enough to generate content, but so far I have been proven wrong. And the quality of the content is much better. At least for now.
Feels more like old school forums instead of conglomorated shitpost: meme response, ironic response, [deleted] spam response bot response
No ads and the fact, that it is open source and community driven.
Immediate comments without needing to refresh. Things are just immediately showing up, which makes it feel so alive
The friendly community
Currently it feels like a reverse Golgafrincham situation. We got rid of the useless third by jumping ship. Let's convince them we got swallowed by an enormous mutant Star-Goat ๐คฉ https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrincham
No karma
You are not called an orc if you disagree with whatever The Washing Post or other USA state media says.
Not overloaded with porn. Reddit is full of bots and porn accs. Not the greatest issue ofc
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It feels way more community focused. There's a distinct lack of corporate influence, which is great.
dreading the day when i see lemmy billboards
The smaller community.
I remember when the top post on Reddit had 10.000 upvotes... Today you can't interact anymore, just "consume".
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Ooooh we can edit titles?
Feels more intimate. It's actually kind of all the things I liked about reddit: small community, sort by new. I'm kind of addicted already ๐ฌ it's a plus that we have a chance to see what it becomes. That's the best part imo. I been here only a few hrs, but I feel apart of something. Reddit is a bit disconnected sometimes, especially on larger subs.
Alot of reddit posts ended up being just really dumb nothing posts, but here it seems like the more engaged type crowd for now.
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i love being able to see individual upvote and downvote counts. the nuance is actually very important
so far at least there are no constant annoying automod filters like 'this title needs to be 250 characters not including spaces, have a [i'm a dumbass] flair, etc etc'
it does nothing to improve the quality of anything and makes the whole UX more annoying. on r/gonewildaudio there's like a paragraph of flairs
I want lemmy to succeed but reddit is still alright (as long as it allows you to use the old interface in a web browser). Won't delete it in the forseeable future
The only reason I reluctantly keep my account is because of a few niche communities I lurk and sometimes comment in. And I'll add that Reddit is usable thanks to the old interface + uBlock Origin and third-party apps on mobile (and we all know what's happening next); I'd call it "alright" just as a euphemism for "not (yet) as bad as Facebook or Instagram".
I'll probably continue to lurk on some more niche Reddit communities. Mostly related to smaller gaming communities for news or info posts, but I'm hopeful that as Lemmy grows more will migrate this way.
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Better UI
Much less cluttered UI. Very friendly communities.
The decentralized and community-driven model that essentially guarantees Lemmy being free from big corporations creating the ad-centric hellscape of centralized social media. That, and the UI is much clearer and feels lighter, even compared to Old Reddit.
This^. And not just the ads, but the decentralized nature should also protect the community at large. Where as if Nintendo doesn't like something on r/Nintendo they may have sufficient pull to force a change. With communities being decentralized it means that corporations have a lessened ability to throw their weight around.
This was a big thing for me too. And I agree about the UI, it feels close to reddit I guess but I've not had any issues finding my way around and joining a bunch of communities that interest me. I've also commented/posted more than I ever did on reddit already!
Does it, though? An instance could theoretically become so big it overshadows all others, then defederate from everyone.
When account migration gets added and something like community sync is in place, I can see that issue being mitigated. Sure, there might be some chaos, but the underlying nature of the fediverse makes the issue much less likely to occur.
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