Hi everyone, I’m new to Lemmy and looking to get involved. I am curious about what major differences you have experienced here vs Reddit as I am hoping this is a nice alternative.

I’ve personally experienced aggressive overreach and biased moderation on Reddit, and I was wondering if you have experienced a different environment here. If so, are there ways to get the word out about sites like this that might be viable alternatives?

More granularly/specifically, are there any topics that you might have discussed on both platforms and had a different experience? What have you seen here that has been a vast upgrade over Reddit? Thanks for any guidance!

  • Necrifyre@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    Lemmy:

    • Perfect for users who want to be able to post on a modest pace.
    • Lacks the thousands of micro-communities reddit has
    • Doesn’t tie karma voting to be able to post at all
    • Doesn’t have a bunch of “QoL” nuisances that Reddit has
    • Doesn’t have Spez and shitty corporations invested into the platform

    Reddit:

    • Perfect for users who want to post constantly (once they’re over the prissy karma and time to wait to be able to post elsewhere)
    • Has thousands of micro-communities that Lemmy doesn’t
    • Does tie karma voting to be able to post at all
    • Has unnecessary features nobody asked for
    • Has Spez and shitty corporations invested in the platform

    Mutually Shared:

    • Both have shitty moderators at any given time.
    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 days ago

      Mutually shared:

      • People upvote things that make them feel good, downvote things that make them feel bad.
      • People getting in the way of a hate train are plastered.