Last night, I finally made the switch from Reddit to Lemmy. Honestly it was something I should have done a long time ago. I’d been hearing about Lemmy for a while, but I kept brushing it off because it seemed complicated or too niche or too techy. But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods, desperate upvote chasers, and a flood of obvious bots, I hit my breaking point. I actually ended up learning more about Lemmy from people venting on Reddit itself, which was kind of ironic!!

I set up an account here, took a last look around Reddit, and bailed. Reddit used to feel like a genuine community, but now it’s just a money-hungry platform, clearly trying to squeeze out every dollar as it spirals down. Lemmy might be new to me, but at least here, it feels like voices still matter. I know you guys already know this, but I want to throw it out there: You all are right!

    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
      441·
      20 days ago

      I think you may be mistaking hatred of Trump with fervor for Harris.

      I’m not thrilled with Harris, but if it’s going to be between her and that orange shitstain, it’s an easy choice.

      • granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
        333·
        20 days ago

        Say anything about her less than favorable on news and politics subs and watch the downvotes.

        That is not organic behaviour imho

        • I Voted For Goldwater@lemmy.worldOP
          346·
          20 days ago

          I’ve found that out. I started a Trump community today and I’ve already had to block two people! but I think Lemmy has room for some other voices than just lefty. i hope.

          • superkret@feddit.org
            321·
            20 days ago

            There are other instances that align better with your views than lemmy.world
            Of course, they’re all defederated by most others, for good reason.

            Trump is a fascist, and anyone in favor of Trump, too.

          • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
            22·
            19 days ago

            I don’t think you’re gonna find much support on Lemmy for that. The kind of people on Lemmy are the kind of people that read books and tend to skew more to the intellectual side, even the ones I don’t agree with. Generally that doesn’t really describe Trump supporters.

          • DeanFogg@lemm.ee
            4·
            19 days ago

            Yeah totally normal and hetero behavior check out my harris and biden communitie-- oh shit where are they?

          • Fizz@lemmy.nz
            419·
            20 days ago

            Goodluck, you will very likely get downvoted because there’s a lot of lefties here but downvotes don’t fuck your account up like they do on reddit so don’t worry to much about them. Your posts will still showup and be seen.

          • granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
            831·
            20 days ago

            While i dont supoort either puppet. We do need some trump idiots to balance this place out. Endless kamala shilling is tiring.

            We had a guy try to run conservative sub it just got turned into him getting brigaded and abused. Not usre if thats still around.

            But if people want to discuss their shiti politics in good faith, then fedi must be able to accommodate everyone if it is to become defacto internet front page.

            Fuck reddit. Only decentralized social media makes sense since companies cant be trusted.

            • I Voted For Goldwater@lemmy.worldOP
              530·
              20 days ago

              I did notice that the c/republican sub has no mod and that the c/conservative one seems to be filled with pro-democrats people who just downvote every post that’s not pro-dem lol i think there’s room for more voices. We’ll see.