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!
Welcome to lemmy.
*Sees your posts
Lmao, blocked.
Oof. Thanks for pointing that out.
GotDAMN, that’s the fastest preemptive block I’ve ever made here. Thanks for pointing that out.
Can’t see any posts by OP other rhan this one.
What are you referring to?
Incredibly pro trump to the point of starting The Donald style communities and posting old school cool style photos of the weirdo pedo.
Just wanted to let you know you’re wrong, and that your fetish for fascist father figures will only result in you consistently disappointing everyone around you. Your ideology is backwards and antithetical to basic empathy. Welcome to Lemmy.
Wow that’s a lot. Probably need to work on ur welcoming committee skills tho.
Nah, seems appropriate to me for what you’re promoting. Cya never.
“oh no someone’s unwelcoming to my bigoted belief system”
Replied to the top comment here just so others know what they’re getting into with @I Voted For Goldwater
OP started a Lemmy Community with, I’ll say, a divisive subject. I did ask for clarification on their position:
I never once insulted them, only asked for more information on their position. This went on cordially for 4 or 5 exchanges, and then I returned and found this:
I wonder if Lemmy.world is interested in supporting a community that actually isn’t interested in any posts from Lemmy.world users.
If you choose to engage with @I Voted For Goldwater, you should expect the same.
“Views were discussed in the post?” I’m a bit lost here
There’s a Donnie fetish fed and yes it is what you would expect
🤣
The new Donald? Fuck off
But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods
Oh boy… Who’s gonna tell them?
He’s doing the same thing right now in his Trump cult sub anyway. Incredible lack of self awareness
lol I’m sure as a Trumpanzee he’s gonna have a good time in the Fediverse.
I’m somewhat looking forward to seeing the outcome when the resident tankies come across this guy. It’s going to be an entertaining shitshow.
They’ll just bond over hating libs.
Yeah man the apps are tight and I still get the most important news. The community is the kinda weirdos I like - Linux nerds, oss purists, cutting edge. I haven’t missed reddit in the last ~year of lemmy
I just don’t get why people want to use social media for relentlessly spreading and talking about news or politics. I go online to escape reality / normies and their endless petty rage and negativity and self loathing. Is nowhere sacred?!
Kamala zealots and a heavy tankie presence.
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.
Say anything about her less than favorable on news and politics subs and watch the downvotes.
That is not organic behaviour imho
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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.
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.
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.
Yeah totally normal and hetero behavior check out my harris and biden communitie-- oh shit where are they?
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.
Thank you!
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 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.
More power to you, maybe some closeted conservatives will come out. Pretty sure the linux subs got them lol
Either way. There is room for everybody and dnc zealots chasing people is annoying.
FYI - your mod history of banning people left and right and not being able to take the slightest criticism of the Orange Shit Flinging Gibbon is why you got banned from Politics:
The guy you like praises Hitler for fucks sake. Wake up.
Welcome welcome. Enjoy your stay!
Thank you! Definitely reminds me of old reddit so far.
All > Sort by Top 6 Hours
Is my choice usually. There is just not enough content to go much lower while still getting interesting posts. But thats healthier anyways, no endless doomscrolling here.
I recommend
To get notified of the fediverse version of r/place !canvas@toast.ooo
Check out https://old.lemmy.world for an even more nostalgic experience.
You’re not welcome here. Go away.
You’re right. Trains are more sexy than Lemmy. Lemmy stinks.
Normally I welcome people with different opinions, but I truly believe that people still following Trump are absolutely in the wrong. He is a foul, broken, weird human, and his goals are to fuck up all of our lives (yes, yours too) so that he and a dozen others can have money and power. This is as clear, proven, and obvious as it is reading the history books about prior dictators, so I have zero sympathy or respect for seemingly intelligent people who still support him.
So uh, welcome I guess, you do you, but I don’t think we are gonna be your crowd.
As of 10:00am Pacific you posted 27 times in your first 13 hours? Is this what a bot or paid agent looks like?
It certainly is very familiar behavior.
You have, like, met @The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website, right?
They keep telling me they’re going to mail me a check but I feel like I’m being conned…
Wait, there’s a “They?!”
This is a Sovcit thing, isn’t it. ISN’T IT?
Possibly. I have found a foolproof way to ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A the U.S. government and recoup the billions of dollars they owe me! You can too! Just send me $199.99 in Bitcoin…
same!
I’ve been accused of getting paid here and several times in dm’s. Who’s paying and how much?! lol
i don’t know what that is. Context?
They’re one of the most prolific posters on here. Maybe 1/3 to 1/4 of your front page will be their posts at times. I was ribbing the parent poster for implying that anyone who posts on here frequently “must” be a bot, which is obviously horseshit.
Some of us genuinely have nothing better to do.
Not that I’d know or anything. ¬_¬
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
I feel personally attacked
I don’t know why it tagged you. It’s been doing that the last couple of days
What does ‘front page’ mean? I used to read that on r/ too and never knew what it meant.
It’s the default feed you get when you navigate to your instance (lemmy.world in this case) as opposed to your subscription view or any specific communities/subs. Here it’s either “local” (posts from just this instance) or “all” (posts from this and other federated instances).
I’ve always just opened to subscribed new. If i run out of new stuff i hit subscribed hot or active, then all. So ALL is the front page?
I mean, there’s nothing that’s officially the front page but the default view is usually considered to be it. “All” ignores your subscriptions, and only honors your blocked communities/instances/users.
I only ever browse All->Top 6 hours. I’m not subscribed to any community.
haha thx
He is one of the top poster on Lemmy also his new account: @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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You decide for yourself.
Hopefully like!
Welcome to Lemmy. We’re glad to have you here. Please post!
u seem cool so far, man! So no hate from me
everyone who posts a lot gets accused of being paid actor by people from either side lol. Just take some popcorn and watch.
This place is made of core group of dedicated posters who literally blastong out comments all day since lurkers dont bother somebody has to do the hard work.
It’s the weekend. I’m new. I’ll probably post more stuff today. You think only a bot or paid agents do that? Paid by who?
the check’s in the mail…
Welcome. The biggest difference for me after moving is trying to contribute. Find something you like and share it don’t worry to much about what community it goes it. We have less people so sharing and commenting is more important here.
If you want you find communities (subreddits) then you can use https://lemmyverse.net
Block people you don’t like because they will drive you insane if you let then.
Another cool thing about Lemmy is that we have a public modlog so you can see what comments are being removed and why. Very useful when you see someone whining about a post being removed unfairly since you can checkout the post and see for yourself.
Oh, OP is already contributing, for sure.
Block people you don’t like because they will drive you insane if you let then.
I did find that out already. Geez! I’m assuming since this space is a bet more techy, maybe more neurodiversity is represented here? Because oh man, I’ve been on for less than a day and I already had to block two people who just wouldn’t stop or get the context! lol Still like the vibes here more than reddit though.
I’m sorry, I think I misread. Did you just say you blocked two people for being neurodivergent?
You did misread. Now I did not block them for being neurodivergent. I blocked them because they wouldn’t stop trolling me and sending me dm’s. So it was easier to block them. But i have noticed from my interactions with many on here, that there may be a larger percentage of neurodivergent individuals on Lemmy than other places i go to.
Would you disagree?
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How do you go about classifying them? I.E. what behaviors are you spotting that are helping you to identify them?
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This aspect isn’t even a social media problem but a people problem. In any pool of users, there will be ones that aren’t constructive. It’s a price paid to have an open platform.
Yeah some people do not get the hints lmao but at least they’re passionate. Also I forgot to mention, if you cant find a community you should create one and then make a post in !newcommunities@lemmy.world
For someone who has barely got here you appear to be a prolific poster if offensive subject matter.
Can I suggest you head back to reddit
I was going to say that the lil dude just got here, and should probably just shred the reddit trolling-for-karma mentality … then I saw their posting history. Maybe they’ll get the message when all their posts are below -80.
Thought it was a bot at first due to the spacing of the posts.
Still not entirely convinced.
I don’t know if Lemmy’s the future, but even if it’s not, Reddit’s the past. This place seems like the best bet at being the future right now.
