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First time posting here — how does Lemmy feel compared to Reddit for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by vegals@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone, I’m new here and just testing the waters. I’ve been on Reddit for years, but lately it feels like a mix of heavy-handed moderation and echo chambers where any dissenting opinion gets buried.

For those of you who’ve spent real time on Lemmy: • What do you like better here than on Reddit? • What do you miss from Reddit? • Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?

I’m curious how people see it — especially those who made the switch after the API drama.

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[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Something that's a little different compared to other social media platforms (and isn't on your list of thought/questions) is being able to judge books by their covers.

Since you can choose which is your home instance is based on the rules, moderation, and general vibe, the instance someone is from can tell you A LOT about them. There are some users who just mute all users from certain instances, because of this.

If you're on Lemmy.world (which is based on the Netherlands, but everyone just assumes is from the USA), you likely won't be muted because of your home instance since it's basically the default.

[–] vegals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If you wouldn't mind helping me out here, am I getting this right? I signed up on Lemmy.world, so while I can still access other instances, people can see that I’m from Lemmy.world and kind of make assumptions about me based on that?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yes. Although lemmy.world is broadly the "normie" instance, so they won't make many assumptions.

[–] vegals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok sweet. Are there any instances you'd recommend to a newbie? Totally open to see whats around. Also, are there any perks to being signed up to one instance versus another?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes. Some instances will block (known as defederate) other instances, so you won't see any users or posts from those instances. Some instances disable downvoting. Many are similar to each other.

Lemmy.world is the everyman instance though, so you will get the broadest look at the fediverse.

Some instances will be topical themed, such as mander.xyz (science), or programming.dev. others have political and aesthetic leanings: lemmy.dbzer0.com (Anarchism, AI and cyberpunk aesthetics).

[–] vegals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh whoa sick. Reckon I'm about to nerd out on this for a bit. Thanks for the starter points.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

There are also regional and national communities too like lemmy.ca, feddit.uk, quokk.au, feddit.org

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