Reddit by far was a better experience; more content, better moderation, less negativity.
I’m still here on Lemmy, though, in hope of it getting better (and it definitely scratches the same itch as Reddit without the corporate arrogance).
That said, even though it annoys me, I do find myself getting exposed to a wider array of opinions on Lemmy that I just never saw on Reddit. And while I disagree with a lot of it it’s probably healthier for things to be that way. The tankies, though … so many tankies.
honestly, I preferred reddit. But I’m here out of principle.
Size really does matter for sites like this. Reddit still hosts many smaller subs for niche topics that often have limited toxicity. Lemmy can’t match it yet unfortunately.
I avoid reddit out of principle even though I would prefer it. It’s only going down hill from here on out and they’ve neglected their app so much it’s too painful to attempt to use it.
My main reasoning is content and sometimes the comments. Content here is a bit slow but a lot commenters are kind of a-holes and painfully obnoxious. Especially from lemmy.ml, always a little anxious when I comment.
Reddit is still a lot more crowded, but I prefer Lemmy simply because of no ads and the actual conversations that you can have with people.
This is exactly how I feel. Reddit is so full of bots, spam, and ads that it’s really only good for checking a few niche subreddits. I can browse Lemmy at random and be pretty entertained.
Honestly, I root for lemmy and use it daily. However, Reddit still wins on pure content and niche communities.
Idk it got worse when all the porn subs started dying
rip
I haven’t posted on Reddit since they treated third party app devs like shit. I’m done with that site.
Honestly, at this point I kinda prefer to go on Reddit. I’m getting tired of all the tech/FOSS talk and there’s so much doom and gloom on here it just bums me out.
Reddit, but I won’t post or engage there on principle.
I prefer Lemmy, but unfortunately it is missing a lot of the communities I liked on Reddit, and there doesn’t seem to be as much content. When I’m looking for information on a specific topic I’ll still check out Reddit but I haven’t logged in since the Reddit drama and don’t plan to. I do hope Lemmy gets bigger, though.
Reddit continuously grew more toxic with astroturfers, bots, and other bad-faith actors after the protest. I deleted all of my accounts the day they went public since that was the previously planned line-in-the-sand for me. I only visit periodically every few days to check my local towns subreddit for news. It would be nice to have a bigger community with Lemmy but I certainly don’t miss the constant arguments.
Lemmy seems a lot less toxic than Reddit. Every now and then I see comments here of people that are assholes, but its not the norm. Whenever I would check the comment feeds in Reddit, so many of them devolve into petty bickering. It seemed like a quarter of the user base set out that day to either be pissed off, or to piss someone else off.
Honestly that seems like most of social media at the moment and I know I’ve mentioned the algorithm in every comment I made in this thread, but it really makes it suck.
Because that particular algorithm and its use is very capitalist, its purpose is to drive engagement for money with morality not even being considered, and the best way to do that is to make everyone angry. CGP Grey on YouTube has a good video on it I can link in an edit in a bit, but the gyst of it is that the algorithm shows us what makes us angry, we make other people angry, thus, a neverending cycle of people being addicted to getting pissed off.
Edit: link
Lemmy seems a lot less toxic than Reddit.
Not sure I am seeing the same. I posted a message about a bash command yesterday and it was almost immediately downvoted. And I have no idea why since it should work for what the person asking wanted/needed. That was one of my big issues with reddit was the sheer negativity that came out of that site and I know I am talking about a single downvote here, but it makes me pause. It has happened more than this one time which is why I get that feeling. I think some people really need to revisit the use of the downvote.
I haven’t used reddit since the announcement of the API changes
Lemmy absolutely.
- no algorithm
- no ads
- actual real people in the comments
- the ability for third parties to make apps
- the fact that it’s not mainstream means most of the people on here are at least a little nerdy which I am here for.
- feels a lot like what reddit used to be 15 years ago before the age of algorithms and bots everywhere.
Lemmy 100% has an algorithm. It’s not a complicated one but any method for determining what content shows up is an algorithm.
No the commenter but I think it’s one of those language things where algorithm (at least in the context of social media) has come to mean a personalized feed, like two people have different all feeds versus an algorithm like sorting by hot or active posts that every has the same posts. To your point both are algorithms but it’s one of those thing where the word has taken on its own meaning
Lemmy, and I’m never going back. I just wish we had the abundance of content that Reddit does. There’s a lot of communities I miss.
Lemmy is safer than Reddit to me, and it looks like other people here would probably agree.
Reddit is full of haters, bots, and spam.
Lemmy doesn’t have any of that.
You can engage in social discussion better here.
