As a long time Reddit user, there’s something about Lemmy and the fediverse that feels really refreshing and new. I think it has to do with a few things…
- People are more respectful of each other and interested in discussion and being social.
- Less trolls (users are probably older?)
- Due to it not being absolutely huge, I feel like people will actually see my posts and comments instead of being lost in a sea of content. I suppose once Lemmy grows this will change, however the cool thing about the fediverse are the new servers. So you can stick to the server when you want smaller community discussion and go to “all” when you want more populated threads.
- The clean UI feels refreshing and clean, almost like the early internet.
What have you noticed? Do you find it refreshing too?
This is how Reddit felt 15 years ago. This too can slide in the wrong direction, so we’ll have to be cautious
There’s no way to prevent it entirely. A larger community will slide that way.
I do think that it can be less encouraged though.
Advantage is if this thing slides in a direction the majority disagrees with it can be forked. On reddit all changes had to be accepted or you could leave. With lemmy and ActivityPub it’s easier to fork the service and have it run in semi parallel to the OG. (Granted forking should only really be done if shit goes sideways)
Edit: besides, due to the open source status the community has more of a say in where things go
I keep telling people who are intrigued by the Fediverse that so far it feels like Reddit back when I first joined. All the good and bad, but with this it feels like the bad stuff is much more easily avoidable. If any instance starts becoming annoying or trolly or does something I don’t like I can just move on.
This is why I am not putting all my eggs in one basket (e.g., I have a Tildes account).
Great idea. I’ve not heard of tildes. I’ll have to check it out