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TBH it feels like a pretty continuous evolution of Reddit, Digg, and whatever was between Digg and usenet. There’s self selection that’s made it a bit more harmonious than Reddit, but that’s it.
That being said, it’s super cool to get a glimpse into the million different experiences people have had. The internet is a magical place.
whatever was between Digg and usenet
for me, it was a mix of Slashdot and a bunch of discussion boards.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Slashdot!
I was around for a bit of the disparate forums era, but I have no idea which ones fed into which 2.0 platforms.
Citing sources
Alot of people are really helpful for any questions you might ask, as long as you are respectful
Lemmy culture? Nothing, lacks diversity. I often feel like I’m just talking to the same guy. Very rare to read views that don’t align with the groupthink.
EDIT: Okay, one thing that came to mind is that I can talk about autistic stuff that I do and nobody seems to question/judge it.
Okay, one thing that came to mind is that I can talk about autistic stuff that I do and nobody seems to question/judge it.
Of course, the one guy you’re talking to is also autistic.
Isn’t that a good thing though? I would rather be around people that accept my fucked brain than people putting their hand on my knee to stop me from shaking my legs a la restless leg.
Though I do agree that a variation in opinion would be nice.
Public modlogs limit power tripping ([email protected] )
Yes, it’s good, although I’ve noticed there’s a purge feature now that’s being inevitably misused.
I love that no one ever blinks an eye when I run naked through here. You guys are so cool!
Much kinder than Reddit, people here know how to disagree and discuss things in a more constructive way.
Yep! Even when I’ve disagreed with people, it’s been more of an exchange of knowledge rather than one person asking for citations and then proceeding to ignore them all.
It’s okay to disagree, sometimes you can learn from each other :)
Can you cite these comments or do I need to just believe you?
Seconded. I’ve definitely had more discussions here than my last year on reddit. Reddit is just a rat race to get the most upvotes for flippant comments or you get downvoted for being nonconformist, especially in the big subs. Also, participants on lemmy with agendas tend to be way more transparent - as in political or pseudo-science. Far easier to avoid or block if need be.
Nuh-uh!
Oh yeah? Well heck you and your dumb frickin position you stupy dumb dumby dumb idiot small smooth brain moron. I’m right youre wrong !!!1!1!1!1!1!2!
Nuh-uh-uh!!
It’s a plus and a negative: how anti-fascist and anti-capitalist it is. I do think that it can go too far at times, but I just block those people. We should try to be less binary as that just isn’t what reality is like.
Being able to comment and post without jumping through arbitrary hoops. No automod bots telling me I need 10 karma to post, no oops sorry not allowed to share external links to other websites, no oh no sharing pictures in the comments below post. Lemmy aligns with the principles of respecting user interaction on a technical level and not choking the life out of you with corporate TOS regulation.
Lemmy is not perfect. I am not really politically or ideologically aligned with a lot of the stuff the community as a whole is into, so being constantly exposed to the same themes and propaganda over and over gets a little grating. However I’m happy to deal and tolerate as long as I feel respected by the platform as a intelligent person using an open free as in freedom discussion fourm and not made to feel like yet another drone fueling a corpo content mill.
The high proportion of Linux users is nice
Yes, so nice proportion of smart people. I was whining to my wife the other day how I miss the internet of the 90s when that was more the case.
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If by culture you mean Lemmy’s users values, beliefs, or ideals there is nothing special I appreciate (or don’t appreciate). I mean, for me it’s irrelevant as it’s all personal preferences like the fact that I don’t like bananas, or that we have not owned a TV for 25 years (glad to know others may share similar preferences, but it’s no big deal if they don’t).
I care about Lemmy itself not being like Reddit. It’s not ad-driven, there is no algorithmic ‘optimization’, it’s not trying to milk our content and also it’s not being owned by one of those billionaires that think their pile of money means they know better than all of us. In that, it’s very different than Reddit, but at the same time I also expect to meet similar kind of people on Lemmy I used to meet on Reddit.
Interesting, or less interesting, people. People I agree with, and more often people I do not agree with (which is fine by me). Very smart people, while others do have the brain power of a brick. Nice people, or naughty or even hateful ones. People whose values I share, others I don’t and never will (you can go funk yourself, fascists of all types). People who like what I like, and many others that don’t and never will (see my banana and TV examples ;).
And then I also expect tp meet people who think it’s enough to ask their question without even trying to give it the some context or explanation (say, people who ask what we appreciate most in Lemmy culture without explaining what they mean by that), next to people that try their best to give as much context/explanation as they can ;)
Edit: typos + clarifications.
The Beans?
The Beans.
Jeans?
At first I liked that it was nicer and more intelligent but recently that hasn’t been true. My current favorite thing is that it is selfhostable and many users do it.
@TehBamski that everyone can talk to everyone else regardless of software. We are all Fedi.
