Lemmy’s far less toxic than Reddit and actually does something about bigots/hateful people too

also you don’t get banned just for saying Luigi lol

It’s growing one. The dislike of bots and one-liner posts seems like it could actually stick around as a form of etiquette, although it’s too early to really say. A lot of readers will remember the poop post a couple years on, too, which counts.

The political bent and heavy tech-orientation are just a reflection of who the early adopters (and devs) are. Ditto for any extra civility or insight on the part of the people posting.

Lemmy is full of tankies and Linux nerds. It’s a different kind of toxic to what you’d experience over on Reddit.

From what I’ve experienced, it feels toxic in a bizarre liberal, Linux-nerd white knight kindof way. Which I think almost wraps back around to not being toxic at all and just feeling friendly in a passive aggressive way? Like going to a computer convention held on a hot, sunny beach. Sure, every here mostly agrees and likes the same geeky stuff but we can easily be too cranky about it, one way or another. Lemmy seems way more likely to engage in real conversation in comments and not just one-line jokes than Reddit. People seem more passionate about their hobbies or viewpoints. More likely to help if asked directly and detailed in response. It’s a cool place!

Smaller communities make a different quality of conversation. What it reminds me of is early Reddit, yes.

Less far right dipshits, more tankies, same bullshit rhetoric.

That’s an interesting question and one that’s worth exploring. Reddit certainly has been the source of many homegrown memes, common retorts, and witticisms used across the web. But here, you can try switching to Linux. Download various distros for free and try out combinations of release cycle, built-in apps, and desktop environment to find your favorite.

I feel like people are nicer to each other on here, but maybe it’s just the communities I subscribe to.

I actually think it’s way more like 4chan than reddit.

Niche threads are small handful of people every time, people feel pretty safe to get nasty really quick, and wild mix of people thinking it’s their safe space full of people that agree with them entirely from anarchists to fascists.
Also likely to see a random porn or furry post.

I was going to say “bit of both”, but I realise this is complicated by how long I was on Reddit; the culture and experience over there changed over time. I wonder whether the parts of Lemmy that remind me of Reddit are invoking my earlier experiences

Yes and no. To me it feels like going from one subreddit to another. It is different? Yes. That much different? I don’t know, maybe, like going from a big city to a town without leaving the country.

Not the same. More like a second cousin, once removed.

People are all the same everywhere.

No ads, no tracking, that’s exclusive to Lemmy and I would like it for that alone.

People (aka, in Reddit language, ‘content’ or ‘the stuff we write but they earn money with’) are the same everywhere, I mean assholes and nice guys are not exclusive to any platform. There are just a lot less of us here than on Reddit. So, there is a lot less noise.

Plus we have decent filtering tools, so we can even have less noise ;)

Lemmy is tiny compared to Reddit and the niche communities I’m interested in are not very active but I don’t care. I will keep posting here and not on Reddit as long as they won’t change what I disagree with (which won’t happen).

Yes, we have way higher percentage of neurodivergent people here and I love it.