Cause we're small but mighty

It's totally replaced reddit for me. Every community I'm interested is smaller than I'm used to, but much more positive. It's cool even seeing a lot of the same names occasionally as I navigate around the site.

I hope it keeps this level of quality as it grows.

I've been trying out the other fediverse platforms, based on how cool Lemmy is, and they all pale in comparison. It really is a neat little thing we've got going on.

It's only good because of all the hard work being put in by the moderators. Unfortunately, behind the scenes, Lemmy sucks and is severely lacking in moderation tools to deal with spammers, trolls and sick people who post illegal content.

See this post for instance, I feel pretty bad for the mods who have to deal with such stuff: https://beehaw.org/post/7943139

Honestly I think lemmy is kinda meh but im just here cus fuck reddit...

First weekend on Lemmy and I’m loving it.

I’m noticing a very strong hard-left bent though, which suits me just fine, but it’s interesting to see how progressive this space is

I’ve commented more here in this short time than my 10 years on reddit. I feel heard and I feel supported. Most people are civil and respectful and I really appreciate it. Thank you all.

Federation is just complicated enough to keep the dummies out. Also probably defederating the idiot instances and better content moderation.

I, for one, try real hard. But thanks!

I love that there are so many geeks with such healthy understanding about the world.

Religion? Pff, everyone pro-atheism.

Climate change? Pff, everyone against corps.

Open source software & privacy? Pff, lots of suggestions od what to do and what NOT to do.

Lemmy is great.

Lemmy has been helping me lots. Been feeling so isolated, this is the first social online platform I've been able to participate in years. Talking to actual humans. Being able to help other humans.

Bc the people who really cared for a newer better platform migrated.

Noo YOU'RE awesome. Hugs for everyone!

Lemmy is actually terrible software, but the people are mostly Reddit migrants so we're not all idiots thankfully

When I parted ways with reddit, when the API scandal happened, it was very timely. A lot of content from reddit was toxic for me. All the negative news, about environment, about how people are treated at their job, about how shitty companies are nowadays. Not to mention the rampant cynicism...

I left all that behind, and it really helped me get the high ground (hey Anakin) against my mental health problems. I was dangerously flirting with a burnout. This break was very beneficial.

When I saw that Sync for lemmy was available, I tried it. The facts that there are much less trolls here, much less cynicism (and also the fact that I'm now medicated) really help, and I feel now I can be among communities that aren't too toxic for me.

Thanks lemmy friends.

It does feel more like the old alien place before it became mainstream. I'd bet there are a lot of those old users that felt disenfranchised by the low quality bot voted stuff that moved to the various servers here.

Unlike places like Tildes which essentially has been trying to recreate the alien experience, lemmy provides a new layer as well with the fediverse.

I think we're all wholesome humans/ bros/ sis/ y'alls.

cheers!

Because I'm still here after the movie promotion for some inexplicable reason?

Shameless pandering. Upvoted.

fuck yeah keep it up