Federated communities have been a challenge to me, because I’ve usually been a passive consumer, never really contributing.
I am trying to comment much more and hopefully post, because I want to help contribute the type of content that I want to see!
Same here. On reddit I have mostly only been a commenter, I made perhaps five posts over all my years there, virtually all of my 40k karma or so was from commenting.
And while I do that here too of course I am trying to contribute content as well, like asking Linux questions which may eventually help promoting Lemmy through search engine relevance. Of course it doesn’t hurt that Linux is probably the biggest common denominator amongst Lemmy users, so the chance for useful replies is much higher than trying to get a niche community going.
I came over during the API bullshit. I was very active on Reddit but then learned about the fediverse and how great this is here. I post daily to try to help out.
This was me on reddit…
That’s a lot of karma lol
glad you are putting those memeposting skills to use here now
Yeah on Reddit I made 12 posts in 12 years. I’ve made over 10x that number on Lemmy in less than 1 year. Caring about the platform makes a big difference in my desire to engage and contribute.
Same. I think it’s the smaller size of the community that mainly contributes to me posting more.
On reddit, if my post interests the same percentage of people I will have a lot more answer which makes it impossible to engage with all of them. And since people are less likely to respond I stopped posting on Reddit altogether.
And knowing that the community (that I’ve curated anyway) is generally not toxic and overly hostile, especially to civil discourse. That fosters trust that if I engage, I’m not going to be downvoted and socially shunned because of some minor community fixation.
Likewise. It’s unlike me, but I’m here to be the life of the party to the extent that I’m able and willing. I care too much about users in control of their own communities not to participate. I hope my drop in the bucket helps bring and maintain critical mass.
I suspect when you look at the internet as a whole, this is how most people are.
Scroll, scroll, scroll, thumbs up, scroll, scroll, scroll, heart, scroll, scroll, scroll, eggplant eggplant flag.
I feel like the money side of the internet has pushed people that way, and pushing for forced positivity as well, like Youtube taking away the downvote button, Facebook has never even had one.
👍❤️🍆🍆🏴☠️
I’ve never been a fan of up or down votes. I think they only make sense for communities of a scale that is (increasingly) less interesting to me.
Yeah, I’m actually surfing reddit and lemmy together and I noticed the votes are misleading me on reddit.
every top post is some propaganda and the real stuff is either hidden or downvoted to hell.
I only posted on reddit a few times, but nearly everyone was met with some weird hate, one was just a cool ohot9 of a bar I took, here tho, I’ve posted shit and I might get a somewhat negative comment maybe if I’m really unlucky, but mostly its been fun and made me want tonpost stuff, even if it is something stupid.
This place is better just because we know how bad it can be and we actively try to not be like that, to the best of our abilities.
Plus when you do come across a jerk, blocking them actually matters because there are so few people here. On reddit it’s an infinite sea of douchebags.
Me rn. Yeah I’m definitely here to contribute to a better future, not just wanting to look at shitposts on something other than the official Reddit app.
I like shitposts, though.
As well as the other stuff!
Yeah me too, it was supposed to be sarcastic if that didn’t come through.
Sarcasm doesn’t come naturally to everyone. You’re doing great, though. Really. Super job.
This is my favorite gif.
She looks adorkable.
That’s so wholesome :)
she cute
Lily Mo Sheen, Kate Beckinsale’s daughter.
Chef’s kiss on this perfect react
At this point I know that data on my thoughts, opinions and interests is going to be out there one way or another. So I might as well share it with everyone on the Fediverse, via open, accessible platforms rather than wait for big tech to take it from me.
Considering how big companies try selling our info out to other companies having everyone’s data be open source is really going to ruin their profits as everyone has free access to the info that Facebook and such are trying to charge for
That’s what I’m going for. The way to win against big tech is to not play their game.
Reddit is literally the only non-user ran social media platform I ever used. Before that, I was using random PHPBB forums hosted by people like those who are hosting Lemmy instances or using IRC chat rooms.
It’s kind of an eternal September feeling seeing the Internet only take off in the main stream because of big tech and corporate bullshit when all they did is provide the same kind of spaces that already existed and then make them suck.
I miss the “non commercial” Internet of yesteryears…
I was too late to see that and still miss it… So glad projects like the fediverse are trying to bring it back
It kinda sucks that cryptobros have ruined the term decentralized for most people, because decentralization is exactly what we need right now. Not the fake single-server multi-app decentralization of the blockchain, but the real multi-server multi-app decentralization of the fediverse.
bit torrent is the goat decentralized platform
Fully decentralized crypto like Bitcoin Ethereum and Monero vs two major Lemmy instances running the entire place
Oh thats why I’m here. Can’t do much, but I can shitpost. I believe in what you guys are doing 🤘
They not only stole and sold it, they weaponised it. I find that the most unforgivable part. Burn it down, we will shine brighter. :)
PS, luv you guys. Ty for keeping me company.
Thanks for keeping me entertained,
Faithfully, A lurker
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I’m doing my part too!
yay, I love starship troopers references
Would you like to know more?
Total ripoff of Helldivers!
You’re welcome and thank you. And you’re welcome. But also, thank you!
No, no…Thank YOU!
You are breathtaking!
I have absolutely nothing to take credit for regarding this.
You’re welcome.
Who are you again, one of the most prolific prominent highest quality posters on the fediverse or something?
Maybe I’m confusing you with SwimmingEagle
I admit nothing.
Directing further inquiries to counsel
Yeah Flying Squid is good people
You help keep Lemmy very alive, just like me!
Hooray us!
Try to take this as a compliment: do you even sleep? Damn
Yes, in about 10 minutes.
Me with my monthly 7 word comment
Thank you for your service
Preach it!
“Google sucks”
“keep making YouTube videos”
“…they said in a YouTube video. Heh. Gotcha!”
It’s way now than just Google. Ever try sending someone a file but you don’t want a middle man and aren’t carrying a thumb drive?
There isn’t really a shortage of p2p file sharing services
Did you even read what I said?
Yes, and I am telling you that you are incorrect to assert that sending someone a file requires a middle man or a thumb drive.
Perhaps a more thorough explanation of your answer would help?
He said p2p file sharing. It seems like it could solve the problem for Mango.
But honestly I would like to know what Mango was doing back in the day before all the “middle men” inserted themselves. What is the ideal solution if you could snap your fingers and make it happen?
I have no horse in this fight, but just off the top of my head agreed on standards for p2p file transfers. A baked in utility that makes sending and receiving files would go a long way towards bringing the feature to every day users and the standards mean the power user can send and receive files from their favorite CLI or choose from one of many paid and open source options. Both users can send and receive back and forth to each other without having to agree upon a third party client, or without a client at all.
There’s lots of options if you self host. Would you like a link?
