What does Lemmy do better than Reddit?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨austinngo@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

Just found this space, I’m trying to play around with this platform. Can anyone help to explain?

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mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can see the number of up votes and down votes.

The API is much more open to third party apps.

The people are generally nicer.

Features are not paywalled.

Code is open source, so anyone and everyone can contribute.

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fakir@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Somewhere along the way, I learned that for a village to thrive, the creative people (the artisans, the musicians etc) must move in first, they form the roots, then the rest of the village follows them.

The creative people moved from Digg to Reddit. That’s what made Reddit Reddit, not the brand, or the UI, or some genius exec.

The creative people have mass migrated to Lemmy, & hence Lemmy will thrive. How do you know - see where og memes originate. Genius is not the domain of AI, & hence Reddit is Deaddit. We’re now just waiting for the rest to follow.

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- kenblu24@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ve yet to see artists migrate here. The artists started on DA, Newgrounds, YT, Tumblr, etc. The professionals moved to Twitter.
  
  Reddit started from geek & tech culture, not creatives. Its ability to foster discussion extended well to not just techies but to everyone. Most creatives I’ve seen shy away from Reddit.
  
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- umulu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This makes sense. I wonder if it’s different now, since reddit has became such a big platform.
  
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Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s kinda cool to go to pretty much any post and go “hey! I know almost everyone in the comment section!”, but that’s a bit of a double edged sword

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- austinngo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Lol that’s sound cool
  
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  - Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It can be. Once you get to hyper specific niches, you’ll start seeing communities where it’s more or less only a single person posting, if anyone’s around at all. In more general communities it depends what’s going on. There’s a few people in the memes and shit posting communities who I swear make just about every post that ends up high up on top/day, and are in half the comment sections too. In communities like ask Lemmy it’s usually different people posting, but the same few people replying
    
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kellyaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For starters, Lemmy – which uses open source ActivityPub protocols – is decentralized and comprised of thousands of independently-run servers, so it’s theoretically impossible to take down Lemmy completely. If lemmy.world goes down today and never comes back, the “Lemmy” network will still be online because of the other servers like lemmy.zip and sh.itjust.works that use Lemmy server software (which is currently at version .19 or around there).

Worth nothing: Lemmy is part of the Fediverse, which is an umbrella term to describe all ActivityPub software types. Yes, other software packages also use ActivityPub protocols to communicate… for example, Kbin (the “main” site is kbin.social, it’s sorta like their lemmy.world) is a news aggregator like Lemmy and interacts with Lemmy almost seamlessly. There’s also Mastodon, a Twitter-like service that currently Kbin users can interact with (but not Lemmy).

In short: it’s kinda complex at the moment, and many parts of the Fediverse (which Lemmy belongs to) don’t interact with each other directly because they provide services, but it’s important to note that it’s really hard to take it down completely because the Fediverse is independently owned and run by different people in different parts of the world. Contrast with Reddit, a service that does have many servers but is owned and run by a single company in America.

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- Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  There’s also Mastodon, a Twitter-like service that currently Kbin users can interact with (but not Lemmy).
  
  They can interact with us though, and then we can interact back. We can’t really “post” there, but if a mastodonian makes a post in a Lemmy community, us lemmings can see it, and then we can reply to them. But we can’t do twitter style posts on their forum
  
  The biggest telltale sign you’re talking to a mastodonian rather than a lemming is that you’ll see them @ everybody in the entire thread in every single reply, since that’s how replies start on twitter and mastodon. I’ve never actually received a notification for the @'s, I think it’s functionally closer to just linking to your user profile than an actual mention, but once you get deep in a thread you’ll see every comment starting with 60 different @'s.
  
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  - kellyaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ah ok, I didn’t know they could post here, that’s really cool. Thanks for the correction!
    
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pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Last night I made a post on c/asklemmy and that post now has 200 upvotes and a bunch of engagement.

On Reddit, that post would’ve been removed for some stupid reason or no engagement whatsoever.

Reddit also has a stupid algorithm thing and I could never find the posts from communities I subscribed to on my feed leaving many posts lost.

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THE_MORTAL@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Its FOSS

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- redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can see exactly how it works under the hood. Also, when a major issue is found, people would quickly contribute to fix it (reporting the issue, summiting patch, testing the fix, etc).
  
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  - THE_MORTAL@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah
    
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Clbull@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In terms of the more populous instances, I think Lemmy reminds me of old Reddit before the site went mainstream, minus the jailbait, incest-posting, rampant racism and other degenerate shit that Reddit used to be known for.

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teaktree@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Way easier to block sub forums you don’t care about here!

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- Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ooh yep absolutely this. You can block users, but also communities and even entire instances, it’s amazing.
  
  Now I just need communities and people to block 😂
  
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Dhrystone@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Inline photos in posts. But that’s about it.

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- Cinner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah… seems like most of the people here are of the younger under 25 crowd, where on Reddit that was still the case but there were a lot more adults to have full adult discussions with. I still check Lemmy but less and less.
  
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Allows me to actually use an interface which isn’t awful

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667@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I really enjoy the variety and diversity of federation. There are subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) differences each instance brings. It’s refreshing.

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve encountered far fewer Nazi shitheads here than on Reddit.

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wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Star Trek memes. I didn’t even come here for them, but they’re everywhere, like the Picard manoeuvre.

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- kellyaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  !tenforward@lemmy.world for all your Trek meme needs. O’Brien must suffer!
  
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  - skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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rosemash@social.raincloud.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The accuracy of the votes (lack or vote fuzzing) and the ability to view the split of upvotes and downvotes individually, as well as who voted for what

The latter point can be seen as a kind of disadvantage though. I don’t like the fact that anyone who is an admin on any instance can go to another instance and see the identity of every voter on any post.

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- Baku@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can view who votes for things? I think that’s a kbin thing, isn’t it?
  
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  - rosemash@social.raincloud.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No it it’s on Lemmy too
    
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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can pick an instance that aligns with the way you like to be. But those instances are still kept in check because if they get too shit, they get defederated.

For example, feddit.uk can operate in a uk-style way for which words we do and don’t find offensive, and the level of piss-taking we do.

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Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It allows anyone to host it themselves and still integrate with each other, which is radically more fair and empowering. It’s a difference in quality.

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1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think it’s a huge plus that it’s not run by big tech corporations. How many such things do we have today?

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Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Modlog, able to insert multiple picture/gif in comment without having to use the app, able to talk with people from another platform(like Kbin or mastodon, though limited), no ads, no tracker, animated profile picture, able to turn off downvote, no arbitrary shadowban(or no shadowban), plethora of apps to choose from without forced to use the clunky reddit official app.

It’s been a long time i didn’t touch reddit so that’s what i can remember.

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wizzor@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
No one on the platform side is incentivized (or capable) of controlling things, which is nice.

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HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
When they call you “queer” and “a CCP stooge” on Reddit, it’s a flame. On the Fediverse, it’s a sign of love and camaraderie, if not an outright cost of admission.

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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I particularly like how the Threadiverse dev’s and sever hosts don’t count our posts and the work of mods as their value.

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Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Preventing power tripping mods

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Nusm@yall.theatl.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I find higher meaningful engagement and much less toxic culture here.

It takes time to cultivate your community list here, just like it took time to build my followed subreddits back when I first started with Reddit, but I get posts that I care about and am interested in in my “Subscribed” list. I’ll admit that not every one of my interests are represented, but I’m still happy here.

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
after lemmy i would definitely check out the products that can explore more of the fediverse, like mbin. it cant interoperate with lemmy and allows intercommunication with the 'microblog' side of the fediverse, which lemmy is incapable. https://moist.catsweat.com

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DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I haven't been banned yet?

I can be a bit abrasive when I'm annoyed. And I think lethal force can be a legitimate answer to some (few) problems. Reddit didn't like that.

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Drusas@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you're the tankie type, you might appreciate how tankie-heavy it is.

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- Chozo@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I feel like that trope doesn't really ring true these days, as most of the "general purpose" instances are pretty moderate. Back when Lemmy was still just a small handful of instances, that was definitely the case, but I think the wider adoption has balanced things out a bit closer toward center, overall.
  
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  - Drusas@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It may be more balanced than it was before, but there are a lot of accounts which come across as heavy-handed propaganda and/or radicalized teenagers.
    
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Atemu@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can create a post with link, image and content all at once.

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