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Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users
Submitted 2 weeks ago by King@blackneon.net to [deleted]
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TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
gdog05@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seriously, who wouldn’t do this if we could?
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t know whether my nose would be my organ of choice, but I otherwise agree.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone who was more flexible as a teenager, let me tell you that it feels a lot more like performing the act, rather than having the act performed on you.
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I like sucking dick but I also know there are a lot of people with dicks who don’t and one of the things I’ve heard from people who have succeeded performing autofellatio is that it feels more like sucking a dick than it does getting your dick sucked. Honestly, hearing this just makes me want to do it more.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can’t?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Toot that horn, little buddy.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He can’t it has a giant elephant dick in it
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
First off, we don’t know how giant that elephant dick is. And two, why are you dick shaming the elephant? What did they ever do to you?
Aneb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The difference between Reddit and Lemmy is that you can post this without getting shadowed banned
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just normal banned.
Damage@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
But that’s Mastodon’s mascot!
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
For Mastodon, this is no metaphor, just a fetish
blarghly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tbf, a lemmy user is far less likely to be a bot, so… yes?
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Beep Boop
Yes I am a human
Beep
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
How do you know?
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Depends on what we mean by smart. Lemmy seems to especially attract the IT crowd, which in itself represents a huge swathe of specialty knowledge… which I can’t claim to be part of, but hey, medic checking in! But with reddit’s variety of topics to include… I mean, pretty much everything, since that website is massive: I don’t think they have any kind of knowledge deficit in a general sense.
Where Lemmy really shines is in stamping out the bigotry, not just in policy but from a direct community response: drop a post with some racism or sexism or w/e and you’ll be swarmed by posts telling you to fuck off and don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out. And I love it! :D
So, smarter? Fuck if I know. Significantly less evil? Fuck yeah!
mirshafie@europe.pub 2 weeks ago
I’m new here but this reminds me a lot of what reddit was like around 2008. I and lots of people came from slashdot, to be able to talk about things other than computers. So everyone is a nerd that cares about data and wants to have a genuine conversation, and I think that makes my experience more intelligent because it becomes less about winning by drowning interesting topics with the same rehashed jokes or tropes, and more about formulating your own thoughts as best you can.
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Lemmy also tends towards misogyny and truscum attitudes moreso than Reddit. There are great instances like blahaj or zip where that’s not the case, but on Lemmy it’s not feasible to only view posts on subscribed communities, while on Reddit it is. And that means it’s easier to build a progressive feed on Reddit.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Also one of the Lemmy lead devs is transphobic.
Given that lemmy is far from transphobic this fact could be seen as a positive.
Rohy91@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You mean anti mental illness normalization?🤔
leftist_lawyer@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Spot on diagnosis medic.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Man, y’all are wrong. People on both platforms be stupid as hell. Myself included.
What was I talkin’ about?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To be honest, I need something more substantial, but I haven’t found where to go after we lost forums
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure that’s another symptom of Eternal September.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If I could do that I wouldnt be wasting my time here.
dorumon@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Auto-Fellatio Elephant on my home feed. What a day!
VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The irony is that reddit users would say the same about other people on other platforms.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When the other platforms were twitter and facebook, it wasn’t really wrong either. The bar was just that low.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 weeks ago
I remember that. They never shutup about rick and Morty, and there was a whole community where they rated the smell of their own farts.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Get with the times, it’s all about ‘I Think You Should Leave’ now.
sparkles@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I mean…yes. This is one of the things I imagine I would try if I ever had the equipment.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You don’t have both a nose and dangle long enough? Please answer us that you do not regardless of your bait and tackle situation, I’m not feeling like getting jealous
sparkles@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Uh well I’ve got a clam. But I think if I had bait and tackle?? I’d have many things to try. Including working on my flexibility.
khepri@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I do feel like I have more authentic interactions on here. It’s hard not to see how much more heavily a huge platform like reddit is botted and astroturfed, and controlled by a handful of owners, mods and powerusers compared to the nascent fediverse. Not that we don’t have those things here too, I think Lemmy just hasn’t had a high enough profile, yet, to warrant much attention from the same bad actors who run vast portions of reddit, X, and facebook.
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
We got the shitty power mods down though
Looking at you Dessalines, JordanLund, FlyingSquid, DraconicNEO
Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Careful - criticizing FlyingSquid in any way tends to lead to a ban.
Rohy91@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Nope. Once it picks up traction it will eventually be controlled by the powers that be to stop “hate speech” and we’ll have to go somewhere else. It’s the circle of the internet 🥹
khepri@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You, sir, are obviously not thinking of the children /s
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tbf biggest reddit communuties are gaming ones and biggest lemmu communities are programming ones.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
thats because lemmy is new and niche. when reddit started it was all star trek programing and other nerd shit too
Lightfire228@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
But… But programming is fun…
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
A decade ago, My nephew asked me what my Reddit name was. He was 9 years old. I looked at his old comments, and he was a pretty active Redditor on gaming subreddits.
It was then that I stopped trusting the numbers of comments on posts as a signal of popularity.
magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
In my experience, Lemmy users generally seem to be more mature (with significant exceptions), but “mature” certainly isn’t a synonym for “smarter”.
Plus, reddit is SO EASY to make fun of. They might as well reward people with terrible ideas and their most obnoxious users. Spez, for example.
Rohy91@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It’s just the program that America is run on. The social programming has specific guidelines.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Explain this image dot com
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
ONE ELEPHANT HAS HIS TRUNK UP ANOTHER ELEPHANT’S ASS. OSTENSIBLY TO EAT HIS SHIT. THE OTHER ELEPHANT REALLY SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING IT.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You think if I could do that I’d be here?
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
You’d be showing off here, so yes
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Yes and no - those posts would go on lemmynsfw, and AFAIK most lemmy server don’t federate with it.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Colonial Americans saying they’re smarter than the British.
“Dude, you were British, we all were!”
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Smart enough to stop being British
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
points at the usa president in 2025
Smart? Not even remotely.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I’m sure there is a Mastodon joke in there somewhere.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Lost in transition (to Postgres)
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
First thing this image makes me think of are Linux users
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s what OP said, Lemmy users.
Buffy@libretechni.ca 2 weeks ago
DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Two things can be true at once
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lemmy Users are just a subset of Reddit Users who couldn’t stop picking up aggro from the mods
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Or came over during the API bullshit
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Idk I’m certain I’m at least smarter than the half of reddit users that are LLMs and thus cannot count the number of Rs in any given fruit.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A lot of them are, the ones that aren’t bots and propoganda alt accounts, but a lot of them are also only here because they would be / were banned from Reddit.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Or left as Reddit burned down. Not everyone needed a ban to look elsewhere, we just needed an elsewhere to find.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those were covered by the first clause “A lot of them are (smarter than reddit users)”
fonix232@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Given that Reddit started banning people left and right, I don't think the "banned from Reddit" bagde is one of shame.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just sounds like we’re the Australia of the Social Media world. Exiled from Reddit and the rest? Check out Lemmy- we aren’t the dark web, we promise!
Rohy91@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Hey I was banned by my own volition 😉
molten@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Literally anybody who is part of any group ever:
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Actually how big is an elephant cock?
Ah, 3 foot. Hope nobody check my browsing history today.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It really depends on which time period you mean.
2010 reddit users? Pretty smart. Lemmy today feels kind of like 2010 reddit.
Reddit today? Well…it’s bots.
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do elephants do this?
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Lemmy users are just Reddit users but displaced.
rook@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Lemmy users are smarter, because they literally got off the bandwagon and followed what they believed in.
Active users not reactive. And that is not only when using platforms. People that use Lemmy and well rounded.
It’s like an oasis that is free to enter, but only for those that realized they were in a cage.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I don’t feel smug because I left Reddit. I feel sad that it turned into a vapid, sterile mockery of itself and I stopped having fun there. I like fun places. And I lost one.
big_slap@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
same. only a matter of time till it happens here too
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The differences is that you have the power to make a new community or Lemmy site with blackjack and hookers. (Piefed is kind of like that for people unhappy with the Lemmy software or developers.)
thejoker954@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its kind of already happening here - just for different reasons.
There is very little engagement on Lemmy besides in a few communities. What little engagement there is - is driven by a few users.
Even broad conversion topics get very little engagement.
I get not everyone wants to be a topic “starter” (i know I don’t), but they can’t even bother to either:
1: just post a tiny comment (look at “what are you watching” in the movies / TV subs on piefed.Social; seems like a real easy topic for anyone to engage in and yet there’s only ever like 10 posts and zero upvotes)
2: upvote topics or posts; While the points don’t matter - they still show and promote engagement.
Its honestly rather frustrating.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve just recently moved, and I barely see any difference. Same US politics dawn to dusk, just more Linux and commies.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 2 weeks ago
oh thats rich- have you thought about how it’s essentially criminal to post about what you just posted about instead of making a post about how you are pessimistic about one of the problems facing humanity???
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Voat was setup to be a one-to-one clone of reddit, minus any moderation and it failed because it was one-to-one. Lemmy/federation is functionally different.
jankforlife@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Matter of time?? The libs of reddit have been infestering here for awhile now
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
… and full of karma bots
… and using use input to train LLMs
bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I notice because people are fishing for karma point there are a lot less pointless posts on Lemmy than Reddit. Some people post questions that Google Search & Ai can answer faster. I understand asking if you looking for an opinion. IDK I kike it here.