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Is anyone here so hardcore that they don't even bother with mainstream social media? If its not on Lemmy or Mastodon it must not be important? Anyone that hardcore?

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[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

About a year ago I got banned from Reddit for saying that a hockey player should go to jail for murder after he deliberately cut another guy's throat with his skate. The video showed it clear as day. I guess that was too spicy for Reddit, even though I stand by what I said. No big deal though. I was getting sick of that place anyway.

I had already played around on Lemmy before that happened, so I just moved over here. I deleted my first account because I felt like I was spending too much time commenting, but I’m back now. I also have a BlueSky account, but honestly, I never use it.

Lemmy has potential. But let’s be real, there are some features it still needs to really work as a Reddit replacement. It could use something like Reddit Enhancement Suite. That means stuff like tagging users, highlighting keywords, managing comments, and keeping track of threads. The mobile apps like Jerboa and Thunder are okay, but they still feel half-finished. Search is another issue. We really need full text search that works across the entire fediverse, not just locally. It would also help to have saved comments and a good bookmarking system. Managing multicommunity subscriptions should be easier too. Markdown needs a proper preview tool, and comment formatting could be better. And it would be nice to have a real modmail or private message system that does not feel like a workaround.

Still, I like being here. The federated model is messy sometimes, but it feels less controlled. And that counts for something.