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submitted 8 months ago by bruhbeans@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

From news, to shitposting, to memes, to more shitposting, Lemmy feels vibrant, active, lighthearted, fun and even powerful. Mastodon feels like a fucking funeral.

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[-] sass@mastodon.social 11 points 7 months ago

@bruhbeans I think people feel more uninhibited on a platform like Lemmy, Typically, when you post on Mastodon your post will show up in the timeline for everyone who follows you and if not Unlisted, in public timelines as well. There'slemmy-worldxposure for just responding to something simple and niche. In the lemmy-world, people follow communities and view threads, not individual accounts, so they aren't typically exposed to the random commentary people have.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Notifications are also more reddit-ish, only pinging the direct parent post/reply author, without bothering the whole thread, and people can go back to the thread for updates.

Navigation of comments is also better. So it's easier to just post a simple joke, a quick comment, etc, and not accidentally annoy 50 different people.

And like reddit the post is treated as part of a community instead of a specific person's timeline, which extends to how comments are treated too.

this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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