Absolutely. It's too easy to get lost in large communities. Smaller communities let you get heard.
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I wouldn't say that I'm any more or less active a poster on Lemmy versus Reddit. If the community has a topic I'm interested in and engaging content, I will post and reply.
The interactions feel more authentic here. Sometimes I would read a single comment chain where multiple people were talking about separate subjects and somehow still having a conversation. It made my head hurt.
I think you might be referring to bots. They are definitely being written and will become an increasing problem. I don't see a great solution to that.
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Yep, this site has really chill vibes and it encourages posting
I've posted 4 threads on Kbin which is, to my knowledge, more than I had posted on Reddit. So, yes indeed! The difference here is pretty much that you do not need to post at a specific time of the day to get any exposure at all in my experience.
I literally haven't posted anything on reddit since the blackout. All of my posting has been in the fediverse...
Definitely, don't feel nearly as self conscious about posting with less activity
this place is just way nicer than reddit, don't see as many arguments over nothing here
My posting activity has increased exponentially because I'm not instantly banned for literally anything I post. And I wasn't one to say needlessly hateful things but I guess a mod or admin didn't appreciate my irritation with them. This is more gooder.
Yeah there was no real contributions worthwhile on Reddit on main subs. I was in a few smaller subs that would chat daily but nothing big.
I'm trying to support the change. I joined 6/11, I stopped visiting the other site the same time.
I created a community that didn't exist yet here (in the fediverse) and am trying to post /comment more then I would normally. I wasn't a lurker over there but I am more engaged here.
Long live the new(ish) fediverse :)
Edit: I also removed my content and deleted my 12yo account on 7/1
Nope, since I left reddit I spend less time mindlessly looking at my phone. But I do enjoy lemmy in healthy doses.
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Much more so! Reddit just felt so vast it all just felt so damn futile haha
Just created this account, let's see.
Absolutely, this feels less intimidating in a way. I've probably commented more here at the fediverse over the last few weeks then my whole time at Reddit
I feel this way too! I started out active on Reddit (like 11 years ago damn I’m old) but then it started to get so big I just didn’t feel comfortable posting anymore. It’s been an adjustment to actually participate here lol
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Yes. I want to contribute to Lenny’s success if I can 😀
I'm going to make an active effort to post stuff here, I used to just be a commenter on Reddit, time to branch out and try interacting with this place more. Should be fun.
I'm hoping to get more active as the platforms stabalize and I learn how everything works.
I'm pretty confident that things are going to take off soon! Loving the conversion on this platform so far, also enjoying the randomness.
It will be nice to have some more definition and focus for some topics (this is also probably me just being a noob at this) but I'm not really in a rush to get there as the information is available elsewhere, but the current atmosphere with Lemmy feels very unique and special