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• OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most people on Reddit avoid the larger subs like the plague though - but then when they come here, they don’t know what to avoid or even to pay attention to, e.g. is !Chapotraphouse@hexbear.net a lively and fun, exciting place, or a toxic cesspit hellhole?

  And at least that one is honest about what it is, whereas lemmy.ml markets itself as a community dedicated to discussing FOSS! (Which, among other things, yes is one of the variety of things discussed there, although somehow that description seems to be missing a fair bit of information that would have REALLY helped out a ton in educating people what communities to participate in).

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  • thoro@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most people on Reddit avoid the larger subs like the plague though

    This doesn’t really seem to make sense to me.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    funything i havnt have that much of interaction with the .ml tankie as much as hexbear, hexbear seemed to be mroe prominent, before i blocked the triad.

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    • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except don’t forget that when people get IP-banned from Reddit (which also blocks people using proxies as of late) for being “too toxic” (even by Reddit’s standards!), they come here.

      So there are some that have little choice.

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  • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If we defederate Hexbear and ml, that will go some of the way to easing those bad experiences for new users

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    • baatliwala@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ml is run by the devs of Lemmy so unfortunately that’s not realistic, you could be missing on a ton of information if you want to subscribe to Lemmy development or information related communities

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      • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nah, those posts get crossposted anyways, you wouldn’t be missing much

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      • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The devs can make accounts on a less controversial instance if they want their news to be heard by the rest of us

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  they’re definitely better than reddit’s in my experience

  I would place them at a quality on par with reddit at the latest five years ago

  you still get people who insist on not understanding what words mean, but less frequently

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  reddits is more oppressive, mainly because your dealing with reddits AI moderation filter, which can apply blanket bannings, and the mods with thier individual sub filters, and the mods meddling too.

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