Comment on Lemmy is slowly dying while Reddit thriving
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not dying. It’s smaller for sure but a social network doesn’t need to be big or have a ludicrous number of users to be healthy. Many of the posts I’ve made have gotten 10x more engagement than equivalent posts on Reddit simply because there’s less for it to get lost among.
Personal opinion, but I think generally the users here are nicer and more chill than Reddit. Again, simply because the sheer number of trolls is lower and I don’t think bother as much when there’s less people to piss off
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That was my experience for a while. Then recently I got blocked by someone who kept downvoting me and getting mad because I didn’t think “kill all republicans” was a healthy way of thinking.
So…I guess like all social media it depends on where you go and with whom you engage.
Redsven@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I just went and read that exchange, and the person who blocked you never said what you claimed.
You went to an article about someone who stabbed a child 26 times after killing his mother and told people to be more understanding of republicans and not blame them for all the hatred they promote. You’re suprised people got mad at you?
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes. I was surprised to receive that response when I was decrying killing all republicans.
Calling for the death of nearly half of the people in the United States is despicable.
Redsven@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, that’s not at all what the person you were arguing with said. It sounds like you went there to troll and got the reaction you deserved.
I took the time to look through the rest of your comments and, holy shit you suck. Just days ago you were condescending and patronizing gay people for being impatient in gaining equality. I think the best advice I’ve seen on lemmy is to block you.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
at least the blocking system doesn’t silence you here. you can still say whatever you want in any thread you want.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That is quite nice. And how Reddit used to behave before they got stupid.
However one thing I’ve learned is that when someone deletes their post it doesn’t put a “deleted” placeholder in, it completely removes it. So then if someone goes through your comment history they just see you saying something apropos of nothing, which can be missing important context.
I’m thinking about saying goodbye to this site. It’s not been a good few days mentally for me, and my usual retreat (the internet) has just made it worse. I miss the glory days before Reddit became shit.