cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/40072140
Reddit is trash. I got banned for hating on Nazis, they will bend to Trump, cut off porn and throw the ban hammer down. Reddit is only good for finding tech answers from the past. Everything else is trash.
Post with 22k upvotes mentions Lemmy as an alternative to Reddit
Submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to fediverse@lemmy.world
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Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 day ago
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Be careful with that. I went back in time and edited my posts to contain small errors to make them useless.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That just seems malicious to anyone who might find your answer and get increasingly frustrated by your incorrect advice.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I never got banned. I just left because the greedy little CEO is a liar that sacrificed the only thing that made the site good, 3rd party apps, on the alter of the almighty dollar during the API debacle.
To be honest the quality of posts, comments, and moderation policies had gone way down hill since at least 2020. The killing of 3rd party apps just gave me the motivation to finally leave
queermunist@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
To be honest the quality of posts, comments, and moderation policies had gone way down hill since at least 2020.
Wasn’t that when they banned /r/chapotraphouse? 🤔
commander@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
Reddit is a censorship hellhole.
The modlog is one of the greatest features of lemmy.
Fuck censorship.
Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 21 hours ago
censorship is at least entertaining here becuase of the modlog and subs discussing it reddit drama isnt even entertaining there because those posts get locked and everyone temp banend or perma banned
Carighan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Seems to depend massively on the sub though, most I am in will never see a right winger above -20 and constantly mocked at best.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Though some subs I’ve been banned from over there the reasons were as simple as “criticizing China and/or Russia” or “participating in a specific other sub”
The subs I hang around in are currently the same to right wingers (downvoted to oblivion) but that’s partly because attempting to participate in a lot of lefty subs over there you get banned for talking about China in a negative way. The other subs aren’t political so those ones aren’t too bad.
meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
Nice, but the only comment I see about Lemmy, is someone who can’t comprehend that the domain “lemmy.world” exists and not “lemmy.com”, because “that’s what an internet address is to the average user”.
koncertejo@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
God yeah, what a frustrating sentiment to see. Very common among people who won’t give the fediverse any modicum of good faith engagement. “This is different from what people are used to and is therefore bad” instead of understanding that maybe there’s a reason it’s built that way.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 day ago
lemmy.com does appear to work though (redirects to lemm.ee, not sure who hosts it)
hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
@sunaurus@lemm.ee is owner of lemm.ee
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Sadly what he says is true to many.
I’ve seen people who were directed to p.lemmy.world call it a dodgy virus link.
And honestly it does look dodgy, lemmy.com would be great.
commander@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
And honestly it does look dodgy, lemmy.com would be great.
This only makes the problem worse. We need to expose people to other TLDs and subdomains so they can see for themselves how expansive and adaptable the internet really is.
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
It’s unfortunate that people still think Brave is a good privacy alternative. Ungoogled-Chromium is a better alternative but also unfortunately requires manual upkeep. The best alternative is to use Mull or LibreWolf currently and some form of abstraction if you’re concerned about security as well.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Why is Brave bad?
zeropublix@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
Sketchy things happened in the past, that’s all I know. I simply don’t like it since it’s still chromium engine which wants to restrict Adblock
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
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And as usual, the top comment related to Lemmy is people complaining about bad UX
Let’s keep guiding them to better UX
coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 1 hour ago
Someone replied to their post, with arguments and explanations I personally think are pretty well though out.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I don’t know if we want users who can’t grasp the concept that Lemmy and Lemmy.world are different entities and thinks that all of Lemmy should just be Lemmy.com
I think just having a Lemmy branded app with a proper UX is a good thing but let’s not just throw the baby out with the bathwater chasing people who just want Lemmy to be Reddit but it doesn’t make them feel yucky using it.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Thank you for your comments on Reddit btw
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Do we have any fun infographics to help educate those that aren’t autodidacts?
MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m willing to discuss UI/UX issues but that top comment is just stupid.
The first complaint is that “lemmy.world” shouldn’t exist, because websites should be dot com. That’s not a UI/UX issue, that’s just ignorance. As we all know Bluesky has also failed to pickup any users due to its URL bsky.app, you obviously can’t have a dot app website!
The second argument is worth looking at, but it’s unclear based on their comment what went wrong. If you go to Reddit and search for Brazil/Brasil do you just magically find every community you’re looking for? I doubt it. Discovery can and should be improved but this person found an instance before a community?
based_raven@lemm.ee 23 hours ago
Part of me just thinks this place needs a natural barrier to entry. Look what happened to the internet when the iPhone released.
commander@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
Really shows the average intelligence of the average internet user.
As I get smarter, they just stay the same!
Fizz@lemmy.nz 18 hours ago
I really forgot how stupid some reddit comments are. I do not miss that site.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
What if I told you that there are really stupid comments on Lemmy as well
commander@lemmings.world 23 hours ago
I don’t have any issues with the lemmy interface.
I’d rather they don’t mess it up to appease people who prefer reddit’s interface, old or new.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’ve been trying the Photon/Voyager approach, the issue is that some people despise Photon and modernist interfaces for a reason, there’s a comment on that thread I had to link to old.lemmy.zip
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Some people will never be happy…
I think people who like .old tend to be more tech savvy, and can figure out how to find a UI they like
coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 19 hours ago
Maybe alongside the modern UIs, you could include a line about the mlmym interfaces.