First time posting here — how does Lemmy feel compared to Reddit for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by vegals@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey everyone, I’m new here and just testing the waters. I’ve been on Reddit for years, but lately it feels like a mix of heavy-handed moderation and echo chambers where any dissenting opinion gets buried.

For those of you who’ve spent real time on Lemmy: • What do you like better here than on Reddit? • What do you miss from Reddit? • Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?

I’m curious how people see it — especially those who made the switch after the API drama.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

If you're not happy with communists, there are other instances like Lemmy.world.

[-] vas@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago

You're kind of proving my point right now, this comment and the downvotes above.

I personally feel somewhat uncomfortable with the strong political push in general-purpose channels, especially since lemmy.ml is supposed to be about free software.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

There's a non-political memes comm on Lemmy.ml if you so choose. The fact is, the devs are communists, and a ton of us on Lemmy are communists due to the nature of FOSS, so that's sort of a natural sorting.

Other instances, such as Lemmy.world, are also politically biased, but towards liberalism. All instances have their own biases, you can't escape politics for good.

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