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Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit?
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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I personally think it's a ton better. The platform is a bit less mature, but the people are much nicer and the filtering/blocking is lightyears ahead
And you can say fuck without being auto banned or something. Not a big thing but sometimes it's nice to not have to sugarcoat everything.
Fuck yeah!
I wanted to ironically say something mean to you, but I couldn't bring myself to do it :(
I'm autistic, I would've thanked you for the compliment
I'm guessing that filtering helps make it nicer, I see way more nasty and extreme shit on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit. I want to like Lemmy, but I can't recommend it to anyone I know because of how toxic the base experience has been.
May I ask what you filtered out to make it seem like "the people are much nicer" on a day to day basis? Genuine question, not sarcasm.
Same as I did when using reddit. I add a filter almost every time I see something that I feel like doesn't belong on my feed. Comment sections are also filtered on the app I use.
I can screenshot and dm you my list of filters, if you'd like. I would prefer not posting them publicly
If you could that would help give me a place to start. My worry is how fast the content pool might shrink, can you DM me the worst offenders? The main thing that bugs me is the frequent calls for political violence from people I’m not sure have ever touched grass.
Yez I can, I'll send you a few. My preemptive apologies for the delay, I have a busy day today
For me, I blocked the political subs and it helped a lot. But idk what content is bothering you. Are you looking at local to lemmy.ca? Idk anything about that instance. Lemmy.world seems pretty chill, it has the reputation of being the most mainstream instance
I typically browse All as Lemmy is pretty small and content feels limited. What surprised me the most was how often I see casual calls for violence and mass murder. Though as you mentioned, blocking political subs would probably help.
Yeah I remember getting in argument with someone who suggested violence/intimidation against everyone who committed the crime of...wait for it... driving a Cybertruck
I can't fathom the mind of someone that cares that much about how someone else gets around...