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What's changed about Lemmy over the past year for you? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I’ve been on lemmy for over a year now, and I just realized I used to read all those HackerNews articles + their comments, I haven’t done that in probably 6 months because the discussion here has gotten much better. What’s changed for you with Lemmy over the last year?

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[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

I got banned from the Canada community and according to the mod log, it was for homophobia and bigotry.

That really rubs me the wrong way because I’ve never ever posted anything like that. I’ve been the subject of homophobic and bigotry based bullying my whole life and the only comment I posted on that topic there was an account of my first hand experience of being catfished on Grindr and then outed as bi on the towns facebook page and subjected to ridicule and harassment.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I mean the nice thing about Lemmy is you can always create your own community, and if that's not enough, your own instance.

It removes a bad mods ability to completely dominate, because there's always an escape hatch for folks who are just done with their shit.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I mean the nice thing about Lemmy is you can always create your own community

You can do that on most platforms. It isn't worth the effort unless you can pull users into your new community. That's hard.

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[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

True, but when it’s a main community that pertains to your interests, it’s crappy to be banned from it for fictional reasons. Would be the same on any other social media site I guess. I find people here are more militant in their beliefs.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I believe you misunderstood why you were banned.

You were banned because of incivility and ableism. You were making derogatory comments about the mentally ill as though having a illness was a bad thing.

I can see why you were confused, as homophobia is also listed under rule 1.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Lemmy's biggest strength (decentralization) has also shown to be one of it's biggest flaws when micro-managing admins/mods turn their instance into their own personal fiefdom, inflicting their "justice" broadly and without discernment. I've been banned more here in under 2 years than on reddit for over 13, almost exclusively for voting "wrong" according to what feedback I can find, which is a a seriously treacherous practice in communities like these. I have no real sense of loss over it, but I do worry the Lemmy-verse will end up with tons of siloed off instances instead of an interconnected community if it goes on unadressed.

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People here have gotten progressively meaner and I am seeing more and more AI slop. Also the quality of memes have fallen off a fucking cliff in all meme communities.

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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Given that this website has experienced the Reddit migration (I am one of those migrants), it has definitely started to feel a bit like Reddit, but it still differs in a lot of ways. There's less bots, actually engaging conversations, actual content. To me, this website continues to capture the vibe of the early Web2 days of the internet in a way that Reddit clearly moved away from, definitely so that its executives can make more of them monies. It feels a bit nostalgic in a way, and that's what I like about this website.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's become much more moderated and controlled. I think reddit is actually less controlled. I'm seeing conversations about Swedish immigration that would never be allowed on Lemmy.

On the other hand, I saw that Luigi was not allowed to be mentioned in Reddit now in some subreddit.. So... Lol.

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[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Lemmy has a bit more active users which is great. However, I have also noticed that Lemmy has gotten similar things as Reddit these days. Different opinions are not welcome, quick/ angry comments (politic community though)

However, Lemmy now has a decent app(s) such as Voyager. I also love that Lemmy does not restrict/ block users from using swear words (at least the instance I’m on does not). 

Though in all honesty, I mostly use an RSS-feed such as Reeder and InoReader.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Different opinions are not welcome, quick/ angry comments

I feel like Lemmy is consistently hostile to different opinions. It's a real disappointment.

[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

I, unfortunately, have to agree and that’s why - most of the times, I just check Lemmy posts through RSS-Feed.

I sometimes hop onto Voyager and comment on posts/ articles. But the more hostile, twisting of words and such are happening. The less I will be using Voyager to comment and just use the RSS-Feed to see the posts.

I really liked Lemmy in the early days when people went from Reddit to Lemmy. Miss those times.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Depends on instance, largely. Lemmy instances usually lean towards 1 or maybe 2 camps of the "liberal, anarchist, Marxist" triangle, and are hostile to the other 1 or 2 camps.

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just got banned from !linuxsucks, got a feeling that's nothing uncommon though, power tripping mod situation

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[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago
  • Less buggy
  • Instance blocking
[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Election spam which filled the front page is mostly gone.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Tremondous change!!! A year ago I didn't know about it and now I do!

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