• argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgBanned
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    3 years ago

    I’m excited to see the concept of federation gaining traction. I can’t describe how disappointed I was when Jabber/XMPP failed, IRC faded from relevance, and Facebook/Twitter became the way to talk to people. Now, seeing everyone here and on Mastodon, I’m finally feeling a bit hopeful again.

  • Voyajer@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    It’s easier not to lurk when the odds of getting a strangely hostile reply over nothing important goes down

    • ANapSoundsNice@beehaw.org
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      3 years ago

      I may have been a little… overzealous when I wrote my beehaw application but I echo this point when I submitted

      My last comment on reddit was 6 years ago. I was afraid of what it and the internet at large was becoming. Afraid to be a human online because the trolls and the dox and the swats. The mission statements in the side bar, the long and insightful posts that hope to bridge new people to the culture of beehaw that speak of being nice and compassionate, of working together to build a community of varied interests and peoples let me dare to dream that there exists a place where I can be a human on the internet again.

      It’s going to take a lot of deconditioning to not be a lurker!

    • phox@syrma.cc
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      3 years ago

      Agreed. I always felt like I had to add five different disclaimers to my comments to avoid bad faith arguments and angry responses. Wasn’t a fun experience at all and often lead to me just deleting comments.

  • sup@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Haha same! I’ve already commented here more than what I have on reddit in the past 5 years at least. And I’m not even forcing myself to comment. It just feels authentic. I feel that my voice won’t be lost in the void of the internet. I agree with @Disgusted_Tadpole. Last time I had this feeling was on orkut back in the 2000s. Exciting times! :)

  • Shrek@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    I have been trying to comment instead of just lurking. Its against my natural tendencies, but I want to see this place live, so I thought I would be the change I want to see in the world.

    • jakobmn@feddit.dk
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      3 years ago

      Same here. I’m trying to do my part as well. I think I have commented more in a single day, than I would have done in a few years on Reddit.

  • Tink@lemmy.one
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    3 years ago

    Me too! I’m primarily a lurker as well. I’m really enjoying Lemmy so far and hope to see it grow. :)

  • Cowabunghole@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    I feel like it’s easier and more rewarding to comment when it’s a smaller community. The problem is that I don’t have anything interesting to post :/

    • SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social
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      3 years ago

      Same! I was a longtime Reddit user and I’m still learning the ropes here but am getting vibes of my Reddit subs as they felt 10-15 years ago. I hope we continue to grow in healthy ways here

  • Drew@sopuli.xyz
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    3 years ago

    For real, I feel more confident commenting and posting on here than I ever did on reddit

    • DarraignTheSane@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      For me I think it has to do with the fact that by the time I got to a thread on reddit, everything that could possibly be said about the topic usually had been said already. How many times would you visit a thread only to find that exactly what you were going to say is already the top comment?

        • comfy@lemmy.ml
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          3 years ago

          Yeah, although I regret not being more active in calling out people parroting reddit’s culture. With a lot of people joining at once, it’s easy for the local cultures to be overwhelmed and become much like the place they left.

  • アルケミー船長@lemmy.one
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    3 years ago

    Yeah as a lurker on Reddit (I use libreddit) I really wanna see some change for the better, Fediverses’ seem to be the future, we just need to get the general masses aware of its presence :)

    • CheshireSnake@lemmy.one
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      3 years ago

      My concern is lemmy in general is too complicated a concept for the average user just wanting to browse. I’ve already encountered 2 users on reddit recently who might have stopped because of this complexity. One said he/she felt like lemmy makes its users answer queries before being able to join a sub, and one just couldn’t get why there has to be different instances and was turned off because he/she couldn’t quite understand how it all works.

      I’m not sure I understand everything completely myself, but I’m willing to try. I don’t think a lot of people do, tbh.

      Edit: I’m aware why lenny is like this (generally) and I am definitely not criticizing it. Just mentioning some points as to why it may be hard for other people to follow us here.

      • ritchie@lemmy.one
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        3 years ago

        I agree, this concept of decentralization is not really widespread. I consider myself informed in topics of open source and privacy, but I also needed to get used to how e.g. searching for communities work. It is definitely not as convenient as reddit, where you have a search bar and can seek out any community, here you need to browse several nodes to find the communities you are looking for. It would be nice if Lemmy caught the interest of many and things like this could be worked out.

      • DudePluto@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        Lemmy will have to learn to hide the sausage-maker if they want laymen to enjoy their sausage. That is to say they’ll have to make a way for the everyman to interact without the barrier to entry.

        Though, no one says Lemmy has to become a AAA social media site

        • Barbarian@lemmy.ml
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          3 years ago

          Completely agree. I’ll be ecstatic if Lemmy hits the point where it’s self-sustaining. It doesn’t need to attract millions, but it needs enough active engaged users to post and comment so that there’s enough interesting shit here