I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad

thanks and have an amazing day! also plz be kind :D

  • innermachine@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 days ago

    It’s basically the same. Lemmy is kind of what reddit felt like before it got huge and astroturfed, it’s smaller which can be as much a benefit as a detriment depending what your after. I find interaction here tends to feel more human than reddit, on reddit comment threads especially in political subreddits you already know what the comments are gonna say before you get there, here i feel as though there is a bit more genuine thought. That being said Lemmy is not immune to echo chambers or trolls, as any bit of the internet is. Just use as you would use reddit honestly and just know your likely not to see as much content, but the content you see will get a more GENUINE feeling interaction. That’s my take anyhow.

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldBanned from community
      2·
      3 days ago

      the major benefit is there isn’t enough of a dipshit brigade to drown out the genuine smart people who are saying insightful things… yet

      but i’ve been here over a year, and the dipshit brigade is growing rapidly. soon enough they will become mods and start banning anyone who doesn’t agree with their dipshit agenda. but at least their power will be limited to only banning you on their particular instance.

      reddit used to have lots of cool diverse voices, and that all ended once it became popular enough that your parents new what it was and corporations were desperate to use it to shrill and advertise.

      personally i felt like anytime i sub went over 100,000 subscribers it rapidly went to shit. if it was under 100K it was usually a pretty cool place that allowed productive and interesting disagreement and various POV. then once the userbase grew the mods would always become ban happy for anyone they didn’t like who didn’t agree with their agenda/beliefs, and would hypocritically start lecturing users on tolerance and diversity and non abusive behaviour, while banning people over personal disagreements they had with users. i remember i once got banned in cycling subreddit because is said I thought Doritos were gross and the mod basically told me to go f myself for not like the same snack food as he did. lol

    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world
      26·
      3 days ago

      I’ve noticed that if you’re center or center-right here you get downvoted to oblivion or outright have your comments deleted by mods. It’s not really advertised, people have to find out the hard way. At least reddit has TrueUnpopularOpinion for people across the political spectrum, and there’s nothing similar here at all.

      • Camille_Jamal@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        according to other commenters, it’s different across instances. I personally don’t like to talk about politics, except how it affects me, so I think I’ll be fine. also reddit is weird no matter what sub you go, and according to others, the mods tend to be more chill here, so if comments get removed, chances are (ACCORDING TO OTHERS)

        A) You’re not adding to discussion

        B) You’re being rude

        C) You’re on an instance that doesn’t like your opinion, swap instances possibly?

        I don’t know much about lemmy though, I’m new to it. Correct me where I’m wrong.

        Other users have also said if someone is not worth talking to, they downvote them. If you come across as toxic, mean, etc, to me, I will not interact with you.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        7·
        3 days ago

        Complaining about “violent antifa psychos” isn’t really constructive discussion, it’s just open admission to being against antifascism.