I was here early June when there was very little activity. I didn't really understand the fediverse, and how instances worked. I remember thinking "this has so much potential!" The average instance had about 4000 users. And now it's exploding. I know many people are going to continue to use Reddit, there's still more users on Reddit then there are on here, there probably always will.

I feel the users that end up on here are smart, informed, fed up, we see past the lies, we are mature and chill as fuck.

The fact Lemmy takes time to learn is a good thing.

They can litterally just post a comment or a post and give it a ton of upvotes to give off the illusion that people are upvoting it. Media manipulation at its finest.

Yeah pretty sure there's some AI activity going on with that shit, either that or people from the company are making posts and using their powers to add a bunch of upvotes. It's feels like the twilight zone

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I'll be happy if the vast majority of people stay on Reddit, smaller communities are usually the most friendly.

This is not reddit... Lol

I realized that after I posted it. I was able to fix it in the title even! This is so much better than Reddit.

I was using Facebook as a means to see whats up in my area, everytime I go on now I scroll till I see something interesting, I get a few mins in and decide it's dead and close out of it.

Facebook once was a great tool for local postings, it's now gone to shit. I am really hoping to see another platform, preferably in the fediverse take it's place.

dot com is coming to an end, and people are seeking alternatives, I just hope it isn't a total fragmentation of the masses.

I agree with you, I was mainly just making a joke. It's when people point out a spelling mistake, without actually commenting on what's being said as well. But at the same time feedback is feedback, it's great building material.

60s James Bond had a dad bod.

Small communities are the best communities

It's fucking annoying. The amount of times I turned off autoplay and sound in my settings only to have it blasted in my face. It just makes me not want to use Facebook, it's become like a whiney annoying baby whenever I go on it.

We need a new MySpace/Facebook esque platform that isn't corporate, I highly doubt we will get that, and even if their was an option, most people wouldn't even migrate.

You just described me perfectly.

I feel like the people who are really upto speed, read between the lines, know their shit, and know what the best shit it.

Generally the people on here take their time, do their research, and invest in some quality product.

I was a Windows user up until last summer, a daily Reddit user since 2011, I was born in 1991, always been somewhat of a computer geek growing up.

In life I work as a barista/manager in a cafe, I set up the whole POS, trained staff, I do latte art.

Outside of work I organize public boardgame groups and movies in the park using a projecto, connected to a steamdeck, connected to a harddrive with 1800 movies.

The second Reddit hit the fan, I came here.

When I go to the bar, I make friends easy, I talk people's ears off about geeky stuff. I eat mushroom chocolates a few times a week that I made my self, mushrooms give me insight and revelations.

I am the only person I know in person who has a steamdeck, no one I talk to is familiar with Linux, and few people are familiar with the fediverse and what's happened to Reddit.

It's odd feeling like the odd one out, but I am happy to have these forums to connect to other odd ones out.

I just take mushrooms

I've spent enough time dabbling with AI to conclude that anyone with enough money, can generate enough AI content to drive product forward.

Reddit is now a product, if people are leaving Reddit in droves through the standpoint of a CEO I would think of all kinds of ways to keep the product interesting which means putting on an AI puppet show.

If you go shopping on amazon, often shitty products are reviewed positively by bots to try and drive sales.

Reddit is no different. The money is there, the technology is there, and above it all the greed is there.

It's no longer paranoia, its more than plausible.

Very grounded in reality and well written thank you. It'll be a small community for some time, eventually after a year or two I think it will become the new front page for the majority of the current Reddit users.

I feel like most of the general public has no clue what the fediverse is, it truly does take time to grasp.

Facebook has turned to adbook.

It's what Reddit used to be before the algorithms, censorship, and strict rules.

I've been doing this, and have been finding it to be a much more enjoyable experience.

Reddit was 1000s of posts a minute, while Lemmy is more like 5 posts a minute if that.

In a way I like it more, feels much more engaging.

It's about damn time people built a Reddit alternative. Reddit has been dead to me since around 2017 when Ellen Pao got involved.

Reddit was way better back 10 years ago, much like how lemmy is now. Just praying the same shit doesn't happen to Lemmy.

Now we need a new video platform.

And if you want to simulate the 90s desktop experience with a 90s browser that includes a MySpace clone:

windows93.net

We are ahead of the game that's forsure. 5 years from now we will think back and feel like the first pioneers.

My biggest worry is that it becomes over moderated like all the subreddits.

I fucking hated writing a heated passionate post, only to have it automatically removed because I didn't read the fine print.

I prefer when everything is voted on in the community, vs automatic removals and strict mod's.

It actually took my motivation away to post, so I ended up just being a lurker.

The fact that there are so many Lemmy servers makes me feel as if one server goes to shit, there will be another one that offers more freedom of expression.

I also enjoy that that there is a specific instance for NSFW content, it keeps things organized.

Why can't we just let the users decide what gets visibility vs what doesn't?

I know it may be a stupid question. The problem with Reddit was it become to moderated to the point if you didn't read the fine print your post would get removed.

I think users simply agree what is relevant to the community and what isn't and will vote accordingly.

If the content is obviously NSFW take it down, and if they are spamming obviously ban them and remove the spam.

I really would hate to Lemmy become overmoderated.

I'm there there are greedy mo-fo's watching. All it takes is someone with a nice big lump sum offer to the people that run the servers and that someone with revenue in their minds will sprinkle ads and premium features all throughout the instances.

Scary thing is, if AI can take over Reddit, AI can also take over Lemmy.

I can litterally copy and paste this post, and then you comment, as well as other people's comments and instruct ChatGPT to reply in accordance. Then, if I feel like the comment seems obviously AI written, I can tell it to write it in the style of a redditor with a few spelling mistakes and it I'll do just that.

Now uses some script, and the prompt, and let the algorithm do all the work for you.

I refuse to go on Reddit, it sucks because it takes way longer to find the answers I search for.

This is proof