Another good reason is the sheer quantity of bullshit you can read on Reddit. Most people talk, talk, and they really don’t know a shit of what they’re talking about. This is especially true on privacy subreddits, but I guess there are plenty of other subreddits that have the same issue.
Here you see more genuine opinions, from more savy people.
Yet another argument is that Reddit is engineered to constantly catch your attention, with endless posts, mostly bullshit. When I was using that platform, before reading something really meaningful for me, I had to scroll hundreds of posts. I was completely throwing my time into a toilet made out of a useless stream of posts.
On Lemmy, everything is slow. Discussions are more interesting, controversial opinions are not buried under dozens of downvotes.
Another good reason is the sheer quantity of bullshit you can read on Reddit. Most people talk, talk, and they really don’t know a shit of what they’re talking about.
That’s just a factor of the size of the site, though. If Lemmy gets big, even if it’s widely distributed, there’ll be large communities with tons of people, most of whom won’t know what they’re talking about.
Community-wise, you can do just fine on Reddit if you curate your subreddits carefully. (And I happen to think that Reddit’s interface is more conducive to useful discussion than many other places, like Facebook or web forums.)
IMHO, the biggest advantage of Lemmy over Reddit is the federation. I think Reddit gets a lot right, and those things plus federation might well make for my ideal link/discussion site.
Another good reason is the sheer quantity of bullshit you can read on Reddit. Most people talk, talk, and they really don’t know a shit of what they’re talking about. This is especially true on privacy subreddits, but I guess there are plenty of other subreddits that have the same issue. Here you see more genuine opinions, from more savy people.
Yet another argument is that Reddit is engineered to constantly catch your attention, with endless posts, mostly bullshit. When I was using that platform, before reading something really meaningful for me, I had to scroll hundreds of posts. I was completely throwing my time into a toilet made out of a useless stream of posts. On Lemmy, everything is slow. Discussions are more interesting, controversial opinions are not buried under dozens of downvotes.
That’s just a factor of the size of the site, though. If Lemmy gets big, even if it’s widely distributed, there’ll be large communities with tons of people, most of whom won’t know what they’re talking about.
Community-wise, you can do just fine on Reddit if you curate your subreddits carefully. (And I happen to think that Reddit’s interface is more conducive to useful discussion than many other places, like Facebook or web forums.)
IMHO, the biggest advantage of Lemmy over Reddit is the federation. I think Reddit gets a lot right, and those things plus federation might well make for my ideal link/discussion site.