• Everett@reddthat.comEnglish
    128·
    6 months ago

    Federated communities have been a challenge to me, because I’ve usually been a passive consumer, never really contributing.

    I am trying to comment much more and hopefully post, because I want to help contribute the type of content that I want to see!

    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
      41·
      6 months ago

      Same here. On reddit I have mostly only been a commenter, I made perhaps five posts over all my years there, virtually all of my 40k karma or so was from commenting.

      And while I do that here too of course I am trying to contribute content as well, like asking Linux questions which may eventually help promoting Lemmy through search engine relevance. Of course it doesn’t hurt that Linux is probably the biggest common denominator amongst Lemmy users, so the chance for useful replies is much higher than trying to get a niche community going.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      36·
      6 months ago

      Yeah on Reddit I made 12 posts in 12 years. I’ve made over 10x that number on Lemmy in less than 1 year. Caring about the platform makes a big difference in my desire to engage and contribute.

      • Huschke@programming.dev
        11·
        6 months ago

        Same. I think it’s the smaller size of the community that mainly contributes to me posting more.

        On reddit, if my post interests the same percentage of people I will have a lot more answer which makes it impossible to engage with all of them. And since people are less likely to respond I stopped posting on Reddit altogether.

      • other_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        And knowing that the community (that I’ve curated anyway) is generally not toxic and overly hostile, especially to civil discourse. That fosters trust that if I engage, I’m not going to be downvoted and socially shunned because of some minor community fixation.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      20·
      6 months ago

      Likewise. It’s unlike me, but I’m here to be the life of the party to the extent that I’m able and willing. I care too much about users in control of their own communities not to participate. I hope my drop in the bucket helps bring and maintain critical mass.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      19·
      6 months ago

      I suspect when you look at the internet as a whole, this is how most people are.

      Scroll, scroll, scroll, thumbs up, scroll, scroll, scroll, heart, scroll, scroll, scroll, eggplant eggplant flag.

      I feel like the money side of the internet has pushed people that way, and pushing for forced positivity as well, like Youtube taking away the downvote button, Facebook has never even had one.

    • dumbass@leminal.space
      3·
      6 months ago

      I only posted on reddit a few times, but nearly everyone was met with some weird hate, one was just a cool ohot9 of a bar I took, here tho, I’ve posted shit and I might get a somewhat negative comment maybe if I’m really unlucky, but mostly its been fun and made me want tonpost stuff, even if it is something stupid.

      This place is better just because we know how bad it can be and we actively try to not be like that, to the best of our abilities.

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Plus when you do come across a jerk, blocking them actually matters because there are so few people here. On reddit it’s an infinite sea of douchebags.

  • Rentlar
    49·
    6 months ago

    At this point I know that data on my thoughts, opinions and interests is going to be out there one way or another. So I might as well share it with everyone on the Fediverse, via open, accessible platforms rather than wait for big tech to take it from me.

    • credit crazy@lemmy.world
      8·
      6 months ago

      Considering how big companies try selling our info out to other companies having everyone’s data be open source is really going to ruin their profits as everyone has free access to the info that Facebook and such are trying to charge for

      • Rentlar
        3·
        6 months ago

        That’s what I’m going for. The way to win against big tech is to not play their game.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    41·
    6 months ago

    Reddit is literally the only non-user ran social media platform I ever used. Before that, I was using random PHPBB forums hosted by people like those who are hosting Lemmy instances or using IRC chat rooms.

    It’s kind of an eternal September feeling seeing the Internet only take off in the main stream because of big tech and corporate bullshit when all they did is provide the same kind of spaces that already existed and then make them suck.

      • jnk@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        6 months ago

        I was too late to see that and still miss it… So glad projects like the fediverse are trying to bring it back

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    412·
    6 months ago

    It kinda sucks that cryptobros have ruined the term decentralized for most people, because decentralization is exactly what we need right now. Not the fake single-server multi-app decentralization of the blockchain, but the real multi-server multi-app decentralization of the fediverse.

  • THCDenton@lemmy.world
    361·
    6 months ago

    Oh thats why I’m here. Can’t do much, but I can shitpost. I believe in what you guys are doing 🤘

  • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
    33·
    6 months ago

    They not only stole and sold it, they weaponised it. I find that the most unforgivable part. Burn it down, we will shine brighter. :)

    PS, luv you guys. Ty for keeping me company.

  • Mango@lemmy.world
    173·
    6 months ago

    It’s way now than just Google. Ever try sending someone a file but you don’t want a middle man and aren’t carrying a thumb drive?

        • ferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          71·
          6 months ago

          Yes, and I am telling you that you are incorrect to assert that sending someone a file requires a middle man or a thumb drive.

            • DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              6 months ago

              He said p2p file sharing. It seems like it could solve the problem for Mango.

              But honestly I would like to know what Mango was doing back in the day before all the “middle men” inserted themselves. What is the ideal solution if you could snap your fingers and make it happen?

              • alekwithak@lemmy.world
                1·
                6 months ago

                I have no horse in this fight, but just off the top of my head agreed on standards for p2p file transfers. A baked in utility that makes sending and receiving files would go a long way towards bringing the feature to every day users and the standards mean the power user can send and receive files from their favorite CLI or choose from one of many paid and open source options. Both users can send and receive back and forth to each other without having to agree upon a third party client, or without a client at all.