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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's really cool is seeing actual conversations taking place. I'm actually able to comment here and I'm not immediately being drowned out by being one of ten thousand comments or constant contrarian trolling.

It has also totally replaced Reddit for me. It reminds me a lot of the old internet and a bit of early Reddit. It's a really cool experiment, and if it continues as-is I will be thrilled, and if not then I will forever have a sense of pride of what everyone here accomplished. It's very cool.

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I never feel like I'm commenting/posting into the void. By my surprise, it has actually encouraged me to post more, which isn't something I expected when I joined Lemmy, and definitely not something I ever did on reddit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My dude, you and Stamets are my Lemmy heroes. I can't imagine I'd spend that much time on Lemmy if you guys weren't around.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Haha, I'm glad! I know I post a lot of memes in general, but Risa is by far my favorite community on lemmy. The more people that get into Star Trek, the better, I say!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've always been such an admirer and peruser of such a classic and timeless dialectical format. Its like constantly examining knowledge and each other and being likewise cross-examined in all the best ways

I honestly believe it has made me a much better writer and thinker although I have no pretensions about how systematic any of it is.

Edit: it can compel me to be hilariously nitpicky sometimes

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anything that makes you think critically, ponder, analyse, or absorb knowledge is a grand thing.

I just had an idea: daily Lemmy debates. We pick a topic that is relevant to the day, and we engage in healthy, respectful debate, picking a side and exploring that stance until all points of logic are exhausted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Great idea. I also really liked Reddits's KarmaCourt or whatever with the roles for Judge, prosecutor, defense, other officers of the "Court", and jury etc. I love shit like that, its like the internet's version of HarveyBirdman Attorney at Law. Oh, and SubredditSimulator is goddamn hilarious.

Good schtuff

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd really love it if someone could prosecute me for something in KarmaCourt, I doubt they would prevail, unfortunatley for all of us :(