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Something I WONT miss from Reddit/other social medias (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like most other people here, I originally came here from reddit. Ive been having a blast so far, and I much prefer the forum-style of this. After about a week of using Lemmy I realized there was something intrinsic to reddit that Lemmy doesnt have. And I wont miss it. Too many people on reddit were way too horny. I was really annoying, but Lemmy seems way more chill. Plus its refreshing knowing that the people on here arent all bots.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Another thing I appreciate here is the lack of ragebait. It's more common in video sharing platforms (which Reddit keeps stumbling over itself trying to become) where you have people deliberately making awful food recipes or doing something completely nonsensical for the sole purpose of clicks and engagement.

Social media in its current state is focused on pissing people off. Twitter and Reddit making decisions to kneecap themselves for the sake of lofty ideals is the best thing that's happened to the Internet in recent memory.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is particularly why I don't participate in any social media aside from (what used to be reddit but now) lemmy. It got to the point where I wasn't even enjoying reddit, I just clicked it out of habit. And did I actually retain anything useful from that website? Lol no. It was all just timewasting bullshit that put you in a pissy mood.

It's nice to actually hold a fucking conversation for once. I think a lot of us came here for the same reason; missing the community of that old school forum feel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, after years of being in that swirling bowl of timewasting, contrarian opinionating, and all that bad faith nonsense, I agree. I actually agree. Man, this is like the Digimon fan forums back in the ProBoards days, haha!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

100% this. My mood levels have been way more stable since I deleted Reddit. I think the forum based media here also only attracts people willing to contribute more than just a sensational picture or video.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

YES this so so much. reddit tends to be way too full of ragebait, horny comments, and extremist echo chambers. i’ve had enough with it all!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbf I enjoyed r/shittyfoodporn...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Saaame. But I like it when it's genuinely bad. Not just some tiktok of some content farm adding cheese to cheese to cheese.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Precisely, and I still fall for it all the time...