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What are some Redditisms that Lemmy needs to avoid? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example, people on Reddit asking redundant questions and give equally redundant or unhelpful answers.

Whenever every 'What's the worst show you've seen?' is asked, you'll get 10,000 "Kardashians" answers, which is just easy karma farming.

If someone posts in a community that's geared for something like opinions, but someone elects to just go on a full scale rant instead.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Shutting down questions with any variation "just Google it" It always irks me when someone goes "bro you know Google exists right" like if I wanted to Google it I wouldn't be asking it here

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes the question isn't about the answer but about the interaction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And preserving knowledge in an additional space

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Often times google led you there and you get this answer. Love that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

People also forget that Google doesn't give the same results for everyone. Sure you could use incognito mode, but how many people are going to do that when they're looking for normal stuff?