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I like how the top comment isn’t always the first one. In Reddit, It felt like if you were one of the first comments on a new post, you were most likely going to have a top comment.
Here it looks like there’s better discussion and you have to scroll through comments and get varying opinions on the topic. This can become more difficult as magazines get bigger and start to get more engagement, but right now it’s nice to see several different comments and not the same message over and over.
No 'reddit gold' equivalents, especially paid ones. It's visually displeasing and the system was abused by corporations and people with an agenda.
I hated having to go to imgur.com in a desktop tab in Chrome to upload an image, then to figure out the URL, then to swap back to the post in RiF to be able to include the image in a post. That's a 'feature' I'm glad is dead with kbin (and presumably other fediverses) - can attach an image to a reply just by clicking the icon and browsing for it.
I fucking hated profile photos when that was added.
I disagree. Profile pics IMO make each exchange feel more personal - like you learn just a little tidbit about the person you're chatting to by what they chose to put out into the world alongside their username.
That and simply being able to recognize people here and there. Feels more alive. I don't often take note of usernames, it's the part of the message my brain overlooks. If I recognize you by name without an avatar, it's probably not for a good reason
I didn't like my post history being available for public access. For example, if I post in a sub for suicide bereavement, that information is meant for that one small community. I don't necessarily want others to be able to see it and know that personal information. The same could go for victim support, mental health, or other health related subs.
I also don't want to be followed. I know there's a way to turn it off but I learned that way late in the game.
So the biggest irritation to me is, blocking.
Ostensibly, blocking is meant to halt harassment. On Reddit if somebody has you blocked, you’re barred from participating downthread of them. Harassment shouldn’t be tolerated.
But.
A lot of individuals who want to control narratives and spread misinformation use blocking people as a way to silence people that maybe correct the narrative. With sources.
Or to silence opposing viewpoints, especially when the individual in question is making an argument that doesn’t bear scrutiny.
Also it’s kind of stupid that Reddit prevents you from seeing what they say, but not the other way ‘round- considering I could always pull it into a private tab and view it logged out.
It’s reasonable to prevent a blocked individual from directly replying or interacting, but it’s not reasonable to halt all conversation I might have just because they’re “in the room”, if that makes sense.
Visible Upvotes. Hear me out. Upvotes much like Facebook/Instagram/Twitter Likes tickle the reward center of our brains and trigger the dopamine response. This in turns incentivizes users behavior more towards "validation seeking" types of behavior, such as DAE/AmITheAsshole/TIL pandering to commonly held beliefs, calls outs (legitimate or questionable), trauma dumping, etc. Whether we like it or not, the mechanics of social media websites/apps influence our behavior, sometimes we are not even aware our or other's behavior is being coerced by these sites. The fewer dopamine-rewarding features that Kbin/Lemmy has, the more we can focus on the content.
Today I gathered my kids and escaped my physically abusive spouse, who often locked us in cages and sprayed us with piss and detergent. AITA? 🙃
@janWilejan The constant reposts in like 10 subreddits that all make it on /all. Some kind of filter to see if once and be done with it. Though, I think removing Karma/Rep would take care of that.
I don't want gold coins, snoovatars, chat rooms, and any of the nonsense that they created over the past 5 years.
I know it's going to happen anyways but automod. I don't need a fucking DM because I subscribed, automatic replies or any of that stupid garbage. The worst part is you can't block automod from messaging you either. Nobody uses that shit for anything actually useful, or at least those features of it.