this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
471 points (88.8% liked)

Lemmy.World Announcements

29157 readers
183 users here now

This Community is intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server by the admins.

Follow us for server news ๐Ÿ˜

Outages ๐Ÿ”ฅ

https://status.lemmy.world

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

Support e-mail

Any support requests are best sent to [email protected] e-mail.

Report contact

Donations ๐Ÿ’—

If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the following donation URLs.

If you can, please use / switch to Ko-Fi, it has the lowest fees for us

Ko-Fi (Donate)

Bunq (Donate)

Open Collective backers and sponsors

Patreon

Join the team

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I loved Reddit for what it is, but nothing made me back out of a post faster than seeing the top 3 parent threads as a regurgitation of the same inside jokes, pun-chains, and so on.

(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (16 children)
load more comments (16 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah those are just circle-jerky and don't add to any meaningful discussion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been hoping most of those users are only here temporarily following the bandwagon/circle-jerking, and that they go back to reddit for the comments of nothing but lame puns and off-topic jokes.

I was really hoping to escape that migrating here. The comments of nearly every reddit thread just devolves into r/funny or r/adviceanimals. Distinct subreddits mean less and less, and off-topic content is upvoted in every sub just because it illicits a cheap laugh.

Reddit is less and less a place for substantive discussion and more just a dumping grounds of repetitive lame jokes. I really hope the children stay on reddit...

load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)
load more comments (2 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Lemmy reminds me of old school BBS where actual discussion happened. I know it's been a shift for me where I actually have to think about a response and hold a discussion instead of just following the patterns. Not that I don't appreciate rote comments, it's nice to expect a joke and have that delivered on. Not every thread though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

When does the narwhal bacon XD XD XD

load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

this tbh ๐Ÿ˜ฉ edit: holy hell

For real though , idk if I see it happening. If the culture of "this" comments comes with, all we have against it is an opposing culture of trying to keep comments high-quality. It just depends on what kind of redditors take the effort to migrate

load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would support a general community punishment for excessive punnery.

load more comments (1 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Just wait until someone posts something containing the substring "69"!

load more comments (8 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If the Lemmies end up like 2023 reddit, then maybe what you're looking for is tildes.net which seems to be more like r/AskHistorians meets pre-September Usenet.

load more comments (3 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to wish there was a browser plugin that would just hide the top comment on posts somehow. Invariably, when a postvreally blows up, the top comment is some kind of joke or a pun that doesn't add anything to the discussion at hand.

load more comments (1 replies)
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@[email protected] (comment link) had mentioned server costs from hosting duplicated content which was a great point.

I will also add, that people's time is also a finite resource. And so we can all help by being respectful of the rules for each community (save moderators time) and additionally in communities where you are asking for help -- avoid being a Help Vampire.

load more comments
view more: โ€น prev next โ€บ