On lemmy everyone acts like reddit is dying and only the worst part is still there. and on reddit they are saying lemmy didn't catch on and reddit's worst part are here so reddit is now better .
I personelly think lemmy users doesn't just have that reddit feel where if you referenced something most people will get it or when you say something everyone will say the same thing and fill the thread .and people on lemmy seems to think they are absolutely right.
(EDIT :I am not saying i miss these thing or like them even though i kinda do i am just saying things like that were a part of reddit culture like how 4chan have their on culture. Like lemmy is supposed to be a reddit alternative but now there are no niche subs and everyone is too into politics it just doesn't feel like a reddit alternative .) .
I have been on lemmy for more than 2 months and i mostly lurked or had temp accounts with different usernames (there were only one or two which i have now closed) but this place seems more serious than lighthearted fun but i will still stay here becuase f**k corpos . So these are my views and opinion what do you guys think ?
EDIT: I must include one thing which is on reddit i have never had a real account i just made one or two the entire time i used it which were throwaways that i used to view a post from "subs that are not reviewed" and may not be safe (unless in their app of course -logic.exe missing) or comment . Here i have aldready decided to create a permanent account and start contributing to the communities and i have only been here for 2 months. And i guess i just used reddit to access information and just didn't felt the need to have an acc or contrubute .END RANT.
EDIT : DO READ THE EDITS.
EDIT : I AM NOT IMPLYING OR EVEN WANT ANYONE TO GO BACK I REALLY DO WANT LEMMY TO BE BETTER . I AM NIT SHOUTING I AM JUST AFRAID SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE WRONG IDEA . AND FOR WHAT ITS WORTH IN MY OPINION REDDIT IS SHIT COMPARED TO LEMMY. SO PLEASE NO ONE GO BACK AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REDDIT FRIENDS INVITE THEM HERE.
I'm here, but would still be on reddit if their app didn't suck compared to what I was used to before the API purge. I still prefer reddit's content, but hate how I have to view it now so I'm here with y'all trying to blend in.
Lemmy was half edgy "fuck reddit am i rite?" spam around the initial exedus. It took a while for people to move on to something else and when they did, it was fine. But back then it was really cringy.
That's why I came here initially, but I miss some reddit communities enough I'd go back if their app wasn't trash. Here I get too many star trek and DnD memes, constant reminders I'm not as good of a person as I thought, and Linux posts.
constant reminders I’m not as good of a person as I thought
I found that to be a pretty significant component of the Reddit experience. Especially as someone who spent too much time on the advice/judgment subs.
I heard a lot more about privilege and identity politics there than here. Which is fucking refreshing because whatever the intentions of those lines of argument, I don't think they were helping anything and IMO are directly contributing to the MAGA rebellion against liberals (though they aren't the only thing, but I believe they push people who might otherwise support equality into getting defensive and thinking they need to oppose it out of self-preservation).