It's non-profit.
I think one of the major benefits Lemmy has over Reddit is the intentional lack of user karma. I think, on balance, that entire dynamic was more harmful than helpful in the long run. Allowing voting on posts - but not aggregating votes across all comments and posts - still allows community sentiment to be expressed towards comments and conversations, but at the same time prevents the sort of popularity contest bullshit that became so prevalent on Reddit after its nascent years.
Federation. I will never use centralised social media again...
That people can make Android apps for it without caring about absurd API prices.
I don't need a crappy first party app to use it on my phone.
It's a small community, which is rare on the internet these days.
Its noncommercial, which is almost completely unheard of on the internet these days.
I host my own and practically nobody can take it away from me. If I want to switch to Sublinks I can. I can swap the UI if I hate the default one. And it will never have ads or data collection.
It's a completely open platform. I can make my own algorithm. I can fork it. I can make a compatible server from scratch if I want to. It's ours, it's everyone's.
Nicer, kinder and less judgemental people.
I've had some controversial opinions here but the conversation is always civilized. It's like people are aware that not everyone is from one culture and are willing to give people the benefit of thr doubt and not judge the language of the text. Noone is judging tone.
But even more importantly I love seeing the same people around on different communities. Kolanak, cheese greater, call me lenni, picard maneuver, blaze are all names off the top of my mind that I see everywhere. It's like a small community.
I guess the best way that I'd word it is, Lemmy (and the Fediverse at whole) is run by people - not a for-profit company.
Also, having decent mobile apps again is very nice.
Duplicate communities with 3 users
I grew up on the internet of the 90's and 00's. Lemmy is a far cry from that, but it's more like the original internet than reddit or facebook. So here I am. I miss the small, interest driven internet holes you and they're here more than on any other platform.
I'm still surprised by how genuine people seem to be. Sometimes someone comments or messages me and my expectation is sarcasm, judgement, or general shittiness; so I'm unsure how to reply. I think I've responded negatively sometimes just because i was reflexively defensive.
Works on my phone
It's free, no ads, and cool communities.
I think the only thing missing is creepy pastas
It's NOT FUCKING reddit.
Unlike what seems like many, I kind of like not having so many people here. It means there’s a good chance comments and posts will be seen by others. Reddit was/is so populated that posting anything there was like speaking into a gaping void (of hatred, many bad -isms, and occasionally friendly helpful folks).
That it’s not Reddit.
I love being finished doomscrolling after 15 or 20 minutes not because I hate myself, but because I ran out of fresh content for the day.
It has an API so you can use it with an Android client
Moderators responding to flagged posts in hours
The clock hands move faster when I use Lemmy.
I get to keep using Boost.
You can get the original size of the image inside lemmy by clicking on the preview, no need to see the full post
Yea, as some people have said, the fediverse and the threadiverse feel much more organic.
Also, no tracking by shady companies is a big selling point
It's not controlled by a single company.
We're well established enough that we have stereotypes about different communities... it's amusing.
The idiots have not yet found the platform, so I can enjoy more interesting discussions.
The super dumb memes. I love that I can post a something that's stupid even for a shitpost here and get cheered for it.
