When you post a comment it shows up whether it is a new or old account instead of having to meet some karma requirement. Also third party apps are very nice over being pushed to use some bloated ad filled official app.
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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Posts not being taken down without an explanation. The pics place has more people taking pictures themselves.
I find there to be a more honest discussion here. Also, I really like that it's not run by some giant VC fueled company that is driven to make as much money as possible. It's more like a public utility where the cost is distributed among multiple instance owners. However, I am concerned about their rise in costs over time and I hope there is a plan for revenue. I'd be willing to pay.
While I'm here, I hope you all still use reddit a bit and mention Lemmy on there occasionally. I think the community can still grow.
It's easier to block while communities here. IIRC, you have to have RES to do that on web.
The power mods aren't as entrenched. The federated doesn't encourage power modding as much (still there, just not as much).
why reddit is better:
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reddit has polls (even if it's only up to 6 choices, and <8 days)
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reddit currently has more users, and thus more people to interact with
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I kinda like karma pints.
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my pro-Green Party/Jill Stein posts aren't visible to most redittors, and thus aren't as much downvoted, if at all
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I can embed YouTube videos, but not only YT but also Vimeo
why Lemmy is better:
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no ads, not run by a corporation
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It's federated.
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as one respondent already said ITT: more cozy
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my Vimeo, niconico, Archive, Wikicommons, and the very rare PeerTube posts look no worse than my YouTube posts—though with most posts, one can't see as many thumbnails.
why Miraheze is better:
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no ads, not run by a corporation
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I can embed YouTube videos, but not only YT but also Vimeo, Archive, niconico, Wikicommons, and Miraheze Commons (on a few of the wikis at least)
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Files in Wikicommons can be transcluded.
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I like the wiki format (at least their and WMF wiki formats) best.
why WMF projects are better:
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no ads, not run by a corporation
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Wikipedia is one of the most visited website on the internet; I enjoy categorizing files on Wikicommons; I like the structures of Wikiversity's wikidebates.
I'm also thinking of posting in RationalWiki next year.
You can block entire instances. I blocked hexbear and lemmy.ml, and my feed became MUCH more pleasant to read. The vast majority of trolls seem to be on those instances.
So what I love about Lemmy now is that comment threads rarely turn toxic like they do on Reddit.
It isn't reddit.
Lemmy’s feed is 1000% better. No constant reposts, no ads, and ability to filter out read posts so it’s actually unique every day. I like it way better for news than reddit.
Reddit is better for browsing individual communities.
More app options. With Thunder I can filter by keyword.
There isn't as much traffic here but what is here is more interesting.
Seeing the same-ish users about. Like Emperor and Kolanaki.
No one asking questions you can simply put into a search enging and get the correct answer
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I find it super chill and for all the talk I see of people being toxic I never see it.