Hi everyone, I’m new to Lemmy and looking to get involved. I am curious about what major differences you have experienced here vs Reddit as I am hoping this is a nice alternative.
I’ve personally experienced aggressive overreach and biased moderation on Reddit, and I was wondering if you have experienced a different environment here. If so, are there ways to get the word out about sites like this that might be viable alternatives?
More granularly/specifically, are there any topics that you might have discussed on both platforms and had a different experience? What have you seen here that has been a vast upgrade over Reddit? Thanks for any guidance!
The biggest difference for me is engagement. On reddit, once a post is popular and more than 2 hours old, there’s no point in commenting because no one will see your comment. Here you can have meaningful interactions even if a post is several hours old. This encourages me to comment and engage in conversations more.
Thank you! Are there any particular topics you find to be most engauaging here on Lemmy that you would never post on Reddit? I can already tell from the responses here that they seem to be much more mature.
Thats a good upside!
It varies but sometimes I see the same posts for weeks and not fresh ones. I might not have my app settings configured correctly though.
it gets buried by reddit slop algorithims and bot comments. niche communities have better engagment than the AI reposting, and the large subs.