I like this significantly better than Mastodon

3 years ago by DidacticDumbass to c/fediverse

My experience with the Fediverse has only been through Mastodon, through which I struggled to find a community I really gelled with. Either it was supper overwhelming with meme posts or NSFW, or it was too chill to the point of nothing. Or, it was hyperfocused like FOSS/Linux and became uninteresting after awhile. May try again, but I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

I love the pace of a forum. I grew up primarily with GameFAQS and some lucid dreaming forum, and honestly it was very formative in teaching me how to write and use critical thinking skills, as well as how to respond to a variety of temperaments. I stopped participating in online forums awhile ago, and while I loved Reddit as a resource, I never felt inspired to participate. In the same way, there are an incredible number of forums dedicated to a certain topic, and are extremely valuable, it would be annoying to make an account for all the things I am interested in.

I like what lemmy is becoming. Glad to find system that makes interacting with people enjoyable.

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grizzzlay 7 points 3 years ago

Mastodon has big “this is the year of the Linux desktop” energy, just self-absorbed posting and no collaboration between users. Aside from a rare few exceptions, it’s a bunch of frumps. All the shitposters went to BlueSky.

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Leer10 2 points 3 years ago

I've said before, there's a preference for filtering of normies from primarily Mastodon servers that i don't see on other fediverse servers like Lemmy and i hope that means we'll be able to effectively capture the Digg moment.

It would be amazing to see a pro-user regression from the progressing venture capitalist changes to Reddit

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DidacticDumbass 0 points 3 years ago

The sheer negativity is unreal sometimes. I know the world sucks right now, but there is no virtue in being miserable all the time.

It is so strange that people so readily share there personal issues, practically demanding sympathy, and frequently a donation.

I have no interest in spending all my time comiserating with others. I like to be happy, and I like positive people.

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grizzzlay 1 point 3 years ago

I'm with you. Once i saw someone on Mastodon bemoan that wearing masks is no longer a firm requirement for just about everywhere, I knew I'd stumbled into somehwere bad, where people found commonality in the pandemic mentally breaking them.

That is not me diminishing the impact of the pandemic at all. We're going to feel the effects of that for a long, long time, in a myriad of ways! I'm just pointing out that it's not only in terms of physical or economic health. Some folks are, mentally speaking, extremely different from who they used to be. And in some pockets of the internet, those folks are stuck in 2020.

I also like to be happy and be positive when necessary. Not everything we watch or play or consume is perfect and great and wonderful, but at the same time, it's not steaming hot garbage either. Going back to this decentralized community at least allows us the chance to be heard in saying "Yeah, the new Pokemon games? They have both upsides and downsides to them, it's not entirely hot trash!" and not be shunned into oblivion.

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