What brought you to Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by epicthundercat@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Just wondering what brought everyone here.

Background: I was banned from Reddit for questioning the system and feel that true leftist ideologies on Reddit are severely censored (despite being considered one of the few last leftist social media platforms). I think the left needs more tech literacy and I hope the Fediverse is the future.

So, I am wondering what made folks curious about alternative options?

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[-] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Reddit is shit now. PCMR is just memes and weird Linux vs Windows rivalry, Piracy sub is just memes and moral grandstanding, most gaming subs are just bots posting "news" articles, AIO/AITAH are just karma farming for people selling accounts or fanfic quality fantasies, many Linux subs are either insufferably elitist, have a weird fetish for distro-hopping or are just circlejerks (looking at you r/linuxmint).

The only thing it's still good for is niche interests which I doubt will remain the case for long.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

AI/bots posting has become more "apparent" once they massively purged tons of actual users. it becomes lopsided now. if yuo ban someone using bots, it wont stop them, they will just fire up another 100+ after they figure how to evade your filters/moderation(carefully), and this not even propaganda bots. its the bots that reddit was targeting the most.

[-] prole 3 points 4 days ago

That's a bummer because the Linux communities here are super welcoming and helpful, and it seems like people expect the opposite. Probably because of reddit.

[-] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, totally different vibe here on Lemmy I'm happy to say. There are helpful people on Reddit too of course just few and far between depending on the sub.

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