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The Lemmy userbase isn't much better than that of Reddit.
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this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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I don't use Lemmy much anymore nowadays because of this. While it's important an alternative to Reddit exists, so I try to support it, it ironically feels more like a hivemind than Reddit does (ironic because you'd expect the opposite for federated services). I think it's because switching to Lemmy from Reddit requires either idealism or a Reddit ban, both of which disproportionately attract people who feel good when they verbally attack internet strangers for disagreeing with them on 1% of the implicitly agreed upon joint viewpoints. It also strangely reminds me of the feeling I got being part of an old gaming community that was slowly dying out, where eventually only the unpleasant ones who defined their identity based on it were left.
I'm always happy to see there are also people here who dislike this attitude, though, or even to see neutral posts. There is still hope!
I switched from Reddit because they banned the app I was using and I didn't agree with the whole API thing.
I guess that's kinda idealism