Not permabanned for unknown reason (i never posted or commented ever on reddit and got banned)
Well, I have not been banned from Lemmy for my anti-Nazi opinions.
I get to see answer this question every month.
No karma means being able to post in any sub without having to have 100+ karma.
true, that’s a big fucking plus
Physically. Good apps and lack of ads.
Spiritually. A sense of freedom.
Well the apps and interface is better for sure.
I still doom scroll reddit I’m somewhat ashamed to say, but I only post on Lemmy. I do rather enjoy the smaller base here to interact with.
We enjoy you too buddy.
Gosh that warmed my heart way more than it should! Maybe that’s why I love Lemmy!
I try to sprinkle a bit of love where I can, here and there. Makes the place feel more like home. 💓
Lack of ads and ideological sympathies for FOSS is a huge part of why I came here but I stayed because the smaller size of lemmy allows for a feeling of community that reddit cannot achieve. I see and interact with users I recognize and know a decent deal of information about.
No ads, and generally more left-leaning.
It’s calmer. Less clearly corporate interest promoted content. Less rage baiters. Less bots.
Conversation can happen in the comments on lemmy.
No they cant! So anyways, did you do anything cool this weekend?
Just house work buddy. Moving sucks.
I hear ya. Bet you found some cool stuff you forgot about though.
I don’t feel like I am being scalped for every ounce of data.
Right? What’s with all the obvious data gathering posts with huge upvotes like: “What was your favorite commercial as a kid?”, or “What’s that one thing you keep secret?” Really? It might as well be a day old account with 30 karma posting: “Please post a list of your favorite passwords alphabetically if you’re cool”.
lemmy doesn’t let the idf to moderate their communities and you can say things that run contrary to mainstream narratives.
Fuck the mainstream! Am I doing this right?
Everyone hates the mainstream; the real question is: have you taught yourself how to change things?
It’s all open, we can participate in its development.
Most of all: it’s run non-for-profit. There are no ads, donations are optional (I have the means to chip in a bit each year) and its not VC funded and therefore has no intrinsic pressure to enshittify like reddit repeatedly did. Lemmy does not exploit me.
I’ve been able to make (very minor) improvements to the codebase.
I could download and host an instance if I thought there was one my hobbies needed.
I can move around pretty easily without missing much if admins are moderating in a way I disagree with, or kowtow to corporate interests or garbage national laws. And some of the reddit admins (not merely subreddit mods) were abusive.
There is just a lot less noice on Lemmy. Reddit feels like 1 legit post for every 100 shit post.
