I’ll try to dial back my time on lemmy because I’ve noticed that I spend way, way more time here than I ever did back on reddit

  • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
    37·
    2 days ago

    Yes, I realized there was/is a lot of rage-bait on reddit that kept me typing. Lemmy is more chill, like it’s an actual forum with real people with real engagement.

    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world
      20·
      20 hours ago

      Lemmy is 1000x more real than reddit, but I have found it to be very susceptible to echo chambers. I agree with a lot of the echos in the chamber, and yet I find a lot of people taking nuance out of discussions or believing falsehoods from headlines alone. It’s annoying to me, because many if these topics are extreme enough as is, there’s no need to hyperbolize. But there is not a lot in the way of difering opinions (when it comes to big topics)

      • Lfrith@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 days ago

        I think any place with moderation is going to have an echo chamber. And then ironic thing is a place without moderation also leads to an echo chamber, since people who don’t like the vibe leave.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      like it’s an actual forum with real people with real engagement.

      Because it’s small.

      The only bots are from people hobby botting to learn about. If it grows then we’ll see intentional bots like anywhere else.

      Federation gives unique challenges tho. A big open instance will have a huge bot problem because of how many instances could host the bots. A locked down instance won’t see any bots.