It is objectively a lot more male than Reddit or other social media. Reddit has many issues, but lack of women is not one of them.

  • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
    263·
    13 hours ago
    1. Lemmy is by and large populated with ex-Redditors, who bring with them some of the same hivemind on certain topics. Eg: Lemmy is very anti-AI or nuanced discussions thereon. Nuclear is bad, etc. Makes bad faith discussions on certain topics almost certain.
    2. As everywhere else - there’s too much “you’re either on my team or you’re against me” - though notably less than in other spaces
    3. Upvote / downvote counts: these should be yeeted into the garbage pile of history.

    Things Lemmy does well

    1. Less performative engagement.
    2. Less American (but arguably that’s still too much for some).
    3. Despite it all, a measure of civility still exists. Rare.
    4. You can create your own instance and be ungovernable :)
    5. No algorithmic engagement bullshit (so far)
    6. I don’t feel like I have to walk on eggshells every time I post something.

    I personally find Lemmy a great deal more pleasant to interact on, with strong pre 2010 forum vibes and I feel that’s a good thing. YMMV

    TL;DR: There’s a lot less “look at me, look at me!” on Lemmy and it’s all the better for it.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Upvote / downvote counts: these should be yeeted into the garbage pile of history.

      Still not exactly sure what “yeeted” means, but I like how upvotes & downvotes tend to bring quality content to the fore, and I even like them as a permanent record. They’re not very useful of course, but having the motivation to permanently increasing my totals is useful for sharing good content and communicating in good faith. At least for me.

      • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Right - that’s me trying to hip and cool (“how do, fellow kids”).

        Yeet - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yeet

        I completely disagree about the upvotes / down votes thing btw. I think, platonically, that’s what they were supposed to do.

        Pragmatically, they’ve end up being more a social proof / opinion suppression / brigading tool.

        That - and infinite scroll - are among the worst sins introduced by social media. ICBW and YMMV.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Yeet - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yeet

          Okay, thanks. I can never seem to remember it, maybe because it feels so unnatural. Maybe it would help if I knew where it came from, though. *shrug*

          Pragmatically, they’ve end up being more a social proof / opinion suppression / brigading tool.

          That seems exceptionally pessimistic to me, but maybe you have more insight in to all that than I do. Personally I think multiple things can be true about upvotes / downvotes, some useful, some harmful perhaps.

          In any case, there is no debate that upvotes are useful and valuable to me when it comes to posting and commenting.

    • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      3 hours ago

      eggshells

      Many, especially political and news communities ban opinions that are mainstream in the Democratic Party because they aren’t left enough. If they are powermods, they will happily ban you from dozens of communities and instances.