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If you're looking for a new platform lemmy is probably your best bet, at least if a server goes down everything is still saved on federated servers.

MildlySerious 7mo ago
I do have a lemmy account, but have not really returned to it in a while. Maybe I haven't found the right communities yet, but it had nothing about it that felt engaging. People upvoted, but nobody talked. No interaction. Digg felt more alive from day one. I replied to a post in a niche community with ~100 members and only afterwards realized it was @justin.
ranger_danger 7mo ago
My experience with lemmy has not been nice. A majority of people there are just downright awful, and the mods are often power-hungry and overzealous in their actions. Many times entire servers are defederated from many others due to how a large percentage of their users behave. Example: https://0x0.st/8RmU.png https://0x0.st/8RmU.png
- RobotToaster 7mo ago
  Yeah, the primary instance (lemmy.ml) isn't the best. I use mander.xyz, it's science focused, but they also have a policy of only de-federating instances that host CSAM.
  - ranger_danger 7mo ago
    Where is that policy located? I could not find it. Their /instances page also only shows a single blocked instance, whereas something like programming.dev shows lots of questionable instances blocked.
    - RobotToaster 7mo ago
      Honestly, I couldn't find it either, but the owner talks about it in his post about blocking threads https://mander.xyz/post/1062661 https://mander.xyz/post/1062661
  - Jordan-117 7mo ago
    Isn't the biggest instance Lemmy.world? I thought .ml was the oddball fringe dominated by tankies.
- joeross 7mo ago
  Lemmy has the same energy as ice: a bunch of rejects from other mod communities showing up to render their version of justice upon federated folks
- huhkerrf 7mo ago
  > A majority of people there are just downright awful, and the mods are often power-hungry and overzealous in their actions. If you're telling me it's _worse_ than reddit in this regard, I can only imagine how terrible it is.
  - gzread 7mo ago
    Lemmy is server software, it's like saying you don't use phpBB because it has bad mods
- pmdr 7mo ago
  Despite its flaws, X seems to have a better balance between what's allowed and what's not than other non-niche social networks.
  - LightBug1 7mo ago
    Fuck X. Various people can shove that 'better balance' completely up their jaXie.
    - pmdr 7mo ago
      You should really get help for that Musk derangement syndrome.
- AlexeyBelov 7mo ago
  Hm. It's unclear if the second comment is in good faith. If it's not, it's OK for it to be deleted. In my opinion there is a huge problem with Reddit mods: they are perceived as draconian, yet they actually remove only 1% of bad comments. It's pretty much impossible to moderate successfully on a per-comment basis in any sizeable community. So, the mods only moderate submissions.

MildlySerious 7mo ago

I do have a lemmy account, but have not really returned to it in a while. Maybe I haven't found the right communities yet, but it had nothing about it that felt engaging. People upvoted, but nobody talked. No interaction. Digg felt more alive from day one. I replied to a post in a niche community with ~100 members and only afterwards realized it was @justin.

ranger_danger 7mo ago

My experience with lemmy has not been nice. A majority of people there are just downright awful, and the mods are often power-hungry and overzealous in their actions. Many times entire servers are defederated from many others due to how a large percentage of their users behave. Example: https://0x0.st/8RmU.png https://0x0.st/8RmU.png

RobotToaster 7mo ago
Yeah, the primary instance (lemmy.ml) isn't the best. I use mander.xyz, it's science focused, but they also have a policy of only de-federating instances that host CSAM.
- ranger_danger 7mo ago
  Where is that policy located? I could not find it. Their /instances page also only shows a single blocked instance, whereas something like programming.dev shows lots of questionable instances blocked.
  - RobotToaster 7mo ago
    Honestly, I couldn't find it either, but the owner talks about it in his post about blocking threads https://mander.xyz/post/1062661 https://mander.xyz/post/1062661
- Jordan-117 7mo ago
  Isn't the biggest instance Lemmy.world? I thought .ml was the oddball fringe dominated by tankies.
joeross 7mo ago
Lemmy has the same energy as ice: a bunch of rejects from other mod communities showing up to render their version of justice upon federated folks
huhkerrf 7mo ago
> A majority of people there are just downright awful, and the mods are often power-hungry and overzealous in their actions. If you're telling me it's _worse_ than reddit in this regard, I can only imagine how terrible it is.
- gzread 7mo ago
  Lemmy is server software, it's like saying you don't use phpBB because it has bad mods
pmdr 7mo ago
Despite its flaws, X seems to have a better balance between what's allowed and what's not than other non-niche social networks.
- LightBug1 7mo ago
  Fuck X. Various people can shove that 'better balance' completely up their jaXie.
  - pmdr 7mo ago
    You should really get help for that Musk derangement syndrome.
AlexeyBelov 7mo ago
Hm. It's unclear if the second comment is in good faith. If it's not, it's OK for it to be deleted. In my opinion there is a huge problem with Reddit mods: they are perceived as draconian, yet they actually remove only 1% of bad comments. It's pretty much impossible to moderate successfully on a per-comment basis in any sizeable community. So, the mods only moderate submissions.