I keep seeing the same names popping up. I think it’s rather cute!

  • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.deEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I love it here on lemmy and it looks like the recent federation problems have been resolved.

    So I‘m looking forward to lurk less and interact more in future.

    Let us all build a better Reddit!

  • DingoBilly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    11 months ago

    That’s generally not a good thing…

    That means it’s more likely to be an echo chamber or just bots auto posting…

    You want a lot of diversity - within specific groups sure, the same names are fine but across groups that’s a bad sign.

    • BlanK0@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yup, diversity offers more point of views and less echo chambery environments

    • TJDetweiler@lemmy.caEnglish
      101·
      11 months ago

      It’ll largely be an echo chamber regardless of size. The fediverse tends to lean into tech, and is very left wing. If you don’t fit the bill, you are either driven off, de-federated with, or realize the content posted here isn’t what you’re looking for, and you leave.

      I don’t mind the small knit community, as I agree with most stuff, but this simply isn’t a place you can host competing ideas, or at least not feasibly. This isn’t a place for open discussion. You get down voted for your opinion, even if it is a shitty one. This isn’t the fediverse I want to see. I want to see people upvoted for their opinion, and enticed to engage with whatever discourse is present, regardless of views. Downvotes should be reserved for trolls, bots, and fascists. Everyone else should be welcome.

      • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Downvotes should be reserved for trolls, bots, and fascists. Everyone else should be welcome.

        Definitely. Downvotes can be monitored by admins now, hopefully this can help

    • Flax@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      I do admit, it is a bit of an echo chamber on here for some groups :(

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      why are “echo chambers” considered bad? i come to communities to chill and chat with like-minded people; not to argue and get into fights.

      • DingoBilly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Well the simple reason is you can get stuck in certain world views or ideas which are wrong and hurt others.

        In most cases you’re fine, like talking about your favourite TV shows or whatever. But it’s also easy to get stuck in a view like visiting your country’s instance and it turns out it’s a bit radicalised against immigrants, or certain places where you end up blaming everything on women and the “woke movement”.

        In a lesser way it can get you stuck in toxic ideas (e.g., PC/Playstation/Windows/Xbox/Linux is better than the other one and you are dumb if you disagree!).

        Just depends on the community at end of day, but the more echoey chamber it is, the more likely you’ll end up with those sorts of us VS them world views that are a bit blind and horribly biased.

        • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          It would be nice if lemmy.world mods followed that. I got my posted deleted for “supporting Imperialism” for arguing that focused attacks on Houthi terrorists is ok.

        • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          But it’s also easy to get stuck in a view like visiting your country’s instance and it turns out it’s a bit radicalised against immigrants, or certain places where you end up blaming everything on women and the “woke movement”.

          Hopefully there would be another community for the same country with other perspectives, and visiting both would allow to avoid the echo chamber effect

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    11 months ago

    Yup, it’s fun. And im happily blocking all the tankies in between the great people. Account name like StalinSomethingSomething… nope.

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        Yes but the glorification of the authoritarian all stars is so sad.

        The premise is “the west” is evil and anyone opposed to that is a hero and can do no wrong. No matter that these heroes and their actions usually conflict with all other ideals they claim to have.

        • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
          31·
          11 months ago

          Or you know… It could be that your impression is colored by ignorance on some of these issues, leading to false assumptions about what other people think.

          • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            11 months ago

            Sure that is possible. There are definitely subjects on which others are more informed. But the moment someone shows up with a full blown CCCP banner (or similar) and a username to match… there is no good faith conversation to be had.

            Just like people defending faiths that are radically anti-gay and at the same time professing to be an lgbti+ advocate…

            • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              I can sympathize with why you would think this. I am also not saying you are wrong per se, but I want you to know that many leftists with seemingly strange opinions have spent much time analyzing and considering the stuff they are vocal about. That does not mean they are automatically right, but it could mean that to understand their positions fully, in order to do things like evaluate bad or good faith discussions, more effort is required than usual. Hence I think you might be in danger of mischaracterizing those you think you disagree with. Ultimately, that might contribute to you having stances that could disagree with your values.

              As a personal example, one thing that I had to spend a lot of time thinking about was the concepts of violence and authoritarianism. I have deep aversion for both, but also a clearer idea of what they actually are than I had before, with the consequence of some different stances on a range of issues.

              • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                Well and this is it, the civil discourse and healing a good talk. Thanks!

                I hope I see you around on Lemmy more often as I’m open to new viewpoints and maybe I learn new thing. I will also enthousiastically block those who bring nothing but vitriol.

    • Flax@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I had a dream that I had a classmate who cosplayed as Mao Zedong constantly and even had the hair

  • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    I saw many names frequently pop up on reddit, it was the reposter’s and karma whores.

    I see many names frequently pop up on Lemmy and it’s people trying to fill the same spot.

    Frankly this is exactly what I don’t want to happen. This small time celebrity like worshipping that comes with certain posters was extremely popular on BBboards and made it incredibly hard and uninviting for new people to join in these already established communities.

    • poppy@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, it’s funny to see this be heralded as a good/wholesome thing when I know back on Reddit it was maligned as “power users”.

      • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        The difference is probably that here if you disagree with admins, mods or power users you can just migrate your community to another instance.

        • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Also on Reddit being a poweruser meant that you could probably sell/loan your account to shady advertisers, which isn’t as much of a problem here since the Fediverse isn’t monetized by ads.

          Additionally, I think power users are a problem if they’re just blindly spamming posts without engaging with the community, not so much if they’re just organically filling the void with posts.

          I <3 lemmy’s prolific posters. o7

  • technomad@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    I definitely recognize some of the mods, and some of the key players in the communities that I follow. There’s good people here, and I believe it’s going to keep getting better.

    I wasn’t paying attention to usernames as much when I first started. For whatever reason, I’ve started to pay attention to the names, as well as the instances. I like seeing where people are commenting from, and it even gives some insight into places or things I might be interested in as well.

    Sometimes I’ll check out a person’s profile to see what things they’re commenting on. This feels kind of creepy a little bit. I don’t think anyone really cares though, so long as you’re not being abusive or something.

    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Sometimes I’ll check out a person’s profile to see what things they’re commenting on. This feels kind of creepy a little bit.

      It’s okay for me, people should use throwaway accounts for very personal stuff anyway

  • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I very much enjoy running into folks from the various crafting communities in other contexts, bumping into Mastodon friends on Lemmy and vice versa and then dropping into each others PeerTube comments.

    Irl I live in a small town and absolutely despise not being able to leave the house without running into someone who knows us. But for whatever reason I find it adorable on Fedi 🤷‍♀️

    • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      Well a few months after leaving reddit I do feel a lot better in general so I’m not surprised.

      I go back occasionally to check for something or just to see what things are like. I dunno if it’s just gotten insanely more toxic since July or if it’s just been that way for a long time but oh my god. Every comment section is just angry and bitter and hateful. I was looking at a post yesterday and thought it was cute and interesting so I open the comments. Every single one of them were either saying it was fake, that it was stupid, that it was cringey, that it didn’t make sense, etc. It’s like no one has an ounce of positivity on that site.

      • Nepenthe@kbin.social
        13·
        11 months ago

        It’s really a mix of both. More heavily the way the site has been for years because people love drama more than anything else. If you want the sweet serotonin of karma, you’ve gotta be simultaneously the funniest, meanest, and most jaded person in the room, and everyone is jockeying for that position.

        It just breeds assholes by design. I’ve noticed my own behavior has changed, too, since leaving that place, although partially that’s because I just didn’t want to be like that anymore.

        But it really has been noticeably affected since the protests. I was originally trying to stay for one single sub I was in, because they were the kindest, calmest community I’d met since back when forums were a thing.

        Just the best group, for reasons none of us really understood and some of us kept trying to find psychological commonalities to explain. Truly 98% of them were people I’d chill with irl and I still know a few on discord. And also here. If you’re reading this, hello!

        But the migration away was enough to completely alter the atmosphere imo. A lot of the more conscientious users left for other pastures, leaving behind those that were more neutral or even openly hostile about the protests.

        There began to be fights and insults thrown where before this, any aggression had been unusual. The posts took a turn that reflected that feeling and I really stopped bothering with the place after a few months. I’m still a bit sad about it and there are things that I miss, but there just wasn’t enough to hold me anymore. It seemed to increasingly echo every other part of the site.

        For the moment, this place is quieter but better. We still get dumb shit every now and then, but it’s not to the same degree and hopefully never will be. As above, I blame the demographic. We’ve grouped all the people with stubborn morals into a little room and it turns out they have things in common. I do miss a couple people I used to see everywhere all the time when kbin first ramped up, but we run in different circles and they’ve gotten lost in the crowd.

        And yes, btw, I am also going to name you one of my favorite users to see around. You seem as kind as you are prolific.

        • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          11 months ago

          That makes sense. I know that when I was active on reddit I was way snarkier. Still comes out occasionally but it was just a lot more common. I do remember having to specifically limit myself when I first started posting to not get bitchy towards people for no reason. Kind of disappointed in myself there. I’m glad that’s at least paid off in people think I’m kind. I’m really not but I appreciate the compliment <3

          Those protests really did demonstrate just how bad things had gotten. I don’t think I remember anyone ever casually discussing what was going on. I remember commenting once saying how the Spez was a mod of Jailbait thing is overblown because anyone could be added as a mod at that time without them having to accept it, much like how Lemmy currently works. I was added as mod to /c/Gay in the same fashion. Someone just added him and he didnt realize. Downvoted to high heaven because it wasn’t pure bashing of him. There are so many things to hate about Spez and that situation but I’m gonna stick to ones that have some weight.

      • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        They banned those of us who were challenging the bitterness and hate. Whenever I’d argue against bitterness, they’d call me a bootlicker, and within a couple of comments, a nazi.

        Eventually, I got banned from reddit for being a nazi.

        So now that their “hey maybe stop being so bitter and take responsibility” nazis are all gone, they’ve concentrated themselves into an echo chamber based on resentment.

    • Guy Dudeman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      I don’t know about that. I feel like being a big fish in a small pond puts the spotlight on you more, leading to caring a lot more about whether or not your contributions are received well. And when you don’t follow the zeitgeist of the small community lock-step, that can cause lots of anxiety and lead to more mental health problems.

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      42·
      11 months ago

      I wish kurzgesagt joined the fediverse. They are quite big (21M followers). Being able to watch them here without going to youtube would be a nice step in the right direction.

      CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

  • ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social
    14·
    11 months ago

    I wonder if others have some favourite posters that you they quite often?

    For me, it’s @Stamets and ThePicardManuever but I’ve noticed a couple other prominent posters lately although their names haven’t stuck for me just yet.