this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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Honestly, this community is great, feel like I can breathe and have some real discourse again

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[–] rowdy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I’m already more active in 2 days of Lemmy than I was in 5 years on Reddit. Loving this community.

[–] melodicangel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You mean to tell me you don't enjoy repetitive shitposting, hivemind opinions, and blatant ragebait engagement posts? :)

I too am really excited for this site. The community has been wonderful so far.

[–] Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed!

I've seen a few posts suggesting that related communities should be merged, but I think their current fractional states help to mitigate some toxic behaviors.

There's more accountability in smaller groups, and less impetus for negative attention-seeking behavior.

[–] SmugBedBug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully some instances will filter some of that toxicity out. 🤞

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IT feels like the early days of reddit.

Or before that the early days of digg.

Or before that the early days of fark.

Or before that the early days of sa.

And so it goes...

[–] Kory@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe. But let's enjoy the early days to the fullest then.

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Its a good thing. Forums dying and the community moving on is a good thing. Things don't need to last forever for them to be good, now. I think of it like a cleansing event; like a forest fire or flood.

[–] Senseibull@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll admit, I’m in my 30s and never went on fark, never heard of sa

[–] fomo_erotic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Something Awful. was a website with a front page that had memes and the ability to comment on them. I think it ended up going in a bad way. I don't think I've been there since the 90s.

And before Fark there were the craigslist forums.