I mean, the likeliness between the two is incredibly similar. I mean yeah sure, Spez has no power here in the Fediverse and Lemmy in general, but that doesn’t take away how there are so many problematic users. The same problematic user type, that you’d find on something like Reddit.
I had this experience just recently, some asshole fashioned themselves to be a torpedo and just took a great dump on a post of mine. With intent to gaslight and incite arguments which they successfully did, while acting like an oblivious bastard when they knowingly are being the instigator in an otherwise civil discussion.
That is so something a Reddit user would do and I’m not convinced that Lemmy is any different. Lemmy is just simply a spinoff of Reddit, just a place where the rejects go to, to shit up on everyone at any given time.
And don’t give me the whole “but but the internet is full of these kinds of people.” argument. Redditors have a special kind of behavior that is distinctive from any average asshole you find on the internet.
Well I liked reddit overall. My main annoyances with it were the prevalence of power tripping mods/admins and the removal of third party apps (and too many ads otherwise). Lemmy at least gives options and accountability when it comes to the former and fully resolves the latter. You still have meta drama and at times annoying community members but overall I view it as an improved alternative.
Lemmy is just simply a spinoff of Reddit, just a place where the rejects go to, to shit up on everyone at any given time.
This doesn’t seem like a fair judgement. I know some people got banned on reddit but for the most part Lemmy’s users are here because they prefer to be here. It’s not like there’s a high bar to pass to be a redditor. I left from the API apocalypse, as did many others. The bad apples are the most memorable but I’ve found the vast majority of people here to be assets to the community. Also, when making broad judgements about the user base you should remember that you’re here too.
I didn’t look through the other thread so I won’t comment on it too much. But I don’t think it’s fair to complain about other people looking through an example you introduced to see how it supports your argument. And if you did say you wanted to kill someone there then that would be fair game to bring up as a significant ommission from your summary of the “otherwise civil discussion”.
Lemmy is just Reddit trying not to be Reddit
Well yea, that’s kinda the point, but at least the bullshit is less corporate, idk.
Lemmy is just simply a spinoff of Reddit, just a place where the rejects go to, to shit up on everyone at any given time.
Almost ironic, seeing as this post is kinda shitting on everyone here.
Upvotes for being an opinion I guess.
Unpopular opinion vs stupid opinion is always a rough call on upvotes
Are you talking about the thread where you said people should “harass marketers”? And got reported for describing how you’d kill the person you were arguing with?
https://lemmy.world/modlog?userId=18555908
It’s like you’re trying to prove Lemmy is like Reddit by being as unhinged as some people on Reddit.
Oh ho! Someone knows how to dig into another user’s history and bring it up! Another Reddit-like behavior! Keep proving me right. What are the chances you’re an alt of that someone I argued with? Highly likely.
Wow, pretty salty for someone threatening bodily harm on a post you made about harassing people. Glad your stuff got deleted tbh, nobody needs to see that. Get help.
Wow, pretty wild assumptions for someone with a reading comprehension disorder.
You seem like a real peach. Go back to Reddit.
I’m instantly shadow-banned from Reddit no matter how many accounts I make there. I kind of consider it a godsend and I’ve had my time spent there already.
Maybe it’s you and your little butt-buddies that ought to take the same advice.
…but you’re the one complaining that you don’t like Lemmy? Why would they leave because you’re unhappy?
Hi, #9.
How does me comparing Lemmy to Reddit = me not liking Lemmy? I don’t care whether or not they leave. I just find it hypocritical to tell me to go somewhere that they’re probably from. It’s called irony.
I wonder why
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You brought up a post that went sideways. Looking in your post history and trying to tie what you’re saying in its context before forming an opinion is a bad thing because…?
It’s an example. I know, terrifying discovery there to know what an example is.
That is some pathetic attempt at deflection you got going on there. I’d call it gaslighting, but I don’t want to insult actual gaslighting.
That’s some pretty unoriginal thought you’ve got going there.
I mean come on, I’m seeing everything in practice here. This IS reddit in every degree. Every downvote applied to me, while everyone upvotes eachother like they’re giving themselves appraising ass-slaps for feeling like they’re smarter and wittier over someone else online. Christ, it’s appallingly clear.
bold talk for 2d old account
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if your posts get you banned every other week, you’re not worth anyone’s time here. try to have fun if you are able to
Oh, ouch! The e-wound I felt from that!
What would I honestly be losing from not participating in here in this echo chamber, hmm? Oh no, I would lose the opportunity to engage in a <66,000 (feels more like about 200 people talking than anything) community. Where, most of them are just waiting at the bit to antagonize and instigate arguments at a given to any other honest poster.
Oh! Ahhh! The agony! What will I ever do! Oh no! Then that’ll mean I just will have to watch YouTube videos, game more and probably engage in more fruitful communities than a dumpster fire! What will I ever do!?
Because this is where all of the philosophers and 120+ IQ pointed people hang out at, right? In Lemmy?
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
you’re being shown the door. nobody is holding you there and at any point you are free to fuck off to rdrama or whatever other hole you’ve crawled from. but i already can guess you’re gonna get back here couple of days after you’ll get inevitably banned again, i’m starting to think that you like it
You see, the difference here is at Stephen Hawking is actually intelligent, super-smart level. To reference him, is to imply that you are on his level, which you totally aren’t and I admit I’m not either. Plus, Stephen Hawking never needed to boast about I.Q scores because he just demonstrated how smart he actually was.
Which again, details the idea of how over-your-head the context of that quote is, proving once again, how much of a dumbass you really are.
Right, I am going to come back here in another few days. Again, won’t lose much when I would be banned from here.
Dude you freaked out and weirdly described how you’d kill somebody, before going on what is now a multi-day whinge about how Lemmy is Reddit or whatever. You’re acting very, very strange - it might be time to pop outside for a little walk and to take a breather.
It’s the thread you were talking about, though, right?
Pot meet kettle…
That’s not how that idiom works.
Ah, yeah it does. You can stop moving the goal posts.
That’s not how that one works either.
No one cares, loser. Only you.
Redditors have a special kind of behavior that is distinctive from any average asshole you find on the internet.
I agree with this. You’re acting very much like a special Reddit asshole. We can tell you’re a reject.
Either you couldn’t tell beforehand or you took that minute to discover how I admitted being registered to Reddit at one point? I mean, it’s not exactly a shocking discovery. Come on now, be honest. Your foresight isn’t that grand.
Yeah. I read your post and some comments before replying. Shocker.
Yeah very good. But you’re also part of that spectrum too.
The difference between us then is that I don’t give a fuck.
Okay Spez…
/s
Unpopular and wrong. So, upvote?
The worst. The absolute worst part. Is so many people will come to massive conclusions with little to no experience. Like if they only spent a day on something and thought they understood it.
Not sure about the trying not to be reddit. This place is at least as much of an echo chamber as reddit. It has petty power tripping mods and adds defederation drama as well.
take my freaking updoot stranger
Relevant: https://startrek.website/post/30605562
Lemmy is truth social but for left wing extremism instead of right wing. Here everybody is trans and talks killing Nazis while over there everybody is Christian nationalist taking about killing Mexicans. And in the middle its bots all the way down. And us somewhat left softies just land here with time.
Oh here we go with this bullshit again.
Just admit that you’re offended that you don’t have as much of a right-wing circlejerk to go to, when you totally could. I mean, X is the biggest one of them all with Truth Social right behind it.
That’s what I register for anyone who complains about “DIS PLATFORM IS TOO LEFTIST!” and cry me a river.
Do you know how much dumbshit right-wing shit we’ve had to tolerate before more alternatives sprouted up? You’re not a victim.
So far, no one is pointing out how OP is wrong, or suggesting how it’s different here. -Just people acting like typical Redditors.
I left Reddit because it promotes and protects death cults by censoring direct quotes from their ‘holy’ texts along with bans. Don’t know if they do that here.
Gab and Bsky at least try to be different.
I would’ve actually been open to the idea of being proven wrong. But about like 8 people have thoroughly proven me righteous in this entire thread alone, probably more.
