Beans for president!

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I don’t need Lemmy to be a replacement for Reddit anymore than I needed Reddit to be a replacement for Digg. It’s a different platform and it’s allowed to be different.

    I need Lemmy to simply be a social link sharing and message board. And it’s doing that perfectly.

    • Hazzard@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I’ve realized I mostly want “social media” as a place to create discussions. For that, honestly, the smaller community size is perfect.

      I find massive communities have a way of devolving into hive minds. Once you reach a critical mass of people who think one thing, any comment to the contrary is just… obliterated, whether by an exhausting amount of argument, or downvotes. And then it just becomes known that that’s the opinion of the community, and people stop even bringing it up. At least that’s my theory on how it happens.

      Over here, with a smaller community size, I’m finding a lot more genuine conversation, no matter the topic. It’s awesome. And I’m still finding Lemmy large enough to bring me interesting links and memes to talk about.

      • abbadon420@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        Reddit has made me realise that I have an aweful sense of humor, because none of my silly joke comments would get any upvotes. On lemmy, I almost always get at least one upvote or a comment. It ain’t much, but I like that my comment made someone’s day second, even it’s just one person.

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Little did u/Fugicara know that HE would become the next meme of beans

  • NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    He is right, but I don’t see any problem with it. Personally I prefer lemmy to Reddit, but I still go back to Reddit due to the lack of content here. It will probably be a gradual transition where I completely stop using Reddit, and I am fine with it.