I mean, the behavior of the community speaks for itself. They try so hard not being the thing they ran from three years ago, but in the midst of their attempt, they end up evolving into the very thing they ran from. Its like they just didn’t like being on the platform of origin, promised they’d do better, then realizing how separated they are to where they just recreated it by instinct.
Power-Tripping Mods, Gaslighting Users, Immature Moderators, 100 Rules to follow but contradicts itself .etc
I can just go on and on and on. Oh and I don’t even care about this stupid debate that happened between .ML and .World because there’s virtually no difference and it is just nothing but a sissy online slapfight.
Hard disagree. People are people, doesn’t matter if you’re on Reddit, Lemmy, Piefed, X, Mastodon, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
What makes the Fediverse different is not users behavior, but how it’s decentealized instances and moderation works, as well as the user freedom to choose an instance akin to their ideals. Also the way that up and downvotes work.
In Reddit people farm karma because they want those digital points in their profile. Here you don’t have it. The up and downvotes are strict to the post itself, not to your account.
In Reddit you either accept Reddit’s rules and “behave” according to what they demand, or you get banned out of every discussion, requiring a whole new account if that happens (and hoping they don’t ban that account too, for ban evasion). Here if you get banned, you can access the discussion from any other instance - you’re not locked out for good.
The way Fediverse works makes discussion and different points of view possible. Maybe you can’t make a point in an instance, because they have a viewpoint different from yours and won’t accept that specific argument. But you might actually receive positive feedback with that same opinion on a different instance regarding the same topic.
On Fediverse you’re not permanently punished for going against the grain, contrary to Reddit. And you also don’t get praised and adding permanent “value” (karma) to your account by reposting some popular shit, also contrary to Reddit.
In other words, Lemmy/Piefed encourages you to post what you actually think. Reddit discourages you to post anything that might be seen as unpopular, and instead it encourages you to repost the same popular beliefs without any critical sense.
The difference in how Reddit and Lemmy/Piefed operate makes a HUGE difference.
Edit: And he blocked me. lmao
That is pretty funny that after your thorough and extensive comparison the result is blocking. Thanks for taking the time to do that though. I’m new and recently transitioned from Reddit. It definitely feels very different here but I didn’t know how to describe it. The end really is much less hostility in general. I feel like there are more constructive conversations happening despite occasional breakdowns.
If you’re not punished for going against the grain on here, why is the modlog the thing with the most activity on here?