• KC_Royalz@lemmy.world
    31·
    20 hours ago

    Just being able to say Nazis should have their heads bashed in is fucking great.

    without receiving the message you’ve been banned for promoting violence or hate speech

  • 47batic@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Pros:

    • less advertisements
    • less bull shit / fake news
    • less harassment / insults / hate speech
    • less copy paste answers from chat gpt
    • more authentic human interactions
    • Decentralization there is not the one app / instance

    Cons:

    • less activity
    • less niche hobbies / topics
    • Sometimes unstable app or instance

    Overall I think the pros overweighs the cons.

    If an app / instance doesn’t work I can switch to another account and still access to the fediverse.

    For niche topics I still use traditional social media. Don’t tell me I should start posting those niche topics community here. It’s frustrating to post into the void and noones react or read to it.

  • LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    251·
    2 days ago

    I love the fact that it’s a small community you get to know people here. It’s like the olden days of message boards, friendly, fun and nice. Plus no karma farming and way less bots than reddit

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      While I didn’t recognise your name immediately, my client app tells me I’ve upvoted you 7 (now 8) times, so I think that proves your point!

        • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          I’m using Voyager, it’s open source and is the best client I’ve used (I’ve also tried Jerboa, Blorp and Interstellar).

          Upvote tracking is a feature you have to enable in settings, it doesn’t do it by default. Also make sure to regularly take backups if that’s data you care about because it doesn’t sync anywhere.

  • foodandart@lemmy.zip
    18·
    2 days ago

    Finding Lemmy.zip and then finding the old layout that I can easily navigate and jumping in w/o missing a beat after getting sniped by a bot on reddit.

    I love this place, it’s actually friendly and that is such a breah of fresh air.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Looking at someone’s modlog history and going yep, they sure are a cunt in a non Australian way.

  • Widdershins@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    Someone replied to a post about the movie with some old nudes of the first lady of the United States and I replied with a picture of Kevin McCallister looking at the picture of his brother’s girlfriend in Home Alone(it was in reality the son of the art designer made up to look like an awkward teen girl for a joke in a movie made for children).

    I forgot about my reply and saw it weeks later going through my post history looking for something else. It cracked me up seeing the setup after wondering why I posted that reaction image.

    I didn’t get dogpiled like I would have expected on reddit for some micro aggression. I am not in favor of body shaming because it leads to insecurity for bystanders. I don’t want to encourage a culture of insipid potshots taken at people for their appearance. In this case, though, the shame is far, far, deeper than the appearance of someone’s body. Other times the shame is probably an inch deep inside her.

  • AskewLord@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    I’ve seen some really cool threads with a lot of really reasonable and interesting takes. Reminded me a lot reddit back when it was a cool place for nerds and a great resource for learning about the world.

    However, whenever the pop up… the nut jobs come in shortly thereafter and ruin the whole thing by reporting/harassing everyone for hate speech, because to them any nuance on any issue is criminal offense in the eyes of their absolutist/extremist beliefs.

    I just wish the pitchfork nutjobs would toss off and leave reasonable and considerate people alone rather than trying to drag us down to there pathetic miserable level of seeing everything purely in a good vs evil dichotomy.

  • durinn@programming.devEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    When several people took turns in bombarding me with love and care when I vented about being in shock after finding out that my inner self may not be in congruence with my sex assigned at birth. I went from hyperventilating to tearing up from a little euphoria. I’m not saying that it wouldn’t happen on Reddit, just that it hasn’t.

    • speedythefirst@lemmy.zipOP
      5·
      2 days ago

      Gender crises are some of the worst experiences ever. They’re especially difficult when you’re in an environment where you can’t talk to loved ones about it.

      It makes me very happy to see how trans-friendly Lemmy has remained even while the rest of the Internet caters to bigots.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    So many linux users. You have a question, there’s definitely someone here with an answer. I’ve received better help here than in my distro’s actual forum.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Obligatory: The distro you run sucks. I don’t know which one you use, but it’s the wrong choice either way.

      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I know, I’m finally home. I tried so many of the reddit alternatives that popped up over the years. The only one I can remember now is Voat. They all became right-wing echo chambers like, immediately. I’m very thankful that the API exodus finally pushed me here.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    I said Nazi’s are bad and should die.

    and I didn’t get banned.

    shocker, I know. in an age where mainstream platforms will ban you for simply agreeing that Nazi’s are bad it was a breath of fresh air to say the truth and not face backlash for it.