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What's changed about Lemmy over the past year for you? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’ve been on lemmy for over a year now, and I just realized I used to read all those HackerNews articles + their comments, I haven’t done that in probably 6 months because the discussion here has gotten much better. What’s changed for you with Lemmy over the last year?

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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 66 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Started to participate in discussion more and pleasantly surprised actual conversations happen and the comment section is not flooded with generic bot shit within minutes.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When I first came here, I was so jaded, with the expectation that every account was a bot or an asshole. Seeing the actual conversation among humans has been nice.

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Absolutely. The jadedness coming off of reddit is real. Took me half a year to slowly start participating

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's something I really like about Lemmy. You can have actual conversations. On Reddit, on even an unpopular thread, any comment would be flooded by replies from other people. You couldn't just talk with one person.

I don't mind other people joining in, but reddit makes it impossible to do 1-on-1.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

On Reddit, on even an unpopular thread, any comment would be flooded by replies from other people.

Lemmy really does give the feel of "early reddit" where it was small enough for real communities, where you would recognize regulars and see them in multiple subs.

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Agreed. Oftentimes I describe Lemmy as "reddit back in the day" whenever someone asks me wtf is Lemmy.