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Any tips for a new user? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by Burninator@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m finally making the switch from Reddit. The Voyager app seems like a pretty seamless transition, but I’d love to hear any tips about using this platform, or what quirks distinguish it from Reddit as a whole.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah it felt a little empty here at first, but then I realized I get way more replies on most of my comments here than I did on reddit where most people just scrolled right past it.

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Right? I think Lemmy is way more conducive to conversations than Reddit.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You make a great point.

I fire off comments without thinking much at about the same rate as I did on the other website but get replies on about ~50-60% here vs. ~20% on centralized media.

It’s really nice honestly. /gen

(And people are much nicer about tone tags here!)

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Indeed, I quite like it, cause I'm here for discussion not just shouting into the void.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I find myself commenting far more often than I did on Reddit. I remember once that I lamented that Lemmy doesn't have a "super upvote" in the way that Reddit gold used to be (which is a silly thought, given that I have never, and would never pay money to gild a comment). However, I realised that on this more discussion based platform, a short but meaningful comment can readily function as a super upvote. I think the lack of karma accrual for comments/posts also promotes this.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same, I'm engaging more often here than I did on Reddit because it feels less like shouting into the void. I just wish there were more active communities for philosophical/political/religious debate on lemmy.

Also I didn't even realize there wasn't a karma system here, but that seems like a good call. I never paid attention to it on Reddit either (I couldn't even tell you off the top of my head how much I have.)