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What is the most lemmy thing about lemmy? (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

People saying how it's no better than Reddit, without contributing anything but vitriol and negativity.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it does seem a bit more pessimistic than reddit to me, I wonder why it is

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, I feel the opposite. I have had a few run-ins with… interesting people on here, but nowhere near as bad as on Reddit.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What subs were/are you on? I mostly only go back for my region-specific meme sub, so I guess it makes sense that there is less negativity. Plus sometimes searches with site:reddit.com

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don’t go on Reddit anymore except when some Google search brings me there hehe. I used to be mostly on gaming, tech and programming subreddits, plus a handful of hobby related subs like /r/mechanicalkeyboards, /r/fountainpens, and so on. Very little shitposting/memeing going on, admittedly.

I’m too lazy to type site:reddit.com, I just append “Reddit” at the end of my search query lol

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Haha I set up sr as a macro for that to make typing it faster

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

I’m also too lazy to setup macros outside my editor 🙈

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I feel like they're a small minority of people who came here expecting it to be exactly like Reddit, but "better" without any clear understanding of what that actually means lol