• Sam@solent.socialOP
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      6 months ago

      Do you think a decentralized social media itches that itch enough while giving you a better system to use?

      • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Yes, but not a single platform. When I was on reddit, reddit was pretty much all I needed. Lemmy only delivers so subset of all things I want to keep myself informed on. So the people on Lemmy have pointed me in other directions as well. Like Mastodon and Ycombinator. I also subscribed to a local newspaper now. So… diversify is the keyword.

  • Az_1@piefed.zipEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I like how it’s more decentralised but still feels easy to use, and also has no ads and isn’t controlled by companies trying to make money. I also love how it is easy to curate a feed with only content that you want in it, and none that you don’t being shoved in by algorithms that collect all your data

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    6 months ago

    There’s other social media?

    I guess there’s also IRC, matrix, and individual forums here and there but it seems like fedi is an easier habit to get into.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Technically and practically much more open.

    Slick, not burdened by ads and marketing.

    I’ve always preferred threaded discussions over short messages or linear feed to read and take part in discussion and comments.

  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It’s smaller, and so there is less temptation to scroll when most of the posts I see are the same posts I saw yesterday.

    I like the niche linguistic rebels I meet here, and even though I fundamentally disagree with them (“politics” shouldn’t refer to all human group decision, the oakframe is too cryptic for most people to adopt, and “th” is better than "þ"by a wide margin), I respect their willingness to step out of the language comfort zone. Not many people can do that.

    Also, I like the idea of starting my own Reddit/Twitter/YouTube, so to speak :D

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      It’s smaller, and so there is less temptation to scroll when most of the posts I see are the same posts I saw yesterday.

      Same here. Plus, there’s no algorithm trying to suck you in. Anytime I make the rare visit to Reddit to check things like r/skyrimmods I have to actively avoid clicking on anything besides what I’m lookibg for, lest I waste the next hour scrolling and hating every minute of it

  • kobra@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    I’m here because I can’t forgive reddit for what they did to Apollo. None of the communities I really want/need are actually even active on the fediverse but it’s just the best I can get without participating in the shit show that reddit has become.

    I miss the reach that reddit had and I continue to hope the fediverse will get there but… after a few years I’m not as hopeful as I once was.

    • rammer@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      Eternal September will come to the Fediverse eventually. Enjoy it while it lasts.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    one. control. I did kbin over lemmy initially because its features were more robust and moved to piefed because it had and was adding many more options in general. two and actually this should be first. Non corpo. Im done with centralized control of my internet interactions.

  • X@piefed.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Among many aspects, I liked that at first I had to figure out what instances are, that some instances required an application and I had to wait for approval, and looking at all the other instances users come from. It’s a very different feel than reddit et al, and I hope itv stays that way.