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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"cuddly and friendly" aren't the words I'd use, but I suppose it is better than the way you can get dog piled on reddit over the most stupid stuff. Also less people tend to accept bigotry here most of the time which is nice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Dude fuck reddit. They ban/suspendel accounts for seriously petty shit and then give no recourse and you can't make new accounts. It's absolutely bs. Yes I am bitter but I am glad to have lemmy because it does feel like reddit but I don't feel so gauged by edge lord mods..... Well yet any ways.. got into an argument with a mod they reported me for harassment and I got banned.. I have tried to make new accounts and the get suspended. I tried VPN and then making the accounts and it worked for a bit, but then they suspended me again cause I commented on the sub I got in a fight with the mod on... Such bs

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Still trying to settle into communities for games I hyperfixate on - they aren't very active currently, but perhaps if I put in my own activity it'll bring some of those communities to life, no?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the earliest comments on reddit when they enabled commenting was complaining about the addition of commenting-

https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_now_supports_comments/c51/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It's weird to think of reddit without comments

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Lemmy feels way more neckbeardy... because it is.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Lemmy hits different, especially when hexbear is around.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It definitely feels that way to me. And it also felt like Reddit went to shit so slowly, I didn't even notice, like the mythical frog in a pot of water on a stove. It took me 13 years to break free. I hope Lemmy stays small to be honest. I'm old enough to remember the Eternal September on Usenet.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know. I've already been seeing a lot of reactionary vitriol like you find on reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Even if lemmy goes mainstream. I am sure there will be several instances that only federate with each other and not be federated with the rest of the lemmyverse, keeping the vibe lemmy has now and the early reddit vibe. Just have to find these instances and join them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, Lemmy feels a lot like reddit used to. A couple dozen larger subs, niche stuff in its infancy (but growing), general nerd interests, slows down to a crawl at night until users wake up in the morning.

I love it.

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