At first, I got frustrated while reading people being wrong for 200 comments. I still am, but I was at first as well.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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Woof yeah, that was one of my first times reading a reddit thread since I left during the API disaster and holy fuck I am glad I left.
It's not even people being wrong, but the whole vibe is repugnant.
I've had unpleasant exchanges on Lemmy, sure, but the general vibe is just so much more acceptable, seeing it now I wonder why I didn't leave reddit sooner.
Redditors really hate having their routines challenged. The ones who want to leave will leave, and the group of people who stay behind will become increasingly obstinate (and it's probably for the best).
What were they saying that you consider to be "wrong"? I got the vibe nobody was interested in learning how Lemmy works, but didn't see any misinformation.
No apps, bad UI (which doesn’t make sense for a Reddit user to say), confusing sign-ups, etc.. Strictly speaking, they’re mostly opinions. But they’re opinions that don’t make sense, given the simplicity of the tasks
I've said this many times before, but FOSS enthusiasts vastly overestimate the amount of hassle non technical people are willing to put up with to do something. The only thing in that list that is factually incorrect is no apps.
You’re probably correct. I rarely speak to others about their social media habits, so I lack perspective on that front.
Have they finally started posting content other than how many reddit users are flocking there? That's all I found last time I tried it.
That one hits close to home.
There's also a lot of people complaining about how confusing the federated nature of the platform is, not sure which instance to choose, not getting approved to join an instance, or confused as to why there are multiple communities for the same thing.
I have no doubt Lemmy will grow as a platform, but the user friendliness is nothing like a centralised platform.
Most of these problems are totally avoided by just giving someone a link to an instance and not mentioning federation, there won't be any differences from Reddit in using it unless that particular instance has unusual signup requirements.
That's definitely a good idea, make it as easy as possible
I do this, but every comment I make gets removed by either a subs automod or a reddit admin.
The instances that make you fill out a questionnaire and perform interviews make me lol.
Ain't nobody wanna do that.
I agree, this is a big problem with future Fediverse adoption, and a big reason why servers like lemmy.world are unfortunately so big. Not only does it limit the ability for new people to sign up but it limits the pool of existing users and interaction significantly, especially when the majority of servers do it.
I wish more people would publicly discuss this problem and that efforts would be made to make more servers instant-signup friendly.
Eh, for topic specific instances who want to attract a specific set of users, I can totally understand why they would do that. Those probably shouldn't be the go-to instances we recommend to random Redditors though.
"For those wanting to try Lemmy you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, if you want a mobile app you can use https://vger.app/settings/install"
2025 is going to be the year of Lemmy. Mark my words.
That was 2023 tbh, but im down for a bit more growth. Not too fast tho please or it will cause issues and infighting.
lemmy infighting is cool as hell though it's basically subredditdrama with actual consequences
lemmy dramas entertaining, we got public modlogs, public likes and dislikes lol
Public dislikes? I haven't been able to access those... are they not admin-only?
Seems like you can view them on Friendica, not sure though
Depends on how you access a post, they are technically available to all, think you have to see a post though friendica or something
piefed, mbin may show likes one of those
For logged-out users, Mbin shows public likes, but not public dislikes. Not sure about logged-in users or PieFed.
friendica definitely shows it, might need the instance admin to turn it on I was messing with settings on my personal selfhosted one sk it may not be standard 
If you're an admin it's normal to see downvotes
Jesus fucking Christ there's so many people there who have a bad impressiom due to the Tankie Triad. Why must Lemmy be cursed with these instances?
update: I have wasted 3 hours of my free time advertising the fediverse on that Reddit thread
Thank you!
eh, tbh I didn't plan on it. I just ended up doomscrolling the comments and replied to anything negative I saw. Also promoted PieFed to the people who were concerned about the developers'... less than savory political opinions.
Thank you for your service.
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What's the triad? Is it the .ml users? They seem aggressive even when being agreed with.
Hexbear, lemmygrad and lemmy.ml.
Eh best for those libs to stay on reddit and not pollute this place
ask your server admin that cuz pawbsocial doesn't even see them
I'm talking about people in the Reddit thread. I'm frustrated how the tankie triad is hindering growth.
My instance (lemmy.cafe) is defederated from the tankie triad :)
Lemmy.ml isn't blocked on pawb.social unfortunately. Only the other two are, and lemmy.ml is decently problematic even if it isn't as much as the other two.