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What kind of network is Lemmy looking to be? (leminal.space)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just joined Lemmy and so far I'm enjoying it. It's a little bit sparse in terms of content and users, but I think it has a really cool structure, and it feels more human than certain other social media sites.

I'm curious to know what users think about who is welcome here. Do you think it should be gates open, everyone including your aunt should join, or is it more exclusive to people interested in the fediverse as a starting point? Or something else?

Not trying to stir up shit, just genuinely curious about what the vibe is and where the community thinks it is or should be going.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think another big difference is Lemmy still feels like it is inviting at least a small amount of conversation. Whereas Reddit increasingly feels to me like it collectively prefers to upvote only one correct answer, and stamp down everything else.

I think with federation in general we have more of a chance to preserve what we value in each instance. Whether that is constructive conversation, or cited responses, or memes only/ no memes...

I look forward to being a part of multiple, quite different feeling networks of communities.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's great to see discussions on Lemmy where both opposing viewpoints are upvoted. You definitely don't see that on reddit. Seems to be getting less common on Lemmy too though, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Assuming it is an issue with two valid but opposing viewpoints. If we're looking at, like, a TIL post about how they calculated the Earth's circumference in classical Egypt, I don't care at all about the flat earther perspective.