I've felt more compelled to contribute to the "Fediverse" than I ever did on Reddit.

Same, when I posted on reddit I felt rejected, even if what I said was something unimportant, there was always someone who made you feel like you were wrong for just participating, this is much better.

I was never a lurker on reddit. I liked commenting, but the community feeling is much more substantial on kbin (and fediverse in general).

I find the engagement here more real than I ever did on reddit for twelve years.

Same here! I upvote/boost a lot more than I did on Reddit, and my threshold for commenting is much lower than it used to be. Part of it is that I want this place to succeed, so I want to help it be more active. I absolutely agree that this community is smaller, friendlier, and less cynical than what we had on Reddit. That's the other part, it's really lowered my threshold of engagement.

The small size and lack of content really makes me want to push things for the communities I loved to lurk on Reddit.

I've started more posts and added more comments through kbin in a week than I did in 12 years on reddit. The community is so much smaller and comments are actually read instead of lost in the sea of shitposting.

Same here. What's this, I can binge post AND feel good about it? Hehehe

I also am feeling this. It feels super refreshing to be here for the same reasons. I felt like when I commented on stuff I'd get ignored too.

very true

on reddit i only read

I made my own magazine here for whatever reason its quite fun

Alot of work is needed on the website but it'll get there

Same here ... but commenting, sharing and posting Lemmy for the past few days and I just got into kbin ... I'm still learning and I find it is really engaging my brain to try to figure out what is happening ... on reddit I was a mindless zombie just rehashing content I had shared a hundreds times before

Likewise, I really love the more tight knit community on the fediverse, feels much more fitting for contributing

I feel the same. I never tried to mod a sub on reddit but felt compelled to do so here (so I'd have a home for my otherwise newly orphaned posts).

this is such a wholesome post, i love it. im enjoying my time here too, really glad to see the same for others!

I've always felt kind of anxious about commenting or posting so in over 10 years on Reddit I only posted and commented a handful of times. I only joined kbin yesterday and I feel such an urge to properly engage with the community that it has made me push past my anxiety. I absolutely love it!

I feel the same and am wondering what I can post. I've been lurking for so long the thought of submitting anything isn't even in my mind. Good to switch gears and shake things up, start seeing the world a little different like what can I share, not just what can I consume.

with 4 comments over 4 days I don't know how much of this is either a secret karma farm or honeymoon phase, but at the same time I don't want to force you to exert more posting than you feel like

the fediverse feels a lot more welcoming to interact with tbh, with reddit you had

>astroturfing

>reposters

>puns and shitposts soaring to the top of comments / subs, real discussion buried

and i dont feel any of that here

On Reddit, there was so much bot spam that you were guaranteed to have your post drowned out. Here, your post is guaranteed to be seen.

I think it's the same for me but to be honest I mostly participated in smaller communities on reddit and here on the fediverse the communities are even smaller. If fediverse grows to the same size as reddit one day, believe me it's going to feel like shouting into the void again. Subreddits go to shit if they get too large (and moderators aren't strict enough), and social networks in general just get too big for meaningful discussions or interactions with people eventually. We're just not built to handle that many different people and opinions per day and actually still see them as people to be empathized with.

Reddit is full of bots, dude. It wouldn't surprise me if 40% of the posts were automated.

same, i'm trying to encourage myself to contribute more by making an account that has a name unique to anything else i'm on so i can have the anonymity

Absolutely agree. Some things need work (really feel like boost and favorite should be switched because imo the button that drops rep and visibility should be next to the button that raises them - it's just mildly confusing from a design standpoint) but so far I think I'm enjoying the interaction more.

I did not see any SteamDeckEmu replacement so I made my own. I would have never have done that on Reddit. The future of the Fediverse depends on the content provided by the users! Unlike Reddit, there are no bots generating content and this is solely a human focused network

Yeah. Today I found Grimdank and I really want it to thrive on Lemmy. I even posted there and will do so repeatedly in the coming weeks.

Feeling the same. I love commenting and posting, whereas on Reddit I was always nervous and felt like I was shouting into an empty void, like you said.

I hope it lasts, because it's so cozy here so far.

Every major forum/social media site has had this adoption curve. The early adopters are dedicated and can actually see their contributions make a difference. As the site attracts more and more casual users the quality of interactions descends to the lowest common denominator and loudest voices.

For that reason, I think there will always be demand for a "new thing" because those early adopter contributors are so good at making it happen.

@Deralax and you can interact with people outside of kbin too. The fediverse really is awesome.
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Same here. It’s feels a lot more welcoming to post in topics!

Reddit posts would only get acknowledged if you said one of the pre-approved comments. Commenting felt pointless because so many of the upvoted and comments that actually got engaged with felt like they were written by a bot or just automatically generated by reddit.

"fuck about, find out"

"maybe, just maybe...<insert your poorly made point here>"

*"I'll take <snippy point> for 500, Alex" *

"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"

I wonder how may of the commenters were just bots.

Here, I feel that I can experience a similar feeling to the fun of the pioneering rural countryside, where people cut through the wasteland to build fields and houses, and discuss the news over tea with their neighbors.

I feel the same way I almost never commented on reddit, but here I feel like its just much easier to

@Deralax I feel that's more related with platform addiction. Since COVID 19 Reddit became more a news stand.
Look at r/popular 11 of each 10 posts are news related and not like a generic piece of news. Feels that they're perfectly selected to create toxic comments which at the same time droves people to look for more toxic news.

Reddit is a platform designed about being toxic and addictive while Lemmy/Kbin are designed as a way to connect with people that shares your same interests.

Yes, Ive got the same thing. I did use Reddit to ask stuff, but never engaged in discussions as it didn't seem to matter. Whenever something had hit the front page, new comments wouldn't be seen.

On Lemmy I've been very active, and people are just nicer. Also I want to make certain communities a success so I do even more my best to post content.

I can relate very much.

for the first time in a longer time, I see that most commented are just nice and honest instead of the cascade of misunderstanding and closed minded discussions I sometimes had on Reddit.

This is the exact reason why communism and anarchy would work. People love to do stuff when things are fair.

When you feel like you are just helping some rich person get more data on you, and you're being exploited you shut down.

When you are working towards something with other people and you all benefit from it you can do things that would normally be considered work and enjoy them!

I've been feeling the same way. It's why I've been much more active in comment chains and why I've replied to a lot more posts, though I still have a bit of trouble with actually posting.

It does feel a bit better, but I still struggle to contribute. It feels like it's a bit noisy still - maybe I just need to reduce how much content I'm subscribed to.

I'm more of a lurker but I'm more compelled to comment here because of the default sort algorithm in comments, you get a mix of newer and upvoted, so even if I comment on an older post, or one with a lot of comments I don't feel like I'm shouting to the void.

I’ve made more posts and comments here in the past week than I did on Reddit for a long time. I think I have 80 posts now it’s insane and like nearly 300 comments. This place is fun

I, like many of the other replies, feel quite the same. Although I think the highlight of this for me is just how less aggressive and how much more receptive and open to discussion people have been. tbf i still mostly lurk but I've commented more here in a few days than I have in the final few years I was on reddit.

Reddit has a high percentage of bots and shills so this is still real people thus more welcoming.