I like that its smaller, it feels like the Internet used to back in the day. You get to know posters better which is nice

  • besselj@lemmy.caEnglish
    541·
    5 days ago

    No intrusive ads or trackers. Less AI slop and more genuine human interaction. The ability to easily block communities, users, and instances is nice too.

    And it’s safe to say Luigi here

    • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      5 days ago

      All this plus no profile karma. Meaning instead of chasing numbers to inflate our accounts and increase our perceived worth (whether consciously or subconsciously), people just are.

      Or as you put it: more genuine human interaction.

      • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        To me it’s more like the numbers mean something different. While they still mean mostly nothing, the numbers that display on your profile tell what kind of user you are and how much seniority you have here. Been here close to two years? Maybe you came from the API fiasco. Got 1000+ comments and 50+ post? Somewhat active user you probably seen once or twice before. 0 post and below 50 comments but seemingly active? Potential lurker. Still mostly meaningless because it could be alt and who really cares but NGL when I look at the stats of the really active users I’m like damn they really contributed to the Lemmy content mill.

  • sbird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    It’s decentralised. Decentralisation just makes sense for something that requires hosting a lot of data and using a lot of bandwidth, less load on the servers and such. Insane how YouTube was able to survive so long before Google bought them.

  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
    211·
    5 days ago
    • Self hosting
    • Can’t get banned
    • Feeling of being a part of something larger but not overwhelming large yet still having some control
    • Good range of mobile and web frontends
    • No adverts
    • No tracking
    • Memes, sometimes older memes and not getting ridiculed for them
    • Seeing other users from my instance on my travels

    Some things I tolerate

    • American politics
    • Random porn
    • Bot spam
  • theblips@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    No ads, apparently no bots, no reddit-style comments like “This.”, no corporation involved

  • Geetnerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    5 days ago

    No Spez, and not getting permabanned for criticizing Corporate interests, or Musk, specifically.

    • arakhis_@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I feel like this will be inevitable with growth. Unless we get to foster a consciousness about its problems and get instances to actively prevent those

  • marighost@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    4 days ago

    I can sort my subscribed page by top 12 hours and only use Lemmy once or twice a day. Helps with controlling doom scrolling.

    Other than that, there’s better human interaction here. I’ve started recognizing names and pfps which is pretty cool too. Some of y’all seem rad.

  • tauren@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    I like how open the ecosystem is. You can pick any instance, any web app, any mobile app, block instances you don’t want to see, etc. You have much more control over what you see and how you interact with the system.

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago
    • Third party apps.
    • The subscribed feed doesn’t contain uninvited random junk. I guess irrelevant trash drives engagement among some people, but it’s just driving me mad instead.
    • Lemmy is still wild and untamed, like Reddit used to be.
    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Not THAT wild and untamed, unfortunately. I’d love an eyeblech/NSFW community, but that’s not really welcome here.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    The fediverse compatibility. I feel like I’m on the cutting edge of the internet atm.

    • TheDannysaur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I genuinely feel different writing here. On Reddit I constantly analyzed the 18 different ways some random person would take my comment badly. Now I just write stuff and people don’t instantly assume I’m an evil moron.