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What differences have you seen between Reddit and Lemmy? Has anyone else had any experience with subreddit overreach (bots, biased filtering) and do you find Lemmy to be a productive alternative? (lemmy.ml)
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Hi everyone, I’m new to Lemmy and looking to get involved. I am curious about what major differences you have experienced here vs Reddit as I am hoping this is a nice alternative.

I've personally experienced aggressive overreach and biased moderation on Reddit, and I was wondering if you have experienced a different environment here. If so, are there ways to get the word out about sites like this that might be viable alternatives?

More granularly/specifically, are there any topics that you might have discussed on both platforms and had a different experience? What have you seen here that has been a vast upgrade over Reddit? Thanks for any guidance!

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Lemmy:

  • Perfect for users who want to be able to post on a modest pace.
  • Lacks the thousands of micro-communities reddit has
  • Doesn't tie karma voting to be able to post at all
  • Doesn't have a bunch of "QoL" nuisances that Reddit has
  • Doesn't have Spez and shitty corporations invested into the platform

Reddit:

  • Perfect for users who want to post constantly (once they're over the prissy karma and time to wait to be able to post elsewhere)
  • Has thousands of micro-communities that Lemmy doesn't
  • Does tie karma voting to be able to post at all
  • Has unnecessary features nobody asked for
  • Has Spez and shitty corporations invested in the platform

Mutually Shared:

  • Both have shitty moderators at any given time.
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