Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have a lot more fun engaging in discussions on here as opposed to reddit.
On reddit i always felt like i was shouting into the void and there was nobody listening, which resulted in me becoming a lurker for the last 12 years.
Maybe it’s the small size of this community, the lack of karma farmers, that I’ve finally lost my mind or a little bit of all of the above, but this place just feels like something special. I’m really looking forward to building the fediverse with all of you!
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
It could definitely just be a honeymoon phase, but I also sense that opinions seem to be more valued here.
I’m certainly not trying to karma farm. I haven’t seen any total “karma” score on kbin, and don’t think that there should be. I think a total karma score encourages reposts and very predictable comments all in the name of increasing the score.
I myself only felt compelled to create this post because i wanted to do my part to try and create content for others to interact with. The biggest advantage reddit has over alternatives is the sheer amount of content, and the only way to compete is for all of us to populate this place with the content we want ro see.
Social anxiety will most likely prevail in the end and i’ll return to lurking, but im not going to let it stop me from having a good time while it hibernates.
I’m certainly not trying to karma farm. I haven’t seen any total “karma” score on kbin, and don’t think that there should be.
There’s a ‘reputation’ score, but it’s fortunately pretty pointless (it’s boosts minus downvotes/reduces, upvotes don’t count).
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Very fair, sorry if my message seems a bit harsh, I overall agree, I just also thought it is a bold declaration this early into the fold
I think the wording of your first comment may also have been a tad confusing. It was hard for me to tell whether you were saying OP was a hypocrite for not contributing more or that it might be a bit early for OP to draw conclusions.
Nah, there’s nothing for them to be a hypocrite about. It just struck me as ‘hmm’ that someone with so few comments could judge that, but the social anxiety bit might also clue in that they’ve done a lot of reading on here in general as well, and probably are also taking into account a lot of other people’s in-depth discussions in their anecdote
Hey 4 comments over 4 days is alot more than 4 comments over 12 years!
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Reddit has a high percentage of bots and shills so this is still real people thus more welcoming.
Casuals/normies ruin everything. Every social media platform deteriorates over time as more people join. At the moment, the majority of people here are actually genuinely interested in civil discussion and debate and the people who just spam low effort comments and karma farm remain on reddit.
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.
I feel the same way I almost never commented on reddit, but here I feel like its just much easier to
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 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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’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!
@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.
@Deralax and you can interact with people outside of kbin too. The fediverse really is awesome.
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