“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski
You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.
So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby…?
EDIT: For people wondering about what kinds of ‘bumps & difficulties’ I’ve personally experienced, here’s a tiny sampler:
The fediverse is a “work in progress”, and that is fine. All the other social media sites are a “collapse in progress”.
It is much more fun to be on a small and growing platform, than on a big and dying platform.
No billionaire owners and algorithms.
I can interact with actual people and not get swarmed with ads and botted traffic.
I’m not here despite what it is, I’m here because of what it is.
I can do no better than to second this sentiment.
I’d love to third it, but it would start to look like a reddit thread
This
Love
was going to write something but this sums up what I wanted to say better than I could say it. I also quite like it as it is. It can stay like this forever for my tastes. I don’t want it improved to the level that im seeking something else.
Interactions feel genuine. I like talking to people here.
Can confirm. I am a human and I love human things such as… um… breathing air, and um…
It is a great day to be a human, fellow human!
I humbly confess I never watched that show
one of those things that’s quite funny and high production value but the fandom is largely obnoxious and some of the creators are jerks
it’s also not everyone’s style of humor. give it a shot sometime and see if it resonates though!
At first I also refused to watch since its animated and I thought it was childish, but then I learned that there are like a lot of dirty stuff and supposedly for adults, so, given how popular it became, I just had to watch it.
And its worth it. Yes, its weird af and I always feel so confused and something things just makes zero sense, but some stories are interesting. Never really got bored of any of it (although some episodes aren’t really that great for a re-watch imo).
It can be brilliant, and I find it rare that it’s any less than very good. It plays with scifi tropes (any and all tropes really), is very self-aware… I am sure it stands to be criticized, but I personally love the show. Apart from season 5, of course
I love that with shows anymore there’s always a pariah season, lol. Maybe I’ll catch it on tv one day.
I’m here because fuck Reddit and the US.
Just to be clear, what happened?
Why did we evidently lose your trust, if I may ask?
Trump threatened our countries sovereignty.
Yup.
It’s strange to think that this only narrows it down a bit, lol. But yea, certainly fuck that
Lol you are asking as if you don’t know the answer
Sorry, my telepathy couldn’t overcome your background noise.
Buddy you gotta be living in a cave or delusional or in denial if you don’t know what your countries reputation is and why
Buddy, that’s an hilarious leap to make right there, in which I’ve talked about this stuff all over the place, already. Oh! But maybe you do require an apology? Right so, mate:
SO SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT THE ORANGEY-SPECIFIC BEE-ESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS CANADA THOUGH, BUDDY!
The relevant point being that that’s already been spewed and sprayed almost everywhere, such that I didn’t automatically remember CA’s specific beef.
I know, I know… I’m clearly a terrible person.
I like this place because it’s a work in progress and because of all its perceived imperfections.
I’m an old GenXer who remembers AOL chat rooms and Usenet. Each featured a small cluster of folks you’d talk with each day and thought of as friends. Reddit offered that kind of connection once, but now it’s become a monolith that believes its own hype. Not to mention the infestation of bots and trolls that no one cares enough to do anything about because engagement is engagement.
I’m new here so I’m still learning my way around but I like this way better. I have more control over what and who I see, the memes are fresher, and the communities feel more human.
FWIW, I’m GenX myself, BBS’s all the way! :D
I miss the old forums.
The peak of the internet.
They had their day, and I enjoyed them, but one thing I love about the Fediverse experience (patterned after Reddit of course), is that one can sample and subscribe to a super amount of divergent sources, and have it all pulled together in to one stream.
Outside of specialty forums, plus the pleasure of hanging out with online chums for years at a time, I’d argue that this method is in fact more useful and generally superior.
I miss the hanging out with the same online mates.
It occured to me when I quit Reddit that I hadn’t made a single friend on there in 10 years but made loads on the forums I used to frequent.
Haha, same. *sweat emoji*
I find the FV better in that regard though, perhaps because of the smaller userbase. So maybe size plays a role in these things.
Same age and feelings.
Here because its a great experiment and a reminder of the old internet that is otherwise mostly lost.
I’m a regular user of forums boards (modern ones like Discourse, but still) on which the interactions stayed mostly the same as 20 years ago… it feels close-knit, almost intimate. Conversations are usually well reasoned, if not as slow as they were back in the day -given that thread pages update on their own when a new message is posted, it’s not as static as it used to be, and I think that’s for the better, even though I am nostalgic of phpbb boards
i went to a forum shortly after the ban waves; meant for OF users and link dropping who are in the market of using hordes of accounts to earn money . apparently they have equally reported how heavy handed reddit has gotten in detecting people trying to “hide thier accounts IDentity, like fingerprinting”
Pfft
I love the FV. No ads. No algorithm.
And that it requires a little effort means fewer dumbass jerks around.
Because fuck Reddit
The app is decent.
That’s honestly 90% of it. If Reddit hadn’t programmed their app and mobile website with their feet, I’d probably still be over there.
Use free app redreader or payed app relay for reddit 2 bucks a month
On PC Reddit enhancement suite is your friend…
The other day I was using incognito and went to Reddit what an eyesore so many promoted threads…my lord
Oh I don’t even mind the algorithm. It’s just so full of bugs.
It mostly works well.
Plenty of good and garbage content. I want both.
I don’t get the feeling there is a “motive” behind what I see when I am browsing content. It feels organic, like the old internet.
My anger for the destruction of the old internet. My hatred of those who profit from aforementioned destruction. My pettiness for going against the current.
Joined Lemmy because of the whole r€ddit API thing. I was only on there maybe a couple years at the end, so I had no real super attachment like people who have been there for years. Not much else to say.
Same.
Except my -oldest- account was well over 10 years old when the API thing shut down the Baconreader app for good. Joined the squabbles app which imploded when the owner decided to let ‘free speech’ be allowed and it basically turned into a hateful place in about two weeks . Then joined lemme.ee, which got shuttered a few months back. Joined sh.itjustworks annnnd, bam, here I am.Though I’m only on here for about half hour or so a day due to deciding it was time to have less screen time in my life.
It sucks that lemm.ee was shuttered because that was where I first joined Lemmy as well before moving to whatever instance I’m on. Never heard of squabbles and don’t wanna known what it’s like Noe based off what say about it.
What does this tell us? Hate speech is the natural state of humans.
We need a replacement…
