• abusive admins/mods
  • mods being cults of personality
  • vibe bans with incorrect rule used with no appeal process
  • automod
  • auto bans for participation in other spaces

I came here in November of last year looking for an alternative to reddit, and in that time, this space has transformed to look more like reddit than I ever expected it to become.

I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t just reddit all over again with a smaller userbase.

  • remon@ani.social
    5·
    5 days ago

    I never quite understand why people have these high expectations from lemmy. It’s just another social media site, why should people here be any different?

    For now the silver lining is that lemmy is still at a size where you can salvage it blocking a couple hundred people and communities.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      4 days ago

      Reddit was distinct from social media. It was a forum, not a hellsite. Lemmy was supposed to be another go at that, mostly on a technical level, partially on a cultural level, with decentralization fixing a lot of late reddit’s problems.

          • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksM
            1·
            2 days ago

            Even now - it’s distinct from what I’d call social media.

            Despite the admins best effort.

            Is Fark social media?

            I wouldn’t think so, but reddit feels closer. But not the strictict definition. Similar to the YouTube debate tbh.