• 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.

  • 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.