Is anyone here so hardcore that they don’t even bother with mainstream social media? If its not on Lemmy or Mastodon it must not be important? Anyone that hardcore?

  • manxu@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Like many who responded, I don’t think it’s hardcore to not be on Reddit. I was for a long time, then my local forum in Denver was crushed by Reddit admins overreacting to the API rebellion, then the hobby forums started being taken over by AI, and finally the tone on other subs became absolutely toxic, with no variant of the prevailing opinion allowed. Hello, /r/Summit!

    The only thing missing from Lemmy is depth, and that will fill in automatically as more people join. For a change, I am delighted to be on a platform that isn’t beholden to a small group that makes all the decisions regardless of user input. In fact, I started out on KBin until that flaked out massively (back to normal, now) and was excited that I could just switch to Lemmy and see the exact same things.

    Now I am on piefed because I like Python and would like to contribute. But I love all the people at Lemmy <3.

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      17 hours ago

      from what ive heard all the location based subs{cities,etc} have been overtaken by mostly conservatives and tankies of those areas. even my super blue area is met with " do your duty and obey,etc"

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        17 hours ago

        I heard something similar. And that any “blue” or “neutral” comment is followed by an immediate suspension or outright ban. I haven’t witnessed it myself, though, since I haven’t been active on Reddit in over a year now.