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DearMoogle piefed.social DearMoogle@piefed.social
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Coelacanth feddit.nu Coelacanth@feddit.nu
Joined: 2023-07-04
#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

And I'm unaware of a better alternative

Exit: if another person suggested Lemmy or piefed, I swear to god

1660 upvotes.

EDIT: Didn't see the community this was so maybe this was an overly negative comment. I just get so exasperated by people and their attitude. Reddit literally does nothing special except have a bunch of users, yet people refuse to move even when an alternative is provided.

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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-01
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"Lemmy is good but the huge problem is the waiting process to sign up. You also have to pledge to contribute to Lemmy if you get access."

lol never change reddit

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TheAsianDonKnots lemmy.zip TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-10-03
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If I wasn’t permabanned from Reddit, I’d be spreading the word. It’s so much nicer over here… but I’m also aware that I said the same thing when I moved from BBS/Usenet to Reddit.

Also, why is Instagram such a hell hole? Between Reddit and Fedi I made a brief stop into Meta products and it was full of the worst kind of people (comments). I’d pick 4chan/b over Instashits.

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expatriado lemmy.world expatriado@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#5 · Quote Reply

"Lemmy is good but the huge problem is the waiting process to sign up. You also have to pledge to contribute to Lemmy if you get access." lol never change reddit

you used your remaining Lemmy Coins® on that comment, i hope it was worth it

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CorrectAlias piefed.blahaj.zone CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-07-22
#6 · Quote Reply

Love that people complain about reddit but then also refuse to leave. It's sad, really. Why contribute to sustaining a shitty corp in your free time?

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Zedstrian sopuli.xyz Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-03-30
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lemmy is like pre-2015 reddit

I found it too focused on weird like, communist Linux-using privacy nerd sort of views, topics, and humor.

For the sake of optics, the Lemmy developers should make an effort to disassociate .ml from Lemmy itself. They have every right to run their own instance as they see fit, but too many users are falsely associating Lemmy as a whole with .ml.

Still, the average Reddit user is frustratingly more willing to put up with the platform's enshittification than learn how to manage blocks on the Fediverse to tailor their feed to their liking.

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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-01
Banned
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you used your remaining Lemmy Coins® on that comment, i hope it was worth it

all good I'm mining more as we speak

that's right everyone lemmy is a crypto thing too

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mrmaplebar fedia.io mrmaplebar@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-27
#9 · Quote Reply

Lemmy is like pre-2015 reddit I found it too focused on weird like, communist Linux-using privacy nerd sort of views, topics, and humor. For the sake of optics, the Lemmy developers should make an effort to disassociate .ml from Lemmy itself. They have every right to run their own instance as they see fit, but too many users are falsely associating Lemmy as a whole with .ml. Still, the average ...

It would be nice if people pointed to specific lemmy servers instead of "Lemmy".

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mrmaplebar fedia.io mrmaplebar@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-27
#10 · Quote Reply

Love that people complain about reddit but then also refuse to leave. It's sad, really. Why contribute to sustaining a shitty corp in your free time?

It honestly bothers me to no end, people would rather constantly complain than do the bare minimum to make an account elsewhere. Happens with all of the big platforms, Reddit, TikTok, X, Facebook, etc...

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mrmaplebar fedia.io mrmaplebar@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-27
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And I'm unaware of a better alternative Exit: if another person suggested Lemmy or piefed, I swear to god 1660 upvotes. EDIT: Didn't see the community this was so maybe this was an overly negative comment. I just get so exasperated by people and their attitude. Reddit literally does nothing special except have a bunch of users, yet people refuse to move even when an alternative is provided.

Yeah... it's fucking annoying social media brainrot shit.

"If only there was a better way."

"Here you go."

"OMG STFU NERD" 🙄

Shows you who is being performative and who is real.

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Zedstrian sopuli.xyz Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-03-30
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

It would be nice if people pointed to specific lemmy servers instead of "Lemmy".

Posting Threadiverse URLs gets posts automatically shadowbanned on Reddit, unfortunately; people should go into more detail when recommending Lemmy or Piefed though. People jump in expecting a 1:1 Reddit experience, and end up getting confused by federation and giving up.

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Skavau piefed.social Skavau@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-18
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Posting Threadiverse URLs gets posts automatically shadowbanned on Reddit, unfortunately; people should go into more detail when recommending Lemmy or Piefed though. People jump in expecting a 1:1 Reddit experience, and end up getting confused by federation and giving up.

I will if they reply with a grievance or query, to be fair. I just don't want to copy and paste a dump of information at them across the thread.

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MerryJaneDoe lemmy.dbzer0.com MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-03-15
#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lemmy is like pre-2015 reddit I found it too focused on weird like, communist Linux-using privacy nerd sort of views, topics, and humor. For the sake of optics, the Lemmy developers should make an effort to disassociate .ml from Lemmy itself. They have every right to run their own instance as they see fit, but too many users are falsely associating Lemmy as a whole with .ml. Still, the average ...

I joined a couple of months ago and still have no idea how it all really works.

And it's really not so important that I understand the minutia. People stumble around the internet all the time, making happy little discoveries and finding new communities. It's kind of the way things used to work - we didn't ask, we were just happily amused.

ZOMBO.COM

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MerryJaneDoe lemmy.dbzer0.com MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-03-15
#15 · Quote Reply

"Lemmy is good but the huge problem is the waiting process to sign up. You also have to pledge to contribute to Lemmy if you get access." lol never change reddit

That sounds like a psyop by a Reddit intern.

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emergencyfood sh.itjust.works emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lemmy is like pre-2015 reddit I found it too focused on weird like, communist Linux-using privacy nerd sort of views, topics, and humor. For the sake of optics, the Lemmy developers should make an effort to disassociate .ml from Lemmy itself. They have every right to run their own instance as they see fit, but too many users are falsely associating Lemmy as a whole with .ml. Still, the average ...

No, it's good. Keeps most of the nazis and W*nd*ws users out.

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Zedstrian sopuli.xyz Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-03-30
#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

No, it's good. Keeps most of the nazis and W*nd*ws users out.

Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren't Nazis.

Also, while it's good to help users in switching to Linux when requested, users shouldn't feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows.

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Die4Ever retrolemmy.com Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2024-05-06
#18 · Quote Reply

Yeah... it's fucking annoying social media brainrot shit. "If only there was a better way." "Here you go." "OMG STFU NERD" 🙄 Shows you who is being performative and who is real.

it's like this meme

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some_kind_of_guy lemmy.world some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-14
#19 · Quote Reply

I joined a couple of months ago and still have no idea how it all really works. And it's really not so important that I understand the minutia. People stumble around the internet all the time, making happy little discoveries and finding new communities. It's kind of the way things used to work - we didn't ask, we were just happily amused. ZOMBO.COM

Everything is possible

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JayGray91🐉🍕 piefed.social JayGray91@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-04-08
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If I wasn’t permabanned from Reddit, I’d be spreading the word. It’s so much nicer over here… but I’m also aware that I said the same thing when I moved from BBS/Usenet to Reddit. Also, why is Instagram such a hell hole? Between Reddit and Fedi I made a brief stop into Meta products and it was full of the worst kind of people (comments). I’d pick 4chan/b over Instashits.

Idk my slice of Instagram is fine. Like all social media, I curate my feed like an authoritarian would its nation. Anything I don't want to see, I block. I follow few nowadays (I'm culling my following spree from more naive times)

I'd like to say the same with bluesky and mastodon but the people I follow on shitter, mostly artists and big-ish vtubers, are not there. So

Threaded forums like reddit I'm more than willing to move to and contribute at the very least as commenters. I mean yeah I'm already here more lol

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emergencyfood sh.itjust.works emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
#21 · Quote Reply

Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren't Nazis. Also, while it's good to help users in switching to Linux when requested, users shouldn't feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows.

Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren't Nazis.

Uhh, have you seen the place? To be fair, many of the extreme ones could be bots.

users shouldn't feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows.

Users who are forced to use Windows for work, compatibility, etc. have my sympathy. Surely the PNGVN is most merciful. But those who willingly reject the Beaked One and persist in their ignorant ways are beyond saving.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#22 · Quote Reply

Love that people complain about reddit but then also refuse to leave. It's sad, really. Why contribute to sustaining a shitty corp in your free time?

they would have to be shadowbanned for them to do that, they are took addicted. plus there are large communities not found anywhere else.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#23 · Quote Reply

It honestly bothers me to no end, people would rather constantly complain than do the bare minimum to make an account elsewhere. Happens with all of the big platforms, Reddit, TikTok, X, Facebook, etc...

the most childish one is r/youtube, livestream they constantly complain how bad it is, yet they are still consuming it and going as far as defending the YOUTUBERS/influencers. i dont know why you are complaining about it when you are still avidly watching it.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#24 · Quote Reply

Posting Threadiverse URLs gets posts automatically shadowbanned on Reddit, unfortunately; people should go into more detail when recommending Lemmy or Piefed though. People jump in expecting a 1:1 Reddit experience, and end up getting confused by federation and giving up.

reddit comes down hard on any unaffiliated links.

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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-31
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"Lemmy is good but the huge problem is the waiting process to sign up. You also have to pledge to contribute to Lemmy if you get access." lol never change reddit

That reminds me, what should I bring to the Lemmy compulsory member loyalty gathering tonight? The goat head and my kid's left hand, or the pig's head and her left foot?

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Blaze piefed.zip Blaze@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-06-13
#26 · Quote Reply

I joined a couple of months ago and still have no idea how it all really works. And it's really not so important that I understand the minutia. People stumble around the internet all the time, making happy little discoveries and finding new communities. It's kind of the way things used to work - we didn't ask, we were just happily amused. ZOMBO.COM

That's the spirit!

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Skavau piefed.social Skavau@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-18
#27 · Quote Reply

Reddit users may be misguided, but most of them aren't Nazis. Uhh, have you seen the place? To be fair, many of the extreme ones could be bots. users shouldn't feel unwelcome here simply for using Windows. Users who are forced to use Windows for work, compatibility, etc. have my sympathy. Surely the PNGVN is most merciful. But those who willingly reject the Beaked One and persist in their ignor...

Uhh, have you seen the place? To be fair, many of the extreme ones could be bots.

Yes? Reddit, mostly, is way to the left of Twitter. It's less "left" to be fair but heavily liberal but it really isn't a right-wing pool. Some subreddits might be.

Users who are forced to use Windows for work, compatibility, etc. have my sympathy. Surely the PNGVN is most merciful. But those who willingly reject the Beaked One and persist in their ignorant ways are beyond saving.

This is silly.

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fizzbang lemmy.world fizzbang@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-04
#28 · Quote Reply

And I'm unaware of a better alternative Exit: if another person suggested Lemmy or piefed, I swear to god 1660 upvotes. EDIT: Didn't see the community this was so maybe this was an overly negative comment. I just get so exasperated by people and their attitude. Reddit literally does nothing special except have a bunch of users, yet people refuse to move even when an alternative is provided.

I moved. Goodbye Reddit. It used to be fun.

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Eheran lemmy.world Eheran@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-26
#29 · Quote Reply

it's like this meme

Hahahahahahaha

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Eheran lemmy.world Eheran@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-26
#30 · Quote Reply

That reminds me, what should I bring to the Lemmy compulsory member loyalty gathering tonight? The goat head and my kid's left hand, or the pig's head and her left foot?

You got it mixed up. Head of the first born child, at least 2 left front legs of a pig, one crows foot (whichever one).

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