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Lemmy is just Reddit trying not to be Reddit (kbin.melroy.org)
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I mean, the likeliness between the two is incredibly similar. I mean yeah sure, Spez has no power here in the Fediverse and Lemmy in general, but that doesn't take away how there are so many problematic users. The same problematic user type, that you'd find on something like Reddit.

I had this experience just recently, some asshole fashioned themselves to be a torpedo and just took a great dump on a post of mine. With intent to gaslight and incite arguments which they successfully did, while acting like an oblivious bastard when they knowingly are being the instigator in an otherwise civil discussion.

That is so something a Reddit user would do and I'm not convinced that Lemmy is any different. Lemmy is just simply a spinoff of Reddit, just a place where the rejects go to, to shit up on everyone at any given time.

And don't give me the whole "but but the internet is full of these kinds of people." argument. Redditors have a special kind of behavior that is distinctive from any average asshole you find on the internet.

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[–] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well I liked reddit overall. My main annoyances with it were the prevalence of power tripping mods/admins and the removal of third party apps (and too many ads otherwise). Lemmy at least gives options and accountability when it comes to the former and fully resolves the latter. You still have meta drama and at times annoying community members but overall I view it as an improved alternative.

Lemmy is just simply a spinoff of Reddit, just a place where the rejects go to, to shit up on everyone at any given time.

This doesn't seem like a fair judgement. I know some people got banned on reddit but for the most part Lemmy's users are here because they prefer to be here. It's not like there's a high bar to pass to be a redditor. I left from the API apocalypse, as did many others. The bad apples are the most memorable but I've found the vast majority of people here to be assets to the community. Also, when making broad judgements about the user base you should remember that you're here too.

I didn't look through the other thread so I won't comment on it too much. But I don't think it's fair to complain about other people looking through an example you introduced to see how it supports your argument. And if you did say you wanted to kill someone there then that would be fair game to bring up as a significant ommission from your summary of the "otherwise civil discussion".