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I get to see answer this question every month.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

Well, I have not been banned from Lemmy for my anti-Nazi opinions.

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No karma means being able to post in any sub without having to have 100+ karma.

[–] Abraxas@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

true, that's a big fucking plus

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 28 points 6 days ago

Lack of ads and ideological sympathies for FOSS is a huge part of why I came here but I stayed because the smaller size of lemmy allows for a feeling of community that reddit cannot achieve. I see and interact with users I recognize and know a decent deal of information about.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 days ago

No ads, and generally more left-leaning.

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Not permabanned for unknown reason (i never posted or commented ever on reddit and got banned)

Physically. Good apps and lack of ads.

Spiritually. A sense of freedom.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Reddit's culture is extremely toxic. Like, I actually left Reddit before Lemmy existed for that reason.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

lemmy doesn't let the idf to moderate their communities and you can say things that run contrary to mainstream narratives.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fuck the mainstream! Am I doing this right?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Everyone hates the mainstream; the real question is: have you taught yourself how to change things?

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 11 points 6 days ago

I feel more free to post my controversial opinions: downvotes don't really count nor have an effect on my account

[–] appropriateghost@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago

lemmy is much smaller so far and I like the communities. I also don't feel like i'm being psyop'd by a bunch of bots in the larger communities like on reddit.

[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There’s (slightly) fewer cunts on here.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

We could definitely use more Ozzie's. Good folk them Ozzie's. You know other then the religious nut job ones taking away our porn.

[–] Celsuss@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

There is just a lot less noice on Lemmy. Reddit feels like 1 legit post for every 100 shit post.

[–] happyfullfridge@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't I'm just banned there. I would be fine with lemmy if there were more people here with specific tiny sub-comunities like reddit. hell, there arent even big fandom pages here...

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Reddit bans are easy to evade if you really need to be on there

[–] happyfullfridge@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I tried making a new account when I was on a different ISP than at my home, so I need to be on a new device in a new place...

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you do things like clear all your cookies and reset everything you can on your devices and then power cycle your modem? I’ve evaded bans multiple times and all on my WiFi by just doing those steps. I

[–] happyfullfridge@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

no, I'm a bit computer illiterate tbh, but I'll look it up and do that at some point, right now it's just not worth the bother for me really, I'm mostly sad the 15 year old account is dead...

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I occasionally have a real conversation on Lemmy.

[–] rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 3 points 5 days ago

On Lemmy I only follow news and informative stuff, and on here there's an emphasis on the things I'm already interested in (FOSS, Privacy, etc.)

[–] arsCynic@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ethics. Reddit has become subject to corporate greed so they can simply go bankrupt for all I care.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

I've never really since I didn't have any reason to, although I regularly use it as a knowledge base since Lemmy cannot compete on that regard.

I like the idea of the fediverse so I thought I'd come here.

Also surveilance capitalism sucks ass.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's nice not having a shitty corporation actively and visibly screwing me.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Right answer.

[–] Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Reddit banned my 10 year old account because they flagged it as a ban evasion account, stupid cunts.

I'm new to lemmy as a whole, So time will tell.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

I love chatting with people that are generally more reasonable and kind. Random viciousness seems absent here in my experience.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago
[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Is the most concise answer "Every"? Personally, it is the profound absence of actively sponsored gathering for the village idiots.

i like piefed because it's not owned by a publicly traded company with massive ai deals, there's fewer terfs, and shonky > snoo

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I haven't been permabanned over reporting a post and then fingerprinted such that my new accounts get insta-banned even through a VPN.

[–] obey@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 days ago
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