It’s not the kids, not the lurkers, not the mods… y’all just nice people. Lemmy’s got a good vibe going… or at least enough windows that we can close if the vibe gets shit.

  • croobat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I think it’s just survivorship bias, kinda like mastodon. The people inclined to come here are probably anti-corporate, and sick of current social media’s bullshit.

    • CthuluVoIP@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I think the barrier to entry also helps a bit. The folks willing to put up with the rough edges that Lemmy has are also likely willing to participate with the intent of making Lemmy a success rather than just “hangers on” as it were. With a 1600% growth in “active” user population, there are definitely a ton of lurkers, yet. Once it becomes more approachable, we’ll see if the community feeling that Lemmy has begins to tarnish and fade as the volume of interaction and content rises.

      • the_inebriati@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 years ago

        I have been thinking this over the past week on reddit every time I see a “Lemmy/Kbin needs to sort out X, Y and Z otherwise it’s going to fail massively.” or “Lemmy/Kbin is impossibly hard to use/sign up for”. Usually with CAPITAL LETTERS and emojis.

        Like… ok. I don’t think you’ll be missed with that attitude. At least for the time being.

        • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 years ago

          To be fair, I had some of those complaints with the instances initially being linked. It clicked when RIF linked to Lemmy.World in its final update message. It didn’t have dumbass hoops to go through, just a straight forward email, username, password, you’re in system like the first few things I was seeing. That and many people were over explaining it and just confusing the hell out of people.

        • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 years ago

          If a person if truly interested in moving to a place with better discourse, they’ll make the effort. If not, they should stay on Reddit.

  • biofaust@feddit.itEnglish
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    3 years ago

    In Italy we call it “mountain path behavior”: just like in our mountain paths, as long as it is few people you meet you behave cordially and in a friendly manner, but it changes when the number of people goes up.

  • hmancuso@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Not for any particular reason, but for a variety of reasons that work together to make it even better. I have listed just a few of them. Feel free to add to the list as you see fit.

    • No king of the hill.
    • No hidden corporate interests.
    • No karma system.
    • Rejection of toxicity. The flow of conversation is civil and has a good vibe.
    • The Federation functions as an engine of accountability.
    • A bunch of people who actively contribute to making this a good place.
    • A vocal community that actually determines what content is important.
    • The initial difficulty to make sense of it all (call it a “barrier to entry” if you will) acts as a natural deterrent to those who are less engaged.
    • Lurkers who sign up quickly feel comfortable posting.
    • The ability to sign up for a particular instance and leave if for some reason you find it’s going in a direction you do not agree with. Lemmy’s decentralized nature saves the day.
    • The influx of refugees includes experienced people with a lot of knowledge to make this an even better place.
    • The prospect of a quick release of reputable third-party apps. Since these developers bring solid knowledge from previous developments, their new Lemmy apps will immediately translate into a smoother user experience.

    I am looking forward to great days ahead.