I don’t think it’s probably being bottled. I think there are just a combination of people who would rather be unhappy where they are than face a bit of resistance getting themselves out of their rut and people who are fanatically devoted to legacy social media due to sunk cost and have a hard time abandoning their decade old accounts. So whenever the topic comes up they are happy to trash Lemmy rather than improve their situation. They are on Reddit alternatives sub for a reason but they won’t get off their ass because nothing is perfect enough for them
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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Good assessment
Source?
What are you, a cop?
I just want to see what the OP is talking about without having to browse reddit myself.
How dare someone ask for something like... facts and evidence.
My anti-lemmy sentiment comes from raw experience like dumbfuck comments and witnessing the extent of ACAB brainrot.
Okay, well you know where the exit is.
How is a person supposed to know which instance to choose before knowing what each instance is even about? Or what an instance even is. The barrier to creating an account is too high.
If there was an account migration option it would be possible to throw users into a random instance which federates with everyone and later let them migrate with their account age and post history.
They're not. One can join any instance they like. But its like "what brand of toilet paper is someone to buy when they move out?" Thats for you to figure out. Ask someone, try a couple and settle for what helps you most.
That said, account migration would be nice although the possible issues are pretty brutal. An account is mostly a bunch of posts, comments and subscriptions. Reposting them would be fatal, relinking them would be dangerous. Only the subscriptions would be easy to move and i think that exists already.
I see your point. But imo its technically not really feasible.
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I just tried to use Reddit with a new account. After spending about a week in it, I suddenly noticed that all my comments and postings received no upvotes or downvotes.
That's right. I was shadowbanned, which is to say that some part of the Reddit system (AI?) decided that I need to be put into a cage that I don't see, without telling me that it happened. Perhaps I was "evading a ban" or something. I don't think I did anything to deserve it, and the reddit admins don't answer to queries about it.
So yeah, Lemmy is infinite times better than Reddit.
I gave up on Reddit a few months back, but to say that Lemmy is as simple and intuitive as reddit just isn't true. I only use Lemmy now, and it's not very convenient, but I get the highlights from the news, which is all I really wanted.
I also gave up on reddit a few months back and it’s basically the exact same experience, it just takes some set-up (just like reddit did, remember? 10 years ago when you made an account, remember that?)
the biggest difference is reddit was infested with generative bots later in its life than lemmy.
Now that I mention it, I haven’t seen any lemmybots 🤔