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.

[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 2 months ago

That's the spirit!

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Everything is possible

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

reddit comes down hard on any unaffiliated links.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

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.