Enjoy it while it lasts.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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I came after Reddit broke Google. Or more correctly: reddit fixed Google, but then broke itself. Dunno about kids.
Enjoy it while it lasts. In no time in your favorite community there will be homework help types of questions as well as those lazy requests for recommendations. "I want to read a book with X vibes." Not to mention the troll posting on science-related things like "If you are what you eat, will I turn into an eggplant if I eat an eggplant?" Actually, it would be nice if Reddit just recovered and those types of users stayed there. This is so chill without all that stuff.
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I don't think that's the problem. I think it's mostly because it still has way less people (easier to mod), and also it doesn't show user karma, so there's no incentive to karma farm.
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Pleased to be here.
Woteva. You litterally sound like an auld man 🤣 I disagree with this...
I do find slightly more mature content over here (though not so much of 'watchitfortheplot')...
Mostly it's just stupid people, lazy people, ignorant people.
There are some here, but it's certainly less than the 95% hit rate of RedTit.
Just discovered wefwef.app and it's definitely driving my engagement. I hope there's going to be some good apps coming out soon.
There's going to be Sync for Lemmy soon. Maybe in a month.
I'm currently using WefWef on Android and it's the best Lemmy app I've used so far but it's a little weird to use an iOS app on android. It's definitely driving my engagement up though
I'm backing and using liftoff! But I come from baconreader and it reminds me of that.
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man. i hope there would be an age barrier to those or something, or they be periodically flagged so they dont spread around. i had enough of kids and shitposters. is this heaven
we have to commit to our duty as users of the community if we want it the way we like it
I personally think the technical barrier of entry into the fediverse is already enough. There will be some teenagers who prefer mature spaces, and being above a certain age isn't a guarantee for the quality of their contribution.
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