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  • MentalEdge
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    2 years ago

    Like for real!! I was a semi-lurker on reddit. Posted a couple times a year.

    I just passed 500 posts on Lemmy.

    • lom
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      22 years ago

      Huh, when I clicked on your profile it says 0 posts…

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        Profiles are rarely accurate. I viewed the same profile from two different instances (yes the same profile, not the same username from two different instances) and they didn’t even have the age of thr account the same. One was 2 years, one was 2 months. So I wouldn’t trust that. I’d only trust it if you’re logged into that very instance.

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          2 years ago

          In this case it’s more likely to be because that’s one of my alts. This is my main.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      I’ve found lemmy to be alot less hostile, don’t care about downvotes, but attacking people because of opinions doesn’t sound like a fun time to me

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        Opinions are fine. Being disingenuous/an asshole at the same time as having an opinion definitely provokes smackdowns, even on lemmy.

      • @[email protected]
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        02 years ago

        The absence of a running karma total is a surprisingly powerful difference. I do still look back at old posts, and it’s nice when there’s votes, but without the little number next to a name or when I mouse-over a profile, there’s no motivation to be the first in a thread to repost a cliche joke or to ragebait for fake internet points.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 years ago

          I think the “not having to be first” is what is so powerful.

          I know that if I comment on a post from a few days ago on a populated community, I’ll likely at least get a reply from OP, if not a bunch of other people finding my comment and replying as well.

          It’s like Lemmy is the nice, small-town version of Reddit (which is probably more similar to Gary Indiana).