Just left reddit because I got tired of moderation and I do not agree with political views over all. I never tried 4chan because I heard it’s messed up and supposedly inject maleware on visitors like porn sites do.
As a person new to Lemmy, I just wanna know why you chose here and what you like/ dislike about there.
You’re really asking why people prefer Lemmy to 4chan? To 4chan!? Really?
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4chan is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, and I moved from reddit after 15 years.
Why did you leave reddit? Mind sharing?
They took steps to kill the app I used to access the site without providing a functional alternative.
Because Reddit is only remotely useful with apps and lied to, screwed over, and slandered all the app developers who made Reddit functional.
Got banned for “report abuse” because I reported a pro genocidal comment on r/worldnews.
They banned me from the sub then successfully petitioned Reddit to ban the entire account.
If I can’t even report the genocidal content on one of their largest subreddits without losing my account, I’m not going to fit in enough to stay.
I left Reddit because they killed my favorite app and theirs was trash.
4chan is a cesspool.
There’s not a lot of activity here, so you can’t endlessly scroll new content, but you see a lot of the same names in the comments, and that makes people seem more “real” than Reddit.
From my experience 4chan is not a place for any sort of serious discussions. From what I saw there it’s about trying to shock, disgust, and/or troll people as much as possible.
Reddit lost what little interest I had remaining when they announced they would be selling our content to train LLMs. To be clear, they were already on a downward spiral before then with their ever increasing focus on monetizing the platform as much as possible, but the “AI” business was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.
4chan is a bit too racist.
I left Reddit because of mods in certain subs I frequented. It seems like they just decide someone broke a rule and you get banned from several subs at once with no explanation. I never had any warnings or contact with the mod team until after they banned me. I appealed to the platform and was accused of harassment so I deleted my account and never looked back. I was honestly shocked when it happened.
I spent some time Googling and settled on Lemmy because it had a familiar feel to it. I chose Mastodon because of its similarity to the old bird site.
Seems like you were disappointed on mods just like me. I am personally shocked to see you and I are the only one in thise post.
Lemmy isn’t as big as Reddit yet, but I’m confident it will grow with time. I like the concept of the Fediverse and I’m starting to understand how it all fits together.
I like FOSS and I like it don’t being easily censored…
Was looking for something similar to Reddit where links can be shared and voted. I also wanted a more general instance hence why I’m on lemmy world.
What do you mean by general instance?
A instance that isn’t geared towards something specific like piracy or development.
I’m a 4chan anon and have been for a long time. It’s a Wild West situation still due to the anon culture. A LOT OF STUFF ON THERE IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE AND WRONG. Oddly enough I’ve interacted with some awesome anons and that’s what keeps me going back. Highly DONT recommend anyone check the site out.
Reddit used to be fucking dope when I joined in 2012. I was a Digg enjoyer in my youth and Reddit was even better for me. Over time the culture changed, not necessarily a bad thing either just different. Helped me a lot actually become a better more inclusive human. The Admins however have made a string of terrible decisions and I can no longer support the site. They hung the redditors out to dry and I’m so thankful for Lemmy for giving us a link aggregator with a comment section sans the bullshit.
Lurked on reddit for years before quitting altogether bc the mobile app was hostile and web was basically gated off. Then was exclusively read-only on Hacker News and Lobsters for a while until I realized I didn’t want to think about only tech all day and now I am here.
I think the nice thing about Lemmy for me is the size. It feels active enough that it’s not dead but not so big that I feel compelled to just stand and watch on the sidelines.
I’m banned from Reddit. Something Something about violent language towards orange wannabe dictators idk didn’t really make sense to me.
Not allowed on Reddit and 4chan is a cesspool
They are all platforms that allow a variety of political views, as opposed to Xitter, which has taken to suspending the accounts of civil rights advocates.
Reddit’s CEO offends me, and I’ve heard bad things about 4chan too.
Lemmy IS the alternative. I love the concept of the fediverse, and I prefer forum discussion over microblogging, so Lemmy was the obvious choice. Discussion is more meaningful here because people don’t race to comment a joke or pun just to farm upvotes. Comments also do not get buried here unlike on reddit where there’s no point in commenting on popular posts once they’re over an hour old because no one will see it anyway.
