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  • On reddit and now lemmy, I can engage with other people in both appreciation and discussion on and about things I don’t really get to otherwise, at a depth I don’t really get to otherwise.

    Nicely worded. The microblog format never “clicked” for me the same way these threaded discussions do. Now I have a way to say why - thanks!

    I think if I was born in a different decade I would have enjoyed Usenet or mailing lists.






  • I think IRC is a bit healthier because it is a direct interaction and there is no upvotes or any fake internet points involved.

    Totally see what you mean. The points and “likes” can be tiring. In a Lemmy client I made, I don’t even bother rendering the votes. This helps. But I havent implemented threaded replies (yet?).

    If there was a way to interact with Lemmy more like a mailing list I’d be using that instead.


  • otl@lemmy.srcbeat.comtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlShould I leave Lemmy?
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    1 year ago

    Think about how and why you joined in the first place, and see if that is being fulfilled. For example, I joined because I wanted to be able to practice communicating with people in writing and to share some of my stories. Interacting on here still gives me that feeling. It’s not the same sense of community I get from the programming language community in my city. But there’s a little bit of something here that I can’t seem to find elsewhere yet.

    You mentioned “isolating addiction”. If you have that feeling it’s time to take a break.