I wouldnt tell anyone i use Reddit irl let alone Lemmy
I never told anyone I used Reddit, but I've def told many about Lemmy (within my foss propaganda I regularly administer upon the unsuspecting, if need be at the urinals).
(Still won't ever share my username, I don't like people like that)
I started using Reddit in 2008 (kill me). One of the of the defining traits of the site at the time was the fact everything was anonymous. It was considered taboo to expose your Reddit persona to your irl circles. Hell, I still don't have an email associated with my Reddit account.
It's been interesting, and a little tragic, to watch that attitude erode over the years and then see Reddit itself encourage the idea of creating a unique identity to cash in.
Lemmy is way more like the original Reddit & I'll actually admit to using Lemmy, even though no one knows wtf I'm on about.
We’re concerned about privacy but we’re still posting on these aged accounts… I’ll start anew if you do! :)
I only mention Lemmy as a caution, like what to avoid, while I’m mentioning other fediverse social media..
Because I’m a woman and most of the people I know who want social media alternatives are also women, and I’m not subjecting them to this shitshow. I like them too much to bring them here.
I read a similar sentiment yesterday in a thread about apparent misogyny on lemmy. As someone affected, what would you suggest be done to improve the situation?
I must say I have rarely observed the issue myself and if so the offenders generally get down voted to hell and eventually mod deleted. Though I am of course a dude and not frequenting the women centric spaces, so my perception is definitely skewed.
It's like people think FOSS means considerate. It means it's the wild west, with a few zealous moderators who care way more about respecting femboys than women.
Perhaps I am so conditioned to concealing my gender online that I haven't experienced misogyny here, but I felt like most the community are feminists.
Reddit is entirely a "normie" platform now. 6 years ago I was actually made fun of for using it, but now even my grandparents talk about it.
For a good reason
Fuck reddit
My issue was them asking what social media I used.
I sometimes said Reddit cause saying nothing sometimes got me perplexed looks.
Bragging about Lemmy is just a vessel for bragging about Linux.
I mained Lemmy before I mained Linux.
Bragging about Linux is just a vessel for bragging about your sick gaming PC.
Lemmy is cool, but that kind of behaviour is quite disgusting to be honest.
man took this post extremely serious lol
Ikr, he didn't even mention his favorite instance (if his favorite is world, ml, or hexbear I would call him disgusting)
Peeing standing up?
Me in the yellow shirt: ..... (turning towards you suddenly in surprise without thinking) .... LEMMY! ... ME TOO!!!!! ... (as I'm smiling and spraying you with urine)
At least he's not using the same urinal.
His urinal is on a different instance.
The federated peeing platform.
More often than not when I mention Lemmy to someone, it's after they've told me about something they saw on reddit and their reply is invariably, "what the fuck is Lemmy?"
"Lemmy is reddit methadone." Is my go-to answer.
I sent someone a screenshot and they asked what wefwef was because it showed the name in the top left of the screen shot as like a ‘go back to your last app’ link. Turned into a short painful discussion that I was happy to be over. Sometimes I think people are purposefully obtuse though and it reminded me why I don’t talk about technology with most everybody I know IRL.
That's totally not believable.
Blue shirt didn't even mention Arch!
He's somehow attached to old Ubuntu builds
This is why I quit competitive urinal Lemmy propoganda, too many sweats
The paintshop job with the letters is awesome.
Thank you for noticing 🥰
No but I might be like that with self hosting stuff.
People care about Spotify, but not their own private Spotify, does not compute!
