Having tried all three, its a stark difference in how much more social Lemmy is comparatively. Its not even close. Almost all posts I’ve encountered on lemmy have interaction; whereas, more often than not, posts on the other two platforms have no interaction. Wonder what the driving factor is behind this difference?

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I’ve never heard of Nostr but Mastodon is a twitter clone and I don’t find that style of website suits discussion well since you subscribe to accounts rather than communities.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I left reddit for lemmy on the big migration but I though it wouldn’t last. Here I am years after. I enjoy lemmy a lot more than I ever did Reddit.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Well Mastadon is good for screaming into the void and hope someone shouts back. Lemmy is kind of like a forum type community where you already know someone is going to like your topic if it’s in the right sub.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Well Mastadon is good for screaming into the void and hope someone shouts back.

      It’s good for small hobbyist communities that get built up from IRL spaces or broader online collaborations. If I’ve got a school group or hobbyist club and I want a bespoke “members only” social media space, Mastadon works great. Like Discord without all the obnoxious pop-in “Would you like to give us $40/mo for glittery icons?!” nitro ads.

      Lemmy is kind of like a forum type community where you already know someone is going to like your topic if it’s in the right sub call you an idiot for doing things a different way and throwing up a bunch of dumb memes in your technical sub.

      Reddit-brain is all over Lemmy. This is a far cry from the technical focused communities you’ll find on Github or StackExchange.

      • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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        3 months ago

        […] call you an idiot for doing things a different way […]

        Reddit-brain is all over Lemmy. This is a far cry from the technical focused communities you’ll find on Github or StackExchange.

        Have you used StackExchange? It’s very much “call you an idiot for doing things in a different way.”

  • Andrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I still use Mastodon — as a place to dump intrusive thoughts more than anything — but there is this huge tension between people who want to chat with randoms, people who only want to chat with friends, and people who want to use it purely as a broadcast medium. The protocol/convention doesn’t really allow for managing this issue, which is a shame, but I have come to the conclusion that microblogging is just kind of cursed as a medium. It’s fundamentally all about building a personal brand, and if you have no social capital you are shit out of luck. And if you have too much, well, enter the reply guys.

    Lemmy/the Reddit model on the other hand strikes a good balance between anonymity and being able to vet odd characters. Different people want different things ofc, and that’s fine, but I find I have more fruitful conversations here than on Mastodon.