From news, to shitposting, to memes, to more shitposting, Lemmy feels vibrant, active, lighthearted, fun and even powerful. Mastodon feels like a fucking funeral.

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    8 months ago

    I think it’s the gamification. Mastodon degamifies Twitter in a way Lemmy can’t really do with the classic Reddit system.

    Votes go up, votes go down, you can see people winning and losing here. It’s fun, even if it’s in a bad way.

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      8 months ago

      I like how votes have no sway in moderating and discoverability. It keeps people honest instead of just trying to game the system.

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        8 months ago

        That’s true, I noticed on a couple subreddits that votes don’t matter unless you’re mildly popular, and it’s even possible to get comments throttled for being unpopular enough. Downvotes don’t do much besides pushing your comments off the screen for the most part.