It’s much better here! It’s nice and cozy, kinda like Reddit circa 15 years ago.
For your memes we have !memes@lemmy.world and if you’re a programmer of some kinds we got !programmer_humor@programming.dev to scratch that itch, if you like sciency posts mander.xyz has some excellent communities (communities=subreddits) like !science@mander.xyz, !biology@mander.xyzand !astronomy@mander.xyz and for a meme science combo there’s always the fantastic !science_memes@mander.xyz
You can also drop a shit(post) off at !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world or hang out at !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone (though you do have to post before you leave that one!)
If you want to explore the world of PC Gaming on Linux check !linux_gaming@lemmy.world or for more general Linux !linux@programming.dev and we even have a Linux meme comm at !linuxmemes@lemmy.world (we like Linux around here lmao)
For news !world@lemmy.world is excellent and for US focused news !news@lemmy.world and !usa@midwest.social
Want to ensure your privacy in this crazy world? Checkout !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
And of course, the best for last, the best comm on the Lemmy-verse, !bikinibottomtwitter@lemmy.world !!! Just make sure to buy a krabby patty!
We’re not without our cons though, biggest problem we have are probably the Tankies, but here they’re mostly on what’s known as the Tankie Triad: lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear. For the most part, grad and hex are widely defederated from (Users and content of those instances won’t be “synced” and you won’t see them) and you only have to worry about .ml, but on Lemmy you can do a personal instance wide block if you’d rather just not deal with them. .ml tends to be more subtle opting for censorship of dissent before things get crazy on their threads and allowing certain propaganda to flourish (If you wish to see documentation of it, checkout !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works ) Here on Lemmy all moderator actions are public and available for viewing on what’s known as the “modlog”
Obligatory, fuck Spez
This is a legitimate problem not just with reddit but currently most well seen ON reddit.
Bad actors. Mods and users with an agenda.
Reddit as a platform has been falling this way for years. As a place to share information if you try to share information (Or opionion) that does not line up with what is ‘acceptable’ you don’t just get down voted anymore. You have your entire post history scrutinized and reported even if what you said was fine during the time it was posted. Comments from years ago getting reported. You have reddit AI doing some automodding but you ALSO have those bad actors. They attack users and take over subreddits. It’s insidious. It’s gross. It’s not one group but generally it is groups that are have some kind of monetary backing. And reddit let’s it happen. Because these actions operate on the side of capital (not a communist but it’s easiest to call the group capital. It’s the one unifying ideal)
This became much more obvious during the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and is only getting worse. Wrong thing isn’t just being down voted it’s being erased.