I am a reddit refugee. Keep seeing that this is supposed to be somehow better than Reddit. As far as I can tell, it follows a similar format, less restrictive on posts being removed I suppose. But It looks like people still get down vote brigaded on some communities. So I’m curious, how it’s better?

  • Lvxferre
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    4 months ago

    The main point is that nobody owns the whole, so nobody can fuck it whole up, not even admins - like Steve “Greedy Pigboy” Huffman did with Reddit.

    Past that, it’s mostly community tendencies and software differences, not “hard” contrasts:

    • Yes, you can be vote-brigaded here. There’s no global karma though, so no big consequence for being vote-brigaded.
    • Disingenuous, whiny, assumptive, fallacious, “lol lmao” users (you know… like the typical Reddit user) are present here, but I feel like the ratio of those users vs. decent people is smaller here.
    • Some mods are arseholes, some are decent, nothing changes in this matter. However it’s easier to get away from arsehole mods here.
    • Blocking here is not a way to prevent being contacted further. It’s just a way to remove an annoyance from your sight, like it used to be in Reddit. If being harassed, contact the relevant admins.

    Additionally people often say that echo chambers here are stronger, but I might not be the best person to ponder about this (as I’m left-wing in both social and economical matters, so… if there’s an echo chamber I’m part of it).