Likes:

• Small size, which makes it better. Quality over quantity.
• That it’s not American.
• Abundance of highly technical Linux/Security/Privacy discussion (I assume, could be technobabble for all I know).

Dislikes:

• No mute button. I want to see what the pro-Russia people post in the Privacy, Degoogle, and Linux communities, but I don’t want to hear their replies when it comes to politics. Actually, maybe there should be a “block only within this community” button.
• Replies don’t ever load. I have to open the comment in an incognito the see the replies to said comment.
• Can’t select a language for my posts on this instance. And in the Australia instance I have to scroll down through 100 languages to select English. I should be able to select the languages I know in my profile and only choose from them for my post.
• Still need a Reddit account for r/manga and r/liminalspace. Probably always will.

Lemmy communities a more tight-knit because of its size. That means if you go against the narrative, you’re cast out, for better or worse.

I FUCKING LOVE IT HERE. Only complaint: editing a PM/DM/Post exposes edit date but not edit history - seriously borks threads on a consistent basis.

I like it, but I need to figure out how to link to another comment from my comment in such a way that any user on any instance can follow the link without having to deal with switching the URL to their instance.

Dislike:

• poor search engine results
• relatively small

I want it to get to a level where you find the good stuff reddit used to have. Like niche hobbies, detailed analysis, etc.

I’m doing my part, I guess

The repetitive nature of communities across different instances is very irritating. I block one community, only to immediately run into the exact same post from the same spam account in the same community on a different instance.

I get that allowing anyone to host an instance removes some problems that a centralized platform like Reddit has, but these new issues are no better. Plus, unless I missed something, Lemmy is still pretty centralized. Lemmy.world still dwarfs other instances, right?

I love the vibe most of all. There are some assholes occasionally. Especially whenever theres a wave if reddit migration. But mostly people are nice.

I love how I can identify so many peoples names to the point that i basically know them, just as I’m sure some can recognise mine.

I like that it’s not drowning in terrible opinions.

Theres a general left wing bias that i like.

Everyone is in on everything. Lemmy is small enough that nothing goes unnoticed. Genuinely feels like a village.

Just the very nature of forum based social media like reddit I always liked.

Theres a sense of loyalty and appreciation to the developers, admins, mods etc. This is the peoples place and those who facilitate it with their money and efforts are appreciated. I myself feel a sense of loyalty to dbzer0, but even sopuli.xyz and literature.cafe

I dont like how a couple of bots or assholes can massively influence the culture. A few early downvotes can kill a post for example.

I like Lemmy enough that it has replaced Reddit for my general browsing.

I don’t like there is no way to get notification (subscribe to) a post to see new replies that come in after I’ve read the post for the first time…

For example, I see a post with a few replies and want to see when more replies come in. All I can do is mark it as a favorite and try to remember to check back and see if there are new replies. What I’d like to have happen is be notified when new replies come in. Without this, I almost never follow up to posts because I don’t know what/when new replies come in. This really cuts down on the usefulness of lemmy for me wrt followup information.

I like the people; the sense of community; public votecasting; the ethos of DIY and self-responsibility; and how most posters make the effort to make posts accessible with alt text for images and summaries for video links.

I dislike that self-deleting or mod-removing a comment also removes all the replies to that comment; that we seem to have settled on “lemmings” as the demonym; and how often video links are posted with no text synopsis or summary, not even the OP saying why they thought it was relevant to the community.

I love that we converse with real people.

I like that it’s small and that most people are kind.
I dislike that when there’s a wave of reddit refugees it gets kind of gross for a bit till they either calm down or leave.

Also, beans and moths. But I’m not going to say if I like or dislike them, or one over the other.

that is small and that is small

What I like:

• Being in a smaller community of friendly like-minded people.

What I dislike:

• The constant reminders people post that the world is on fire and that there is not a fucking thing I can do about it. Lemmy (or at least the instance I’m in) does not seem to have any obvious filtering features. I end up needing to take a break sometimes.

Edit: Getting ahead of it before anyone says anything, I think it is important to post about current world events, and I outright encourage it. I simply just don’t have the greatest headspace and can only take so much of it.

I’m here for no ads, far less bad bots, and I love the tight community. I’ve made friends here over the past two years.

It’s not Reddit