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

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
    383·
    8 months ago

    I find the microblog model to be fairly limiting. It’s good for posting quips, memes, and news, but it’s terrible for having any sort of a meaningful interactions. A forum like Lemmy facilitates much more interesting discussions.

    • Katrisia@lemm.ee
      5·
      8 months ago

      Exactly. I often post walls of text, and it is probably because it takes me a lot of words to express ideas in English, but I also feel like I cannot discuss something deeply in whatever number of characters are admitted now on microblogging. Forums and such are great and I love reading long posts and comments. Also, I get lost in who is replying to what on those sites, but here it is literally linear!

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
        41·
        8 months ago

        For sure, it’s basically impossible to have any serious conversations without threads.