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What does Lemmy have that Reddit wishes it could have? (piefed.social)

submitted 6 hours ago by Toasticus@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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That when you block someone, their comment vanishes from your sight. It is like they don't even exist. That's how blocking should be done. It isn't like where on Reddit, you still have the option to click an icon next to their name and see what they've said that got you to block them. Why the hell is that a thing? Why should we care? If we want them blocked, we don't want to see them ever again, including the ability to re-read what they've said.

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[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

Piefed has the ability to move posts. You can move your post if you decide you made a mistake, or the mods can move a post they've decided is off-topic. A request for tech support could be moved from a conversation community to a support community where it belongs, without forcing the user to resubmit.

If you mess up and say something stupid, there's a button you can press that says "I changed my mind about this comment". The comment remains visible, but everyone sees a disclaimer that you no longer believe what you said, and they can't reply. No more replies telling you the same thing, and you don't look like a sneaky coward. Other people get to learn from your mistake.

You can follow microblogs from Piefed. I'm following George Takie, I can see his toots from My Piefed account.

You can set your pronouns and they'll appear next to your name on most communities. Species too, if you're otherkin.

There's a list of new communities and a separate list of active communities in the homepage sidebar. Communities are also organised into topics, so you can find new communities to join more easily.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 14 minutes ago

Community made apps.

[–] mmura10@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

Moderators who do not ban you if your opinion differs from theirs

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Freedom

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 hours ago

So many people already listed so many things Reddit wishes they could have so i'm going to say what they wish they don't have, a corporate boot on their throats and a dumbass CEO.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 73 points 6 hours ago

Human content.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 5 hours ago

Me.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Here are a few:

Allowing to hide karma visible to the user.
Good content.
The blocking system (Reddit's way of blocking is used to piss people off).
Genuine debates (as far as that is possible).
Not being immediately banned from the entire site when an AI decides you did something wrong (I can't back this up but I firmly believe Reddit uses AI to moderate their entire site).

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 7 points 2 hours ago

I was permabanned from Reddit for making fun of AI in a lighthearted manner. They wouldn't reverse the decision after I complained. It was a dull response, too, like they didn't even try to look into it; instead, I broke a rule for "inciting violence" when nothing I said was even violent in nature. ¯\(ツ)/¯

10+ years gone and over 160k karma so it's not like I was a noob or troll. I moderated 4 or 5 subreddits myself too, and was a top contributor to many tech subs...

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

they definitely use ai for moderation, the reaction is often instant, and the reaction is often a mistake even a dumb human mod wouldn’t make

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 44 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Lack of karma. It was a stupid idea that encouraged spam.

IIRC Digg had the equivalent before with the famous powerusers.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

LOL Digg, havent thought about that dumpster fire in over a decade. Wow did they F up... Same w/ Fark, there would be no reddit if either site had some brains.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

fark still seemed to be up though.. not sure how active it is

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Digg is still up too.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

i thought digg died and came back as something entirely new with just the old name

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

IDK, like I said in my original post I haven't thought of them for a decade+ and took a look and its there. Not terribly impressive from what I saw.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

There is a site called Digg, IIRC it’s only tangentially related to the original Digg though. I read a year or two ago that someone had bought the name and was making a new site that would function very differently from the original.

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 29 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Me 🥰 also: my data 😝

[–] sompreno@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Its still probably getting scraped

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago

Only what's publicly visible. Not my location, not when I log in, not the devices I use. My comments, when they got posted, upvotes and DMs afaik.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 11 points 5 hours ago

Reddit as a company doesn't want anything the fediverse has because that would impact their cash flow.

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 20 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Up AND downvotes visible instead of just the net sum.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 8 points 5 hours ago

Some Lemmy instances hide the down arrow and replace it with a stupid emoji.

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

does lemmy have this? i’ve only seen net-sum here

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

It depends on what client you use as to whether it's shown but the data is there. On Jerboa, for example, there's a setting to show just the sum or split it.

[–] devaly@ani.social 11 points 6 hours ago

Public modlog

[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 10 points 6 hours ago

Less bots

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Fewer dumb kids.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Idk pretty sure it was the adults and boomers that made Facebook way worse. Same is happening to reddit. But of course the company executives are also the root cause. They all add up.

[–] Toasticus@piefed.social -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Kids and Teens online is such a wormy issue. They'll be everywhere, lying about their ages, lying about who they really are .etc They're just problematic little liars at every turn, fucking things up for the rest of us, because their parents are stupid and garbage at handling them.

We wouldn't have an issue with social media, with IDs, with chat room or even Discord servers if it weren't for them. Fuck them, they don't belong online. The internet should be for 18+ users. It's clearly evident that teenagers and children in general, cannot handle anything online. And the only reason they sortof can now, is because of the lengths the laws and egregious moderation that consists of the sanitization of online content have gone to 'protect' them.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Dude, chill lol.

Yes, people in general do dumb shit, i get that. I think younger ones are more prone to troll bc they didn't grow up when the internet was pure and untamed, so they don't respect it.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 6 points 6 hours ago

better post sorting

better search

actual commies (thank god no "I'm leftist but")

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 6 hours ago

Drama.