Do you think Lemmy has a culture separate from Reddit or is it basically the same?

Fairly different hivemind here, I think. Still annoying at times but for different reasons. Individuals seem more likely to engage on a topic though. Maybe without instantly thinking you're their enemy.

It feels the same as when I originally got on Reddit 15 years ago. Not so much the culture of Reddit 10 years later, and definitely not at all like Reddit is now.

Similar but distinct. Much further left for one thing.

Also, the average level of tech knowledge here is off the charts. Like I feel like a caveman and in my office I'm the one people to go through for help. Never felt like that on Reddit.

Lemmy tends to not take every sentence like an insult.

for example: On a r/PCMR post asking about GPU shopping I said "ive run pretty graphics intensive games and some LLM/Image generators too. Mine has been perfect, I don't think OP should be super concerned [about only 10gb vram]"
I got -20 votes and a reply "Wow you should tell to AI companies that they don't need 30gb in their graphics cards!"

like OP was literally just a gamer 😭

although,
Lemmy HATES memes with censors in it. And leftist infighting is insufferable.

So far, it's definitely less toxic

Fewer conservative dickheads, less crypto-bro bullshit, fewer incels and the like

Someone made a joke that didn't land well. I called them out for it, because it looked like they were being a misogynistic prick. We had a back and forth, they edited their comment to make it clear that it was a joke, not a bigoted belief, we had a good conversation and even a few others joined in with a swell of positivity

On reddit it would have probably escalated into something unpleasant, but here everyone actually had a laugh about it and we all noted the difference in positivity

There are still creepy children posting stuff in places like asklemmynsfw and annoying porn bots, but it's still better overall by a lot

It's going to be interesting to see what Digg becomes

Lemmy's far less toxic than Reddit and actually does something about bigots/hateful people too

also you don't get banned just for saying Luigi lol

Lemmy is how Reddit was in 2010. Size is what degrades the experience, the larger Reddit got the more shit it became. I am hopeful that federation will be the secret sauce that saves Lemmy from the same enshittification as it grows.

No ads, no tracking, that's exclusive to Lemmy and I would like it for that alone.

People (aka, in Reddit language, 'content' or 'the stuff we write but they earn money with') are the same everywhere, I mean assholes and nice guys are not exclusive to any platform. There are just a lot less of us here than on Reddit. So, there is a lot less noise.

Plus we have decent filtering tools, so we can even have less noise ;)

Lemmy is tiny compared to Reddit and the niche communities I'm interested in are not very active but I don't care. I will keep posting here and not on Reddit as long as they won't change what I disagree with (which won't happen).

From what I’ve experienced, it feels toxic in a bizarre liberal, Linux-nerd white knight kindof way. Which I think almost wraps back around to not being toxic at all and just feeling friendly in a passive aggressive way? Like going to a computer convention held on a hot, sunny beach. Sure, every here mostly agrees and likes the same geeky stuff but we can easily be too cranky about it, one way or another. Lemmy seems way more likely to engage in real conversation in comments and not just one-line jokes than Reddit. People seem more passionate about their hobbies or viewpoints. More likely to help if asked directly and detailed in response. It’s a cool place!

It's a child of Reddit.

It grew up learning some good habits and some bad, it continues traditions it didn't start, but it runs it's own household with it's own traditions, and is building upon the values it's learned.

Yes, we have way higher percentage of neurodivergent people here and I love it.

I didn't use Reddit towards the end so I might be a bit wrong but overall it feels a lot more likely that you will bump into the same people on here. Its nice that you don't really get your karma farming GallowBoob types.

The misogyny on here seems more intense though even if the mods and admins are more on top of it.

Generally the same culture, but skewed towards more tech savvy types and online-centric culture groups. It's a lot smaller than reddit, which helps a lot with the quality of interactions, but I think if it grew enough it would end up very close to reddit culture.

I actually think it's way more like 4chan than reddit.

Niche threads are small handful of people every time, people feel pretty safe to get nasty really quick, and wild mix of people thinking it's their safe space full of people that agree with them entirely from anarchists to fascists.
Also likely to see a random porn or furry post.

We have mods that use the banhammer as a disagree button, just like reddit. But we are also openly hostile to nazis unlike reddit.

Lemmy is full of tankies and Linux nerds. It's a different kind of toxic to what you'd experience over on Reddit.

People seem nicer here in general.

I dunno, I mean, I never saw such an obsession with beans on reddit.

Whether that's a better, different kind of shitposting or exactly the same kind of shitposting is up to you.

I've seen less whining about downvotes, "you can't say x on y subreddit" meta comments, and general persecution fetish stuff. Probably just due to less people, but it's still a relief not to have to see it constantly.

100% has different cultures, however:

1. Not necessarily better, due to lack of enforceable centralized moderation policy a lot of morally grey or dark communities and instances exist, and it is more susceptible to bots.
2. Reddit was so absolutely massive compared to current Lemmy that it naturally did have more niches.

Lemmy has the 3 day no poop challenge and reddit definitely doesn't, for one thing

That's an interesting question and one that's worth exploring. Reddit certainly has been the source of many homegrown memes, common retorts, and witticisms used across the web. But here, you can try switching to Linux. Download various distros for free and try out combinations of release cycle, built-in apps, and desktop environment to find your favorite.

significant less astroturfing from right wingers, and bots+ less pressure of the constant threat of reddit and subreddit moderations.

your battling against people brigading, baiting you into argueing so you get reported.

The Westerners are slightly/somewhat less imperialistic, which is great. Also, people are visibly not as intellectually challenged.

Definitely different

Yes and no. To me it feels like going from one subreddit to another. It is different? Yes. That much different? I don't know, maybe, like going from a big city to a town without leaving the country.

Systematically the same. Different weight shift (views and interests). Smaller userbase also makes it a bit different, but will become more similar with more users.

Significantly different in most communities. Much more collab work for one. Plus faster changes in general. Hard to game an algorithm when everyone has a different one and in different places. The people are just nicer here. I feel like I can actually have a conversation without being drowned.

Smaller communities make a different quality of conversation. What it reminds me of is early Reddit, yes.

I've been trying to figure out if there are fewer bots here. I think there are. If there's any substantive difference between the two that's it.

It is people, so basically the same.

I don't think I've ever seen an owl on reddit

We have beans, beef stroganoff, and moths. And people are nicer. I believe that all of this is related.

I dont think we're a bunch of angry 16 year old white boys who worship musk and jbp so no we're not the fucking same

I joined, hoping that it is way less censored than reddit. Is that the case? Nowadays you can’t say shit in the “social platforms” if it hurts someone. I want to be able to say what In think and read what others have to say even if it hurts my feelings / views.

Not the same. More like a second cousin, once removed.

Much less "trying to be the funniest person in the room" energy

It's growing one. The dislike of bots and one-liner posts seems like it could actually stick around as a form of etiquette, although it's too early to really say. A lot of readers will remember the poop post a couple years on, too, which counts.

The political bent and heavy tech-orientation are just a reflection of who the early adopters (and devs) are. Ditto for any extra civility or insight on the part of the people posting.

Everyone on Lemmy is a fed.

It is the same.

Big communities suck.

Small communities are great if you are part of the in crowd, if not it sucks.

Mods suck.

Admins really suck.

The content is the same, just a day behind.

It is the same.

Yet we scroll and enjoy it.

Reddit is bigger, so it's more diverse and less hateful. But behavioral patterns are the same imo.

I feel like people are nicer to each other on here, but maybe it's just the communities I subscribe to.

People are all the same everywhere.

I was going to say "bit of both", but I realise this is complicated by how long I was on Reddit; the culture and experience over there changed over time. I wonder whether the parts of Lemmy that remind me of Reddit are invoking my earlier experiences

The difference is the type of people who are drawn to Lemmy are more technical, computer savvy

Reddit's conservatives were marginally smarter

I've never seen anybody ponder any orbs on reddit

I think it is distinct though I am still sorta new here, I have noticed a lot more tankies as well.

On reddit the conservative subs don't allow discussions or debates. On Lemmy the leftist subs don't allow discussions or debates.

.world is basically reddit. Sometimes I wonder why they left. Everywhere else has a delightfully different vibe.