• LemmyAtem@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I agree completely. Also, I mentioned elsewhere that I feel more likely to actually contribute to this smaller community. I’ve already made more posts (2…3 maybe?) in a week here than I did in the last 2 years on Reddit. When you don’t feel like you’re shouting to 3 million people who aren’t listening, it’s more fun! It’s hard to really talk to anyone when you don’t know anyone at the party right? Is that enough analogies? I feel like that’s probably enough…

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      1 year ago

      It’s crazy how the smaller scale effects interaction. I’d never post on Reddit, never comment and rarely vote but here is feels like it has more…impact? Not sure if that’s the word but it feels different for sure

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        1 year ago

        I feel the same way! I’m too young to know what the early days of the Internet were like, but in my (admittedly romanticized) vision of it, it’s a lot like this.

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      Yes! I recently went to a professional conference for the first time since the Twitter debacle and found that while most of the participants were still tweeting, Mastodon felt like a fun secret society within the meeting. We recognized one another, said hello in the hallways, had conversations that felt like secret handshakes. It emphasized for me the difference between having a community and shouting into the void.

      Now, if only I could follow you on Lemmy. lol