unironically our admin here on kbin @ernest. he’s an absolute champ and madlad. seeing his reaction to the influx of users, the comments and issues brought up, and how fast he’s gotten things running smoothly again just makes me think “yeah I made the right decision”.

I also really like how polite and civil everyone has been. reddit always feels like people are at each others’ throats whereas here on the fediverse people are more willing to hear each other out.

For many, many reasons:

-People disagree politely, i’ve never been so happy to be contradicted.
-A moderation that actually works, and not an useless reporting tool who let toxic behaviours fully impunished because business is business.
-An administration crew and/or developers that actually listen to users, not a corporation that is a submissive slave of the advertisers.
-I can act the way i want, and not the corporation wants me to do because it bring him much money.
-I don’t feel i’m the product.
-Nothing is buzzing after being published.

So I gave the official Reddit app a try again after all this time on Apollo just to confirm that it was still garbage (it is) and what pissed me off the most was all the “promoted” ads.

Facebook, instagram, twitter, Reddit- just filthy with ads meant to hide in your feeds and look like real content that you are interested in - but it’s completely duplicitous. Like the sponsored links in google masquerading as real sites, it’s just trying to trick you and gain your attention, and by doing so gain your money. It’s sick.

I don’t mind regular ads even - pitch me your product, sure. Just don’t try to sneak it into my life.

So my favourite thing about fediverse so far?

Haven’t seen a single ad. )

Seeing all the Reddit bullshit from the last week, I think the thing I like the most is that we’re not part of a centralized big company, which is trying to create a monopolistic web.

The smallness. Instance admins are just regular people that are sharing their hardware. No one is looking for profit or to gain anything, other than social connections.

People feel just a little closer together on the Fediverse. You can actually hold a conversation or discussion if you wanted.

It’s a u/spez free environment.

The unique-ness of the communities for sure. There are a lot of variations of super niche things, and it seems to grow by the day. Also shout out to 196, I have no idea what that community is about but it’s my favorite

The same thing that made me initially love the internet, almost thirty years ago - the sense that I’m exploring a new frontier. Maps are few, directions are vague, equipment is sort of makeshift and not entirely dependable, but there’s something new to be seen around every bend and over every hill. And the things I’m seeing - it’s not some powermongers trying to herd me into an enclosure or somebody trying to suck money out of me, - it’s just people doing whatever they’re doing just because that’s what they want to do.

I suspect it won’t last - that the psychopaths will figure out ways to manipulate and ultimately ruin this place too - but for the time being, I’m reveling in a sense of adventure the internet lost a long, long time ago.

That I can hope around instances/communities (the ones that allow it at least).

If you told me back in the day that I could talk to others from my favorite forum website I’d lose my shit.

That it’s just a bunch of internet weirdos running the instances, supplying content, and just generally wanting to hang out with each other. There’s something very fun about having a place to grow with, instead of just jumping to whatever the new “it” thing is.

Starting over.

I like the decentralized nature of it. I think decentralization and federation are the way of the future in everything.