this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025

203 points (95.9% liked)

Ask Lemmy

35387 readers

1151 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world

TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee

TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com

Asudox@lemmy.world

lemmy_bot@lemmy.world

beefbaby182@lemmy.world

ModeratorCan@lemmy.world

neidu3@sh.itjust.works

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev

candyman337@lemmy.world

candyman337@sh.itjust.works

203

Fellow 'Fediversers,' what keeps you hanging on here despite the "FV" being a work-in-progress, with all its built-in, various bumps & difficulties to experience along the way? (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

145 comments fedilink hide all child comments

"Sometimes there's a man... I won't say a "hero," because what's a hero? But sometimes there's a man who... well, he's the man for his time and place!" -- Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski

You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that's how I truly feel about the good ol' Fediverse.

So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby..?

EDIT: For people wondering about what kinds of 'bumps & difficulties' I've personally experienced, here's a tiny sampler:

https://piefed.social/post/1431056#comment_8685458

(page 3) 45 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I enjoy the discourse and the memes here more than anywhere else in the internet

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wow. oO

[–] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wow?

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

I mean... it just felt like high praise, indeed.

Makes me feel like... dang... somehow, we're on the right track! <3

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Posts like this 👌

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

What's wrong with the Fediverse exactly?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'm on a Windows PC browsing with Firefox. How long you got to talk technical issues? This place is a Bulgarian clusterfuck. If this was a serious social media platform looking at an IPO, it would be in alpha.

Anyway, more right here than wrong for me. Been in tech for 30-years, handled Win 3.1, BASIC in the 80s, I can live with it. But it's a technical mess.

No government or corporation gives a shit about us, no bots!

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 8 points 4 days ago

It will always be a work in progress for as long as it exists. It's not like Reddit gets any better for all its updates.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My reddit account age was in the double digits before I closed it down to come here during the 3rd party apps/api fiasco.

It was a little difficult at first, but honestly it was really good for me to break away from so much phone usage and doom scrolling especially. My mental health improved a noticable amount. That first year or so here on Lemmy felt a little empty, but I think a lot of the people that migrated from Reddit realized that to have content one must make content. Personally, I'm far far more active here than I ever was on Reddit.

It's a cozy community 90% of the time, and it feels like a good home that's only getting better and richer with time.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Because it is small enough.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

What else am I supposed to do? Use fucking Quora????

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People like you. Love your posts on !eurographicnovels@piefed.social

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's a quiet life.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

the memes and posts are much more often related to my interests than other social media

because i am a nerd just like everyone else here lol

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Banned from Reddit. Gave FV a try and like it.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm still browsing and participating on reddit once in a while, and let me tell you the atmosphere there is dank and vile. You get attacked for the smallest things, people are cynical and sarcastic and heinous.... this agression will not stand, man. Nothing in common with the reddit from 15 years ago. That would be Lemmy. Lemmy feels essentially like Reddit used to. With less people. I like most interactions here, the smaller scale helps and probably the fact that we're -actually mostly- humans. If and when my instance votes on the move to Piefed, I'll go there. It's still the threadiverse, free and diverse

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

I ate a ban for "instigating violence"

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Fear of the unknown

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

I'm a fan of Mbin, I like using it and enjoy being here. I don't really consider myself to be hanging in there at all.

load more comments