Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have a lot more fun engaging in discussions on here as opposed to reddit.

On reddit i always felt like i was shouting into the void and there was nobody listening, which resulted in me becoming a lurker for the last 12 years.

Maybe it’s the small size of this community, the lack of karma farmers, that I’ve finally lost my mind or a little bit of all of the above, but this place just feels like something special. I’m really looking forward to building the fediverse with all of you!

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    I was never a lurker on reddit. I liked commenting, but the community feeling is much more substantial on kbin (and fediverse in general).

    I find the engagement here more real than I ever did on reddit for twelve years.

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      First thing I noticed when moving to kbin is that I see what I want to see, and have only talked to people who felt like humans so far.

      • This is what’s so hard to convey about the Fediverse lol. Mastodon is obviously not everybody’s cup of tea, but when I made my account it was kinda shocking to me how I communicated with actual people. No ads in the feed. Took time to find good content but it was there.

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      Exactly. On Reddit, most of the time there was not point commenting, because of the sheer size of the audience. Here, I can actually contribute!

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      Absolutely, but I think we will have to be vigilant to keep that culture here as the place continues to grow.