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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
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It's alright. Lemmy has good content and the comments are far higher quality than Reddit.
Also you can actually have a conversation and people tend to respond a lot more than on Reddit.
I'm finally over the feeling of going into comment sections thinking "there's too many bots, no reason to try adding to the conversation"
reddit had no middle ground between new posts that get buried and overinflated posts that have a thousand regurgitated phrases plastered all over it
True. I regularly finish all the comments in a Lemmy thread. On Reddit the pile of garbage is far too big and 90% is people saying the exact same thing.
I really don't find the conversation any better, I think this place still needs to grow out of its echo chamber stage where it's a niche place with few commenters or diversity of opinion. I recall Reddit in its early days, different but similar.
Except mine. I'm still an abrupt asshole 😉
ok