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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Considering a big problem with conversion on Reddit is people just reacting to the headline I’d say it’s a win. I’ve noticed here when people do comment it’s more nuanced because they actually read the article.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The article summary bot helps my lazy ass lol

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Also, I'm often like... there's one comment and I generally don't agree with it, but I also don't want to make an ass of myself, so let's skim that article first and pick some good parts to slam this dude with. Often I find that I was wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I wonder if the reason for this is not due to having less comments, but instead because Lemmy simply has a different demographic. For one, I've noticed significantly fewer bad-faith arguments compared to on Reddit. And discussions topics that would have otherwise been trolled to hell and back ended up having reasonably impartial conversations.

    I've read that Lemmy users are generally fairly old, compared to users from other social media. I wonder if that has a role in how discussions play out on Lemmy

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