udon_corleone@lemmy.worldtoThe PPShow @lemmy.world•The Secret Recordings of Carmen Segarra || An unprecedented look inside one of the most powerful, secretive institutions in the country. The NY Federal Reserve is supposed to monitor big banks. But...
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10 months agoI don’t remember this one but I’ve listened to a ton of these. Not in the last few years so much (although I see this is from 2014). When it’s good, it’s really good. Will give it a go :)
Lemmy’s all right (it’s certainly better than the hell site) but this place doesn’t feel super-cosy just yet.
There aren’t many people here, is the obvious thing.
The website design isn’t as inviting or as cosy as Reddit, is the other thing.
I wouldn’t say that it’s ‘hard to use’ - rather that it’s ‘not as fun’ to use. Somehow, I’m getting an old-timey ‘information superhighway’ internet vibe here - it feels a bit like a GeoCities site, or a web portal for editing router settings.
I don’t mean to have a dig, btw. I have huge respect for whoever’s cooked up the fediverse and has worked to make it into a thing - this thing that we’re connecting with. Humanity needs a means to connect that’s free from corporate shepherding, neuromarketing (the dark arts) and whatever spooky agendas are lurking behind or within the YouTube sidebar. I’m on-board with the fediverse for sure.
Just acknowledging that despite the very many obvious similarities, something about Reddit makes it more appealing/cosier/funner, currently. It’s probably a hundred near-imperceptible somethings, but give Lemmy time to develop and mature. It’s young and has a bright future imo.