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  • Key Differences Between 4chan/8chan and a Lemmy Community


    4chan/8chan (now 8kun):

    • Type: Imageboard websites where users create and moderate their own boards.
    • Structure: Each board is independently run by a board owner with minimal site-wide moderation.
    • Content: Known for a wide range of content, including controversial and often unmoderated discussions. These sites have been linked to hate speech, conspiracy theories (like QAnon), and have faced criticism for hosting illegal or harmful material.
    • Anonymity: Users typically post anonymously; there is little to no user account structure.
    • Moderation: Very limited, mostly left to individual board owners, which has led to significant issues with illegal and harmful content.


    Lemmy Community:

    • Type: Part of a "federated" social platform inspired by Reddit, where users create topic-based communities (similar to subreddits).
    • Structure: Each community is moderated by appointed users, and rules are typically clearer and more strictly enforced than on imageboards.
    • Content: Focused on discussion, link sharing, and community engagement, with a strong emphasis on moderation and decentralized control.
    • Anonymity: Users have accounts and can build reputations, though they can still use pseudonyms.
    • Moderation: Community-driven moderation with platform-level tools to prevent abuse and illegal content.


    In short: 4chan/8chan are anonymous, minimally moderated imageboards with a history of controversial content, while Lemmy communities are user-moderated, account-based discussion forums with stronger moderation and decentralized control.

  • Ahh... Thx.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Does anyone else think Lemmy could benefit from a community-specific search feature?

  • I just checked Evil Wafrn, and now I'm confused.

    What is the difference between Wafrn, and "Evil Wafrn"?

    is it just a different Wafrn instance?

    Is it a completely different and separate Fediverse platform?

    I attempted to log into "Evil Wafrn" using my regular Wafrn login and that failed.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml

    Looking for a Fediverse Alternative to Tumblr: Loforo vs Wafrn vs Goblin vs Others?

  • Out of curiosity, why DO people dislike bots here?

    Not that I am such a major Bot user, but I feel like they could defeated be helpful, as well as add some variety.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml

    Has anyone thought about a Fediverse bot platform/app?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Introduce Community Ownership Transfer for Head Moderators on Lemmy?

  • If we did, I never noticed anything.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml

    Should Lemmy consider implementing a collaborative pixel art feature similar to Reddit's r/place?

  • Thank you very much.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml

    Has Anyone Ever Considered a Federated Alternative App Store?

  • Or perhaps a Federated Website, and then just link the website when you want to make the linkable list?

  • I wonder if there could potentially be an instance called "Lemmy Religions Network", that is basically just an Instance for religious communities to be under?

    That way, users who are specifically interested and looking for religious communities know what to look for.

  • Sure, I'll take it.

  • Somebody should call her Madam President to her face.

  • Am I the only person who thinks that this image should be made into a meme?

    Like, keep posting it relentlessly and force the right-wingers to keep constantly seeing it?

  • Thank you very much.

    I thought of it when I noticed that most Lemmy Instances disable media hosting due to storage and bandwidth limitations.

    When i asked around, the people who I asked kept recommending me PeerTube and Pixelfed.

    But, at least IMO, while still great Fediverse Platforms, not that great at hosting media for other platforms.