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submitted by Edvin from (self.SaidIt)

I'm not sure if I'm alone in my thinking or if other people agree, but I find something about SaidIt being a newer community makes me more inclined to post here. The smaller community makes my voice feel like it's actually heard. I also love the no downvotes so people who disagree aren't sent into oblivion simply for their opinion. I still will use popular alternative website if I'm asking a specific question about a project and need a larger population for more answers, but I'm hoping eventually I won't have to. There is something very refreshing and enjoyable about being a part of something new that makes me actually want to post. I never feel like posting on popular alternative website because it feels like I'll recieve a million negative votes, or like 12 votes, but someone who posts the same thing gets 4000 votes because they spend all day on the site. This site feels more organic to me. Thanks for reading my wall of text if you did.

Tldr: SaidIt feels refreshing and I enjoy being a part of it's developing community.

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[–]AnarchySpeach 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

No downvotes is the best. Being able to talk freely without having your comment shrunk and removed is nice.

[–]Newmug 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There is a danger of it turning into a Jew hating site though. The amount of anti-Semitism is very suspicious. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few reddit bots out there deliberately trying to destabilize Saidit and bring it down before it takes off.

[–]Edvin[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, when I first got here the racism was kind of rampant and it made me wary of staying here but as I stick to it I've been seeing less radical people. I'm hoping the community will continue to grow and we can see a diverse community that let's conversation flourish.

[–]puppy528 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I came here from a different, less popular alternative website because I just grew so very tired of its incessant racism and anti-Semitism being masqueraded as badges of free speech. I would not be surprised if some of the same de-stabilizers (and I'm quite certain, legitimate racists and anti-Semites) would want to try their hands at griefing this place just to see what happens.

[–]medium_tomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I like that my comments actually get replies! It's so exciting to just have a convo with someone here, even if the post gets like 2 points. On reddit I would just get drowned out.. also it's just nice that we don't have a lot of repeating comments here (minus the Jew haters.. nothing is perfect).

The down side is that it's very hard to get attention for a new sub, and this place definitely needs more hobby subs.