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I come back after a couple of weeks and we've quadrupled at least. It comes in waves, and now I'm thinking it may not stop (until some reddit staff make their own BlueSky equivalent, of course)
Welcome to Lemmy's Eternal September!
Though, as I am also a Redfugee, I apologise for the disruption we're about to cause. Hopefully the Fediverse can withstand the "Reddit Hug of Death."
Hah, this is the second "September" I've been through, and it's huge, but I think the eternal one will be the next one. At least a lot of people are learning that lemmy.ml isn't a neutral flagship instance; the hug of death may have been a blessing in disguise, encouraging people to spread to the other instances a little bit more.
Most people who have come over have been pretty good about the thing and tried to learn about the local culture instead of just inventing "reddit, but here" again, honestly, but it's just that the few troublemakers tend to be louder and argumentative.
So I'm part of both Septembers for you then!
My deepest apologies...
I'm really liking lemmy/fediverse, and I feel like I'm being quite respectful, trying to be part of the community that's already here not force it to be Reddit 2.0. I have, sadly, seen a few people being, for lack of a better word, dickheads. They seem to be new, and carrying on with the Reddit toxicity.
Part of why I didn't just buckle down and use the Reddit app when the APIocolypse hits is because I was sick of the toxic nature of so much of the interaction on Reddit. I know there'll be trolls coming, just hope the fediverse can avoid what Reddit became.