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Lurker for more than a year, haven't ever joined Reddit but now have joined Lemmy! (vlemmy.net)

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I have been a lurker of Reddit site from the 3rd Party app 'Infinity for Reddit' for more than a year. I always avoided signing up on the site as the main purpose was to consume interactively and not to interact.

Now that the site is killing all 3rd party apps, I'm doing my part by signing up here and increasing the activity on Lemmy to support the cause of federated social media; which to me is the future of the internet. It is free, without any ads/trackers and most importantly it is being expanded by users who want to involve in genuine conversations without the muddiness of paid/promoted contents.

It is my request to other lurkers to join lemmy instances and be the part of the process which defines the future.

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[–] Elrainia 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have a near perfect lurking record on Reddit - a member of the 16 year club with one solitary post since 2007. I’ve probably logged on pretty much every day during that period (except for a brief stay in hospital) and I’m NGL, deleting Apollo this morning was a surprisingly emotional event.

I’m not the first to say this, but Lemmy/kbin remind me a lot of Reddit circa 2010 (and Usenet circa 1995), and it’s really refreshing and heartwarming to see. People writing sentences and paragraphs rather than a quick pun for a hit of karma. Long may it last and thank you to everyone who has contributed for showing me an internet that isn’t completely controlled by big tech.

The only question that I have left is, is this going to my only Lemmy post before 2039?