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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
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I've come to like it more than Reddit at this point. The community feel here you can't buy and can only make it with actual factual care.
The only complaint I have is a minor one, and that's speed and sometimes things don't load. Though I know that's a symptom of growing pains. That will likely be a non-issue in the future as the tech grows with the popularity of the community
Reminds me of Reddit in 2008 when I joined. Legitimate communities forming and finding their way. Wasn't super intuitive how to use or what to do, but something special.
Reddit has since just transformed into something almost unrecognizable, but its tough to beat the size and reach it's built.
On thing Lemmy is going to have to worry about is bots. I'm hoping the decentralization is a good solution to both monetization and bots. We shall see.
Hey, the speed issue is solely because the instance you're on, Lemmy.world, is way overcrowded. You can resolve this issue by joining a smaller instance or even hosting your own. The best part of Lemmy is you aren't tied to any one server. You can create an account on a different instance/site and never miss a Lemmy post. I'm on my own private instance and have zero issues with loading speed
That sounds very doable. I'll have to look for a tutorial and work on that next chance that I get.
How do I transfer my subscriptions to another server, though? Do you really just have to re-sub to everything all over again?
Because I have so many subs now…
Yes that's an annoyance but I would expect support for that in the medium term.
I made an account on a separate server just to test and it does indeed perform tons better. Just sucks there isn’t some way to “own” your user and download like a fingerprint of it on demand from a server, so you could easily transfer yourself somewhere else.
Unpopular opinion: it should stay a little bit slow. Every other commercialized platform trains us for immediate gratification.
Agreed. "Losing" Reddit was and is still painful, but I'm more and more convinced that it was necessary. Both in general and for me as a person. I'm going to try to get back into reading and other oldschool, 'slower' stuff. Modern internet has been poisoning our brains for like half a decade at the very least.
Highly recommend getting back into reading. I stopped reading books for a while and completely forgot the joy of it. Don't be disappointed if your reading discipline isn't what it used to be. It's like a muscle and I am still in the process of re-training it.
One of the best tools that helped me was signing up for my library's digital service (Libby). It's so easy and accessible that it kind of blew my mind. I also invested in a refurbished backlit e-reader that could display the epub files that I borrowed from the library... Utter magic!
Thanks - I have the entire Stephen King catalog and I think I stopped somewhere around 2017 or so, so I've got a good bit of backlog to catch up to.