I usually just lurk, but it still feels different here. As other people point out, it's similar to the internet's old days, and although I never got to experience that, I think I feel the same way. It's more free, less crowdy and noisy. I still find myself needing Reddit though because of the more niche communities and content.
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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So far so good! It’s been cool to see activity slowly pick up over the last few days
I’m on iOS beta testing the Mlem app and that’s already improved a lot over the last few days, too.
I’m really optimistic about Lemmy, it feels like cool things are happening here!
Digging it... Finally took the plunge, joined, and started learning how this all works just a little while ago and it's definitely familiar and feels like the right replacement.
I'm also convinced after what little time I've been here that it's going to grow like crazy sooner or later.
The UI is similar to the Apollo app in a complementary way.
I'm still trying to understand how the lemmyverse works, but happy so far, hope more users join and star reading posts from old friends
I like it but for some reason it won't let me create a community but other than that it already better than reddit, no karma farming, bots, or only fans
I've been liking it. Funny actually. I used to be really into this site called FunnyJunk back during high-school and got really into it during college. Then it became much more right-wing so I tried out Reddit. Had that for a few years until just recently. Let's see how long this one lasts.
There are pros and cons. I have been having issues trying to upload pictures and with replying to some comments. I very much like the ability to post a link and have a description at the same time so that I don't have to immediately write a comment to describe the content of the link. I like the underlying concept of the Fediverse so far as I understand it. I also like that I can edit post titles. As someone who frequently had to delete and repost posts on reddit because I made a spelling error or some grammatical error in a post, being able to edit the post title is a life saver.
I think there is room for some improvement. I think it would be handy if I am looking at comments in a community that the comment showed which post that comment was attached too.
Overall, not too hard to get used to so far and I am really quite loving it.
Well at least lemmynsfw.com is starting to get populated.
Sorry - one more question! Say I subscribe to a couple communities. Will they show up on my 'Local' tab view, similar to the reddit 'Home' view?
** Disregard - just saw I can change the drop down to subscribed.
As a lurker from Reddit, decided to give things a shot here. The one thing that worries me is it can seem complicated at times getting my head around the federation thing.
And then the issue with some instances blacklisting one another. Hopefully it’s a temporary thing but I’d love to see the community as one rather than broken up. But otherwise I’m getting the hang of it and settling in I guess!
Definitely going to be growing pains, but always follow the nerds. Hehe. What sold me on Lemmy or whatever these fediverse connections are was the fact that /r/startrek moved to a Lemmy site.
I think people being mostly techies here talk too much about the federation aspect of it. In essence it's as simple as Join instance, Scroll All, Subscribe when you like something, Scroll Subscribed.
I was actually hesitant at first, because I didn't know of a good alternative. Then, there's Lemmy that I've heard of. Since lemmy.world has been compromised, I chose this server. I still haven't escaped Reddit fully. However, the fact the board at Reddit Inc. accepted and implemented the new API pricing made my decision to come to Lemmy quicker.