I hope Lemmy does well whether reddit implodes or not. Great concept!
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2023
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Messaging from the Jerboa app I just downloaded from the play store.
A few nights ago I discovered Lemmy as I needed to find a Reddit alternative fast knowing I will longer be able to use Reddit is Fun.
I've been a Redditor for almost 12 years now, I remember when it was a wild community where there was freedom of speech, few bots, it was the best source of memes next to cheezeburger, which was how I discovered Reddit.
I used it nearly everyday, and watched it's decline, I remember when Elena Pao or whatever the fuck her name bought into the company, since then it's become snipped more and more to the point I don't recognize it anymore.
It transformed into some sort of money hungry beast, that is destroying its self from the inside out, trying to get people to use their shitty ad riddled app with a shitty interface.
I am so happy I found you guys, I really want to see Reddit's blackouts go on indefinitely, infact I just wanna watch it burn. It's dead to me, the owners suck, it's just as bad as Facebook and the other main social media platforms now.
Any person I know who uses Reddit, I will point them here.
The Reddit exodus has begun! My only regret is not learning about lemmy and the fediverse before things blew up over there.
As one of the emigredditors, hell yeah! Personally though, I'm still testing the waters and making myself more comfortable here; it's eerily quiet here as compared to reddit, but I hope it's just a matter of time :)
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This site's like a breath of fresh air, small communities and the excitement of not quite know what you're doing lol, no muscle memory open close and open again
I did that with reddit at least 3 times a day
I'm done with Reddit once July 1st hits...it'll be a change but once Lemmy takes off I can totally see it being a great replacement...already feels like home!
even if reddit backtracks, I like it here so much I plan to stay. Just feels so homey despite being here >week
Yeah, I much prefer Lemmy now that I'm actually here. Gives those "web 1.0" / IRC vibes when communities were smaller
I did not even know lemmy was a thing till people on reddit started talking about it
Same here. r/Privacy was where I first heard of it.
For me, I first heard of it in r/piracy a few months ago, but I actually started understanding what Lemmy is all about all throughout Reddit during the APIpocalypse a few days ago.
a few years ago it was literally a handful of ppl posting 90% of links and talking to each other, witnessing firsthand how complicated it is to get over that initial user retention bump, but i’m convinced we’re over it now :)
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)
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Thanks for the welcome! I'm still a bit confused by how this all works, but not gonna lie I think it's pretty cool and I wish I knew about this earlier.
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I just joined today and first impression is great. Seems like a lot of nice people ended up under the same ceiling. :)
Lemmy and the fediverse are such unique and cool concepts. I hope to see Lemmy grow even more in the future!
Let's hope Lemmy becomes a real alternative for reddit. The infrastructure looks good, now we just need the communities.
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reddit refugee here! So far so good except there’s not a native app for lemmy on iOS so I’m using a safari “add to Home Screen” webapp for lemmy.ml , works pretty good!
Try mlem. I think you’ll need to install TestFlight to get it working.
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Its so nice to see decentralized social media becoming more mainstream hopefully everyone will be off the big platforms soon
I like it here so far.
This has happened in R's past: see Voat (I wont link it here). I hope we can keep this an open and engaging community without all that hatred.
Mm, I wanted Voat to work out when it first cropped up in Reddit comments, but the exodus of Donaldites meant abandoning that account.
Let's hope a moderated and federated version means any communities of that persuasion can hive themselves off.
Let's hope a moderated and federated version means any communities of that persuasion can hive themselves off.
The best part about that is they can start their own instance, and your instances admins can block their instance so you'll never have to see it(as beehaw does with lemmygrad). Or if you want to see it, and your instance has them blocked, you can join another instance that doesn't block them or their actual instance.
I think it will work out great if we get a critical mass of content contributors.
Really enjoying my time here.
i tried lemmy a few months ago but i didn't find enough content. I'm happy to see popularity is going up, and the new android app is a real game changer
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I am so excited to discover how to navigate around here! looking forward to all of you :)
It is cool to see this platform getting some attention as reddit's biggest mistake draws nigh.
Maybe I'll become more active now 🤔
it's absolutely awesome here! :-D
I feel like being part of the internet of my youth again.
Random bullshit posts, random memes, it's like when Reddit started! Content made by people, not companies pushing whatever agenda they have
Eh, I'm fine with neutral and minimal moderation of sorts. Anyone that was around to see Voat.co and Ruqqus.com saw it disintegrate pretty quickly, due to the lawlessness and lack of content moderation.
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