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I know this is on everyones minds, but talking the same shit over and over again isn't going to make new users stay on Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like there are almost as many “Stop talking about reddit” poets as there are reddit posts. Most of us JUST left after being there often for five or ten years. There are subreddits still actively protesting. Spez is still trying to spin a story that is contrary to our experience. There is still a lot to talk about but it will naturally die off. Maybe just scroll past the posts you don’t want to read?

[–] scoobusmaximus 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hadn't heard anything about it today til this post

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I checked the frontpage a minute ago and this was the top post. 😅

[–] Boiglenoight 5 points 2 years ago

Same. I've set my preferences to Subscribed / Hot.

[–] SpaceNoodle 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried shutting up about it?

[–] blueskiesoc -4 points 2 years ago

No, you shut up, lol.

[–] ElectroVagrant 36 points 2 years ago

While I understand the sentiment, this is not the community for this. I think [email protected] & any similar community would be more appropriate for expressing your frustration with the situation.

For discussions concerning Reddit, there are a few different communities you might look to such as [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and probably others I'm unaware of. The flipside of these suggestions is that these are also the communities those uninterested in the topic may block if they wish to minimize the amount of such discussions they're seeing in their feed.

I will be locking this thread now. Constructive threads concerning the transfer of information or app development from Reddit to Lemmy here remain okay, but threads simply complaining will be locked and redirected to the aforementioned communities to either vent in, or block to hopefully help them.

Thanks for your understanding, and feel free to message me if you need any help in navigating to those communities.

[–] nieceandtows 30 points 2 years ago

I mean, most people who joined recently did so because of something Reddit did. That is something they have in common, so it’s easy to talk about. I agree we should instead focus on making Lemmy the new home, but talking about Reddit is part of the process.

[–] blueskiesoc 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get it. I do. It's getting boring, but hear me out...you need to craft your Lemmy.

I still haven't finished subbing to every community that interests me because there are so many to look at, but they don't make reddit posts in the communities I'm subscribed to, !catbeanbags for example. Once you've selected communities you want to see, change your username's settings to only show you your subscribed communities. You can skip this step, but you may forget to switch to subscribed from local or all when you log on. Then enjoy your feed and if it turns out you don't care for a community after all, unsub (like I'm doing to General Discussion--bye everybody).

It's fantastic, IMHO.

Have fun. It's your Lemmy. Do whatcha want with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's your Lemmy. Do whatcha want with it.

It works when you work it! 🥳

[–] claytempleton 20 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

https://kbin.social/m/OldGames4OldGamers/

I'm going to post this every time someone complains that Kbin/Lemmy/whatever spends too much time talking about Reddit. I've got your fresh content, right here!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

On General or on the Federated Servers "Hot" section? If you mute the Redditmigration and other Reddit themed communities and magazines, it gets rid of most of the discussion about it.

I don't know if you can filter by keywords yet (particularly for titles) but if that's implemented somewhere, that might work too.

I'm not tired of discussions about Reddit, but I can totally understand why others would be, as I'm generally pretty sensitive to repetition and like to control what I see. Too much of one thing generally sets me off too.

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

It's kind of relevant to a high percentage of the userbase right now. Combine that with the fact that a number of people who are pissed off at Reddit deleted their accounts on Reddit and can't discuss the situation there, and the fact that some people just don't want to do so, and well, you get this. I expect that it'll trail off over time as other more-interesting topics arise.

EDIT: I was on Reddit prior to when the Digg v4 UI change rolled out, and when that occurred, I remember a lot of new people on Reddit complaining about Digg and Kevin Rose for some time. And talking about the Reddit UI and comparing it to Digg's. A lot of people who were personally impacted by something at the same time with a common interest makes for prominent conversations. It eventually went away as they found things that interested them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

…no?

I mean, we're watching the slow and gruesome death of one of the Internet’s giants, as it eats itself from within. If that weren’t enough, we’re watching this spectacle from the most popular lifeboat for refugees fleeing the slaughter - so the boat is only getting bigger and more crowded every day.

It’s gonna be a popular topic for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It bores me to death too, but it's a pretty big drama and a turning point in internet history. People are excited, eager to share their thoughts and experiences. Give it time, it'll pass eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's not a turning points we are just Marius wondering through the upstairs rooms seeing the mods shot but the people of.paris don't care for the rebellion no other baricades were formed we failed, the corporate world carries on

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

yeah I agree! treat it as such in a way, but without the bad stuff that made it what it is. I'm glad to be here!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

We just need a way to filter posts and everyone would be happy