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[โ€“] sunspider 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey! This post is not specifically related to the lemmy.world instance. From now on, posts such as these will be removed, in order for the community to stay on topic. However, as this is a highly upvoted post, I'll just lock it for now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 230 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (30 children)

EDIT: Argh, got the text placement wrong. Whatever, good enough for a low-effort meme :P

[โ€“] [email protected] 80 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Controversial take but in the early days I think it's fine if you replicate the content from the old Reddit posts (maybe even link to the post) as long as you don't claim credit. I think people just wanna see things at first, and then the conversation can grow. It's not like Reddit was chock full of OC.

[โ€“] BeMoreCareful 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm sort of hoping for a forum/reddit-y combo. My god I miss forums for niche weird stuff that I'm autistic about, but I also like consuming media at an ADD pace.

Am I the problem?

Lemmy does feel a bit cozy, kind of reminds me of the best of those worlds. It'll be neat to watch it grow... hopefully.

[โ€“] bnaur 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You are not alone, and I'm starting to feel that treating Lemmy like a federation of web forums instead of Reddit replacement would fit the underlying model better.

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[โ€“] Variden3301 121 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[โ€“] ignotum 109 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Now I do the same thing I've always done,

Lurk and never contribute any content!

I'll try to change i swear

[โ€“] dystop 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Start posting, chatting and contributing! I'm trying to be active here myself.

I don't like modding, but I've even created my own community here, which is saying a lot given how lazy I am.

And while I'm at it, i hope you don't mind a shoutout to my new community, maliciouscompliance - recreated this as it was one of my favorite places to lurk on reddit!

/c/[email protected]

https://lemmy.world/c/maliciouscompliance

[email protected]

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Voting on content and interact in the comments is a lot easier than making posts and it's still really helpful towards building vibrant thriving communities here.

If you have a sub you like that you think you could contribute to via posts, that would be awesome! But even just taking the time to throw your votes around does a lot (especially with fewer users)

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[โ€“] CannaVet 84 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit refugees be like "Why isn't this Reddit and when will the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs AnD mAkE iT rEdDiT"

[โ€“] [email protected] 115 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Seems pretty similar to Reddit to me, besides the whole decentralised nature which is a plus anyway

What are people complaining about?

[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'm in this picture but Lemmy basically is Reddit already.

[โ€“] CannaVet 30 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Alongside that more reasonable point of individual features, alot of people are mad that the service is instance based and are angry that that there isn't a single iteration of communities, IE only one /c/aww or /c/vets or whatever.

Basically they fled a central organizational authority and got mad there's no central organizational authority.

[โ€“] lightingnerd 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah, I'm a Reddit refugee, and I heard a bunch of people complaining about there being no "centralized login", and I'm like--bruh, that's WHY WE MOVED HERE, lmao!

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[โ€“] kilojoules 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a steep learning curve and confusing. It would be helpful to get some orientation after landing

[โ€“] CannaVet 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

Lemmy.world has a little guide. I totally understand there being a learning curve, I'm IT so don't have much trouble but I get that people are flocking from "just works" land and most people have zero idea how any tech works.

My problem isn't people struggling to learn how this different system works, my problem is people who come HERE instead of one of the available more direct Reddit clones then refusing to learn how this system works, bitching that it isn't Reddit, and start harping that the devs need to make it Reddit. If you just want New Reddit, that option is available. A couple, in fact. Lemmy got some buzz though and people want to be cool kids, instead of picking the more suitable option for them. Shit's frustrating to me as a user, and I feel for the devs who have been working on this specific vision for this project then just wake up to 1,000 "MAKE IT REDDIT I WANT EVERYTHING ON ONE INSTANCE CAUSE I'M USED TO IT" posts.

Rant aside, I'm no Lemmy expert but if you have questions about how things work, I'll do my best to help.

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[โ€“] yaphy 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, I feel this. I wont make communities since I'm not the moderator type. But I will make an effort to post which in my case is a step up since I mostly lurk.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Nice! Contribute literally anything, it all helps. 10 year reddit lurker here, also making an effort to bring something to the table. Until it gets busy. Then I'll fade into the background again :)

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[โ€“] Boozilla 50 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I was excited to see this had 1200 upvotes then it changed to 3 and now it's just showing random numbers. I'm not even mad.

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[โ€“] cashsky 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really makes it obvious how much content gets reposted by bots on that site. There really isnt as much original content being posted there as you might think.

[โ€“] IkStan 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel like this is more a user/uncertainty issue right now. Reddit still has a lot more users than Lemmy, I feel like a lot of communities are spread across different instances (am I saying that right?), so no ones knows which will be 'the main one', and I think a lot of users are still looking around, watching and learning how Lemmy works, before fully committing and posting like they did on Reddit. I know I am.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

It takes a little getting used to but I'm liking it more and more. Even with it's quirks.

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[โ€“] chrizbie 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know man I'm enjoying it the way it is ยฏโ \โ _โ (โ ใƒ„โ )โ _โ /โ ยฏ

[โ€“] Deazus 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does the arm not fall off anymore?

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[โ€“] daniskarma 38 points 2 years ago

Easy, looking for information I will still use reddit, for now. But for posting new information I will use Lemmy.

[โ€“] Ace_Addams 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Actually doing well, Lemmy seems like my kinda place.

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[โ€“] MissJinx 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Since I'm not going to download reddit official I'm using reddit while I still can to learn Lemmy lol. Trying to find my subs here.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I got yelled at on Mastadon for saying refugee, apparently it's offensive to people from war torn countries.

[โ€“] Astrovenator 84 points 2 years ago

Wow it really IS like Twitter!

[โ€“] Raf 33 points 2 years ago

Is it really? I feel like people in war torn countries have more important shit to care about. This might be another instance of "terminally online person being offended on someone else's behalf"

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[โ€“] Pixlbabble 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We can always post cats to get the party started.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Not going to lie, Lemmy needs more cats

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[โ€“] foxnest 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

First day was hard and I was trying to check what's going on in the remaining subreddits, but now on day 2 I don't even wanna go there and prefer lemmy for sure. It feels more pure here.

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[โ€“] DontRedditMyLemmy 34 points 2 years ago

Thanks for bringing me in from the cold!!

[โ€“] Smor 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lemmy seems awesome so far!

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[โ€“] SeatBeeSate 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] derf82 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What would be nice is if 90% of posts were not just about Reddit.

[โ€“] Ashralien 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

hey hai Reddrefugee here is there like a "new to lemmy ppl read this" page?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

Now we take the challenge to explore the world unknown and create quality content or initiate conversations...

Or we can just lurk again. Either way, Lemmy's fun so far! Also created our own instance that will hopefully help our friends understand the Fediverse better.

[โ€“] SeeMinusMinus 27 points 2 years ago

lemmy was what i wanted and needed (:

[โ€“] Aliendelarge 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm just here for the blackjack and hookers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The water level in those bags has always bothered me

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[โ€“] woozy 21 points 2 years ago

This can be the beginning of something great.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I'm enjoying it so far, though it's gonna take some getting used to. The Android app isn't bad, either.

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[โ€“] natsume_shokogami 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lemmy seems somewhat confusing to those who rarely or never used Fediverse (myself also rarely use Mastodon tho), but after I short while I get the hang of it tho. My instance is at lemmy.world, Its UI after a time trying is quite unstable; for example, a post's karma is fluctuating at time, sometimes from over 1k drop down to negative, and upvotes aren't recognized until you reload the page,...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Oh god I feel called out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well come on over to thegarden.land we got a nice little place for plant enthusiasts on a smaller instance looking for love

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