I think it's an excellent reddit replacement and it gets better every time i check. More and more people posting. I am also using Mastodon. I am all for the fediverse tbh. I don't want my data to be collected by one large corporation anymore.
In my opinion we need to make a distinction between social networks and aggregators with forum-like experiences. Reddit is easily replaceable because sharing links is like the easiest thing to do. I started using lemmy and not planning on using reddit again. So far i have abandoned all major social media. Only use whatsapp. The internet is rotten right now, however there are so many amazing things that are not social media that we are yet to discover and for those looking for information not people, the internet still has a lot to open. Social media is a cesspool.
It's gonna take time
Please add me as a moderator, I come from reddit and wish to be recruited
I will salute right meow
Doing fantastic. People are slowly posting content. The platform slows down due to spike in users but it gets better little by little. I like seeing content from other instances although you can't really reply to posts. It is great as a place to discover content, one day at a time i guess. I will not be using reddit in the foreseeable future though.
Man so far i am loving lemmy and the fediverse. Clunky? Yes. But i love this real sense of community that was lost at reddit. Losing RIF was truly a blessing in disguise. I hope more people will move here but even if they don't, I am ok. I am sick and tired of my data being something that goes to feed the pockets of some corporation. Fuck it.
Let's do things right on this new fediverse
I think there is a lot of confusion about the federation system and lemmy and its relationship to mastodon and other communities, I wanted to post something on beehive..(something like that) and it was asking me to sign up on that one. Is there a way that users can use credentials that may work throughout the communities?
The bitching IS important. The more people can be convinced to join this community and the more people leave reddit, the more likely that reddit will get to be a StumbleUpon or Digg. It would be an amazing feat that would show the power of community!