Fuck /u/spez, innit?

Ngl, us r/efugees are not happy with things over there.

As much as I'm coming to enjoy this, it still isn't what reddit was, nor is the app experience anything close to as feature rich. But, I'm finding other benefits here that are, and never were, possible at reddit, so it's still a good thing :)

Reddit is proof that no publicly traded company, nor any that intends to be, can be trusted with anything. Not use that was ever in doubt, but reddit has shown it in such a glaring, grotesque way that it's the poster child for how shitty corporate thought is.

I dunno. I was enjoying things. I had started moderating two subs I deeply cared about, with one having a strong sense of community building. There's an emotional response to the loss of that. But I'll be damned if I'm going to put in the work, put in the passion, when it's shit on by the very company that profits from my free labor. fuck spez, fuck reddit

I'm excited to be a part of something new

We've had to go backwards to go forward and I'm all for it.

I really like the UI. The sign up process was a little rough though. The idea of the different servers and signing up via those servers was a little jarring at first.

I feel kinda dumb.. I truly did not get the whole fediverse thing and panicked trying to guess where most of us refugees would go, I made an account on mastadon, kbin.social, karab.in, lemmy.world and maybe a few more I now cannot recall, all same username as my Reddit account.. I assume now that was overkill? I hope there is a way I can merge them all together at some point.. and Oddly enough, this was my last instance(? That's what lemmy.world is right?) that feels less confusing than all the previous ones I tried..

Growing pains but in time I think this whole fediverse thing will grow on me!

I’ve lamented the loss of what I called “old internet energy” — the feeling of a largely-nerdy community forming around something new. I felt it on early Digg and on Reddit for a good while, until the last 7-10 years or so after mainstream users started pouring in. I feel that here again. ‘It’s nice.

I'm trying to understand it still. I understand you can visit communities from any other instance, but are communities shared between them? I mean, if there's an r/NFL in lemmy.world, can lemmy.ml also contain an r/NFL and would those two be two different things?

I'm finding it hard to get rid of the "Open Reddit"'s muscle memory

Glad to see an alternative is gaining traction! The inversed colours for up and downvotes will take some getting used to!

To double-check that I understand Lemmy correctly: the equivalent to a subreddit is a server, right? So within lemmy.world there aren’t necessarily subforums/topics/subreddits.

Hoping it's a success but I find it hard to see it becoming one. Purely due to the confusion with how it actually works with different instances. Many casual users are going to be confused and not bother

I have been on Mastodon for a few months now, and just joined here. I have been wanting FOSS and community-based alternatives to social media for a long time, and now it seems the impetus is present based on the actions of large companies selling their user-bases out for larger migrations of people to these more community-centric platforms.

What is striking me now is that these once-revolutionary internet platforms and companies are all reaching an inflection point. Imploding one-by-one at the hands of their own hubris and exploitation of their users.

What I realized after switching to and primarily using these platforms over Twitter, reddit, etc, is that I had become so desensitized to the commercialization of the internet. I didn't know what it was like to browse and connect with people without constant advertisements and clickbait. The algorithms of commercial social media incite conflict because it drives engagement and benefits the bottom line.

I've never been on social media without feeling a sense of anxiety. Even when I pared down my consumption to my own interests, it was there. I really had no idea it was possible to have a space on the internet without that.

The fediverse so far has been an enlightening experience. Genuine conversation, no mysterious algorithms dictating what reaches your attention, and an unfamiliar sense of calm while browsing social media; traditionally stressful on commercial sites, but addictive as well.

I know places like this and Mastodon are unfamiliar to most and will not draw the same numbers as the larger, more established commercial sites. But spaces like this are worth investing time in, as opposed to selling your data to the lowest bidder. I say welcome everyone who has taken that step in to the fediverse and I look forward to chatting with you all!

So far the mobile site is way better than Reddit. I feel like Reddit was always humping my leg trying to get me to install their shitty app.

I also really like the federated aspect, but I do agree with others in that I fear this may be too confusing for the average user and it won't catch on.

Just joined a bit, too. Looks great so far. It reminds me of that wild west frontier feeling like when a bunch of us migrated from Digg to Reddit. We're building another new community.

... With blackjack! And hookers!

It's got late 2000s Reddit vibes, which I like. I had to remove the Reddit browser bookmark because I suddenly realized I was browsing it again and must have opened it subconsciously. I'm trying to stay here dammit lol.

I feel like I'm back in the best part of the early-mid 00s, when the entire internet was running on phpbb or some random local social networks with 500 users. I missed those, glad to be back in the new, hopefully better, interpretation of those times. Overall, it's quite nostalgic here. ❤️

It's all new, if a bit confusing, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it like I did with Aim, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and now Lemmy.

I’m loving Beehaw! And it’s super cool that we can all interact across servers and communities.

I think this has a lot of potential, I mean I’m already using it a ton. The only thing missing imo is more niche communities, but those will come along as the user base grows.

I like it so far but it's strange and feels like I'm exploring the web with no experience.

Confusing as shit initially, but it starts to make sense

So glad to leave that dumpster fire of a website

Happy to be here, also sad to be here.

I really want this to gain traction if reddit goes with the api changes, thing is it needs to be more user friendly to be popular, the easier the transition, the better. Also, Fuck u/spez

Honestly I am feeling pretty optimistic about using Lemmy. It is definitely a learning curve in hoping the federated community but I really enjoy the idea of it. I’m hoping it can gain some more traction and get bigger in the near future.

I lost my job the day I found out about the issues with third party apps for Reddit. I found Lemmy and Mastodon searching for alternatives. So far this community is a lot more wholesome and I'm enjoying being a part of it

I feel like I just logged on to USENET 2.0…

…that’s a compliment, BTW…

…and I’m old enough to not only remember the original USENET, I used to admin a USENET server back in the 90s.

I like what Lemmy's got going on - noticed there's no upvotes/downvotes on comments, but if that's my only gripe, it's a very minor one. Currently lurking and replying from a Mastodon account, but it's a bit janky (I have to copy links back to my Mastodon instance to find the post to reply to it), so I'll probably end up registering for a separate Lemmy account too.

Really hope this thing takes off.

It seems like a cool idea. The idea of picking a server to sign up for didn't throw me for a loop like it does some folks; just like email, right? I think it needs a better way to interact on other instances though. Like for this one, I found lemmy.world from a link on Reddit, then opened this post. But I couldn't vote or comment because my account was on midwest.social. So I had to copy the !lemmyworld@lemmy.world community spec from the sidebar, go over to midwest.social in another tab, click the search button, paste the community spec there, re-find the same post, and now I can comment. Ideally I'd instead just be able to comment directly on lemmy.world using my already-logged-in account on midwest.social, or at least go directly to viewing the post via my own server with one click. Functionality like this would probably require a browser extension but that's better than nothing. I actually found one for Mastodon that's supposed to allow something like this for that service but so far I can't figure out how to get it to do its thing, and I don't think it supports Lemmy at all so far.

I used Apollo, now I'm here

Can anyone run a server? If our account is pinned to one server and that server shuts down, I assume we lose all our account info/history?

I kinda like it actually. A cross between discord and reddit or smth. I'm only 1 hr old so I'm gonna withhold judgment for when I get more accustomed to the ui.

Always cool to see the people of the internet come together and make their own thing :)

It's quite laggy (understandably) and I'm having trouble navigating myself, finding communities/topics, finding people to interact with etc. Naturally there will be teething problems early on, and different problems will arise as the reddit exodus increases. Still, I think Lemmy has huge potential.

I'm very happy there was an alternative.

Everything is new and confusing and some things a bit janky, but its also like dawn of new age.

I really REALLY hope lemmy and fediverse in general will be resilient against corporate corruption that will eventually try creeping in as popularity grows.

It's strange. I feel lost.

Digging it so far. The only thing that I have noticed, and this may just be due to the large influx of people coming to the site, it's been taking literal minutes for me to submit a post or edit my profile

Reddit was reddit because of the people. Those people are now here.

It’s great to have new spaces, especially ones not controlled by corporate interests or venture capitalists. I will admit that (while it’s a function of time + engagement) I do miss the breadth and depth of Reddit, particularly for the niche hobby communities. There was/is so much good information on there that will take many years to replicate elsewhere.

I like it, but I'm still a lil confused about all the fediverse thing. For example, if while browsing this instance I open a link to a thread in another instance I can't comment as I'm not logged there. Any way around this? But overall excited to try this out and hopefully moving permanently here!

Seems sluggish, rough, and low population, but fuck spez so I'll give this an honest chance.

It's ugly, not intuitive, feels way more complicated than necessary for a social site and the name is kind of dumb.

I'm 100% on board because screw Reddit and fuck u/spez.

I hope I can learn the ropes and help this place grow into something better.

I like that the mobile version of the website is already more functional than Reddit's.

It looks like the original internet. Love it

So far I’m enjoying it! I like the stripped down design and I’m slowly figuring out the federation thing. Hopefully we can get more people from Reddit to get more content in the communities.

Edit: I've created a Tampa community for people from Tampa FL.

I am still trying to wrap my head around how it all works, but I feel like I am slowly getting the hang of it. One thing I was wondering, and forgive me if I get the terminologies wrong, since instances are their own little ecosystems, wouldn't there be multiple versions of the identical communities i.e. gaming, videos etc., or is that the beauty of it all?

Another minor concern I have is that since instances are run by individuals, wouldn't there be a risk of losing massive amounts of content if said owner no longer wishes to maintain their instance or "goes rogue" for a lack of a better word and shuts down access to all communities located on that particular instance/server.

👋 need to find (or make) an RES equivalent because i cannot live without the hotkeys

Have been browsing this thing for a few hours now and haven't seen one NSFW post. Kinda weird.

I really need an eli5 for this fediverse thing. I'm here using Jerboa, logged in to lemmy.world. when I try and comment or vote on content on other instances, like lemmy.ml, I'm told I have to log in. Is that a Jerboa bug? Or do I really need an account on each instance to interact?

Just deleted all past activity from my reddit account, deactivated it and joined you marry bunch. Glad to be here.

I just learned about this site 5 minutes ago. I’ll be done with Reddit soon.

Reminds me of what reddit used to be, what UBB boards used to be before that, and small irc rooms before that. Freedom, the never constant, always moving community of individuals. Some of the same people I knew on Reddit, I knew in my old Dreamcast irc and AOL days.

Shit changes, we move but we never go away. Now we're here. Thanks for having us.

Test

@immadeofgold

This is a very different experience! I'm currently posting from a Mastodon server to a Lemmy server. I'm excited to see how a federated web can serve creators and users alike.

I'm really liking it so far. The UI feels really clean.

This place feels like it could be a good alternative. Once I learn more about how to use it. Looking forward to a new start!

Hey all, still getting my head around this place, but f reddit.

Question: is the "lag" from hitting the post button to seeing the post intentional or is that just a sign of stressed servers?

I don't fully understand it, but I'll try to get used to it.

I'm in for this. Sign-up through lemmy.world was a snap and now logged in and posting via Jerboa. Only just getting my toes wet, but digging it

Reddit ran me off with a permaban 2 months ago because I wrote about the 3 boxes of liberty metaphor in a comment. 2 million+ imaginary Internet points down the drain. Glad to see the site shoot itself in the foot and looking forward to finding an alternative.

And the obligatory: fuck Spez.

A bit uncomfortable with the UI and stuff, as I am an old.reddit user, I like to consume content in my comfortable way. I normally do not tend to have issues with UI changes, but reddit was extremely comfortable in that mode. I will however try my best to get used to this, as I'd do anything to avoid Reddit from now on.

Well, I am here and off reddit, and reading and commenting. So far so good! It will be interesting to see how this goes.

I’m excited for a new experience. I only commented about 5 times my entire time on Reddit and I hoping to interact more here.

got into reddit fully just a few years ago. it was my go-to for silly frog pictures to cheer me up. any other instances (i hope i'm saying that right, something similar to a subreddit) that are frog related? i'd love to contribute some :)

Is very comfortable here, I will not go back on reddit for sure!

I'm loving the wild west of it so far and how quickly it all seems to be growing. One big thing I've noticed though: How will communities combat the fracture? For example, take 'photography' when I searched around yesterday I found and subscribed to one com. Now there's one on most of the larger instances, each individually only has a couple of subscribers. We will need to find a way to let our communities stay informed of the other communities as they pop up around the Lemmy verse so that we can unify, otherwise all the communities will remain trapped in their own individual bubbles. This isnt a problem if there was an easy way to group communities into supercommunities.

Maybe Lemmy needs a method of putting your community in a list and allowing people to join the list as a community in of itself thus syncing all like minded groups together into a single feed.

Thanks for setting up this instance and allowing all of us to come and join.

So far, so good. Jerboa does it for me on my phone. I hope sole of the reddit third parties(looking at you infinity) will cross the gap to Lemmy.

Happy to be here :)

I find this website extremely confusing. A beginners guide would be good.

I have finally managed to create an account, so do we have CSS like original reddit? Other then that lemmy seems pretty cool

I'm confused yet intrigued

It's good so far; a few UX/UI issues need polishing, some more display options would be nice too.

The whole issue of community@instance is going to take some getting used to for people, and it's not clear how that's going to shake out in the long run. I'm not yet certain whether this will become my default space, but I'm willing to give it a go.

i'm just excited that i was able to make an account... lemmy.ml didn't want me. anyway, i'm just here to browse and see what i find.

Really happy to be here - would love it if this place worked out. What's the best way to ensure that we get folks moving over?

Initially I was pretty confused as to how Lemmy worked but if you take like 5-10 minutes to just look around it all kinda just clicks. Looking forward to something new here.

Just found out about this site and happy to be here. Time to delete reddit off my phone!

It'll take some time to get used to this and learn how to properly use this, but I'm happy to have this community. :)

Finding my feet, but it all seems pretty straightforward. It will be good to see how these communities develop and mature...

It feels quite right. We need to set up lots of niche communities, but what I miss the most is the user base. It was diverse, and lemmy is known to have an specific user profile. Would be nice to reach out, wear a former redditors badge, and wear it with pride!

Digging it so far. Some technical issues but I think they may just be due to the mobile app I am using (sometimes when I open a post, the comments displayed are the ones from the last post I looked at). But it feels much more.. Democratic? Than reddit did.

Is there an easier way to find communities on other instances? I wish I could browse another instance as if it were "local" to organically find more communities.

Excited to see how this pans out! Really enjoying it so far.

I'm a little confused, but cautiously optimistic. It took a while to sign up and log in, but I got that far, so I guess I can work out the rest too! As a bit of a Reddit lurker, I'm out of my comfort zone, but committed to upvoting and commenting to help build the community!

I'm a big fan of it. The website is great and I'm thankful that I can interact with posts and comments on other servers. I think for most people's adoption the picking of a server to join is intimidating because there are so many options.

To draw more users it needs to be made abundantly clear that you can interact across servers.

Honestly struggling a bit. Finding the communities for my interests was very easy on Reddit, kinda having a hard time here.

The whole lemmy concept mixed with the current situation feels far more like you are part of a real community. Kinda like in old internet days. I will even break out of my reddit lurker days and try to contribute here.

Just got here since Apollo is going away and I won’t use Reddit’s app. Not sure I quite get how it works yet, so can’t say how I like it so far. Gotta play around with it a bit. Are there any apps for this yet?

I'm still tapping the spot where RIF used to be, going to take some time to move on.

A bit confusing, but I'm really excited about this. I hope the 'choose server' part when you sign up gets streamlined a bit. It's very confusing for new people. My first post on Lemmy by the way!

I have already made the transition to mastodon and now lemmy. I am loving the change and the freedom we are all gaining.

I am here on mobile using Mlem. Mlem has an interface superficially like Apollo, but it doesn't have nearly the polish and features, like swiping posts to the side to up/downvote. I didn't realize (until I lost it) how much that single capability improved QoL. Until an app comes along with better UX and QoL, I probably won't stay. (I don't doomscroll on my computer either).

Feels like being back on old forums again :) I think I'll like it here

Hello world :)

Hello! Looks nice, I realize it will probably take some time to get used to, but I hope the community will grow. I mod a sub on Reddit and we are thinking about a blackout in protest, in any case it would be cool to set up shop here in the fediverse :)

The Jerboa app though could use with some improvements to navigate the different communities.

Hi everyone! I'm /u/thatlightiningjack from reddit! (also obligatory fuck spez)

Honestly I'm glad that reddit is going down the tubes. It's time for a change.

I just spent a little time today creating my Lemmy.world account and trying to find equivalents of my favorite subs from Reddit. I really question whether Reddit will survive the uprising that has spawned. I think the IPO is going to go very poorly, then Reddit will turn into some commercial mess. This is my first Lemmy post, BTW!

This is my first comment here, hope I'm doing it right!

/u/spez is awful. (First post on Lemmy on any instance!) Looking forward to seeing Lemmy grow!

New here and ready 🫡

Jerboa kinda sucks and Lemmur straight up doesn't let you sign in.

A lot of communities are unfortunately missing, the Lemmy devs should do a better job of advertising the platform to Reddit expats so we can have more content.

I'm hoping some third party Reddit apps rewrite themselves to support a Lemmy backend.

I'm waiting for some new communities to pop up, but the layout is good.

Seems good so far, having some lag issues but that's unsurprising. I'll join a couple of communities and see how it goes over the next few weeks/months.

Figured I’d just pass along a quick “hello” as someone that just jumped on tonight. Keen to see how the service develops and grows. Hope Lemmy in general takes off in time! Certainly early days (nabbing my first name as a user name is always a sign of that!), but there’s great potential.

It takes a little getting used to, but I like it!

Thanks for having us! Much learning ahead for me though it seems, but this does look promising.

I'm hopeful. The Fediverse has certain things I like and approve of. I'm looking forward to having backups of all my Fediverse accounts to prevent losing things when servers drop off. I'm learning the interface again, with mixed feelings. Nice to be in the ascent of a site instead of the peak/decline.

Hello it's great to be here!

Confused? Excited! Yes to both! Will take a while to get acclimated and understand how it all works together, different from Reddit as this seems to be separate and together at the same time. Glad you're all so open to accept the Reddit refugees, have felt very welcome, so a very big thank for that.

I like it so far. Finding communities is a bit difficult though, but I hope more niche communities will be made once more people join. Threads that aren't related to Reddit/Lemmy dev. are a bit slow, but that's to be expected since Lemmy is still growing. All in all I'm feeling quite optimistic and I really like scrolling through my feed in general.

Pretty good, can someone explain how federation works with Lemmy? Are communities linked?

is there any advantage of using one instance vs another? I made accounts on both kbin and lemmy.world, is it all the same except whatever UI i prefer?

When i visit some communities in kbin, it tells it the posts might not all be up to date

I suppose the Reddit issue has at least got me to look into Lemmy. Seems interesting, albeit quite small. Still, oak trees grow from small acorns, etc, etc. ;-)

Thanks for having us! I'm excited to try this out. I am only just trying to figure out how all of this works.

I have subscribed to several communities now, but when I go to the main page, I still see the generic content that was there before I logged in. How do I view a feed of just the communities I have subscribed to (analogous to the front page on reddit)

I like the website. I like the idea. I like lack of advertising and hyper-paranoia and consumer algorithms.

What I don't like is some of the devs describing themselves as 'communists' and 'anarchists.'

Extremism is never a good look, and the fact that Lemmys founders are... Definitely tickling that dragons tail is concerning to me

Still getting used to it, so far I like it. Bummed to lose Reddit, but glad to have found a new place.

I dig it.

I appreciate the speed, at least right now, faster than reddit so that's a bonus !

Can we call communities "lemlets?"

I think it's an improvement to reddit honestly. The communities seem chill compared to Frontpage so I'll stick around.

it almost feels liberating leaving reddit and I really like this site its very clean and easy on the eyes. There are some responsiveness problems on mobile but I have no idea if that's just my phone.

I'm trying out Jerboa but it keeps telling me I'm not logged in every time I try to do something.

Anyone else having this issue?

Quite excited honestly. Things feel like anything is possible here, a sense of optimism and possibility. One that reddit had many many years ago. I have good hopes for the fediverse way of doing things

I'm enjoying it. The mobile PWA needs a card view like the MLEM app, unless I'm missing something.

@immadeofgold I'm pretty excited despite it being daunting. It reminds me of the 90s internet days. Looking forward to learning something new and fun.

Seems pretty fine, more reddit-like than I thought it would be. First comment!

Was a bit confused about sign up at first but it was actually super easy here. Still have no idea what's going on.

Hi, just joined but have been lurking for a day or two.

Just trying to find my bearings at the moment. I haven't joined any communities yet but will look at doing that later today.

I'm hoping that Lemmy is a less toxic space than Reddit became, and that an influx of us refugees doesn't ruin things for people who have been here longer. My hope is that those of us who migrate here learn to fit in with the ethos and rules of Lemmy, rather than trying to change things (or worse, expecting them to change to fit what we're used to "over there").

I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!

Loving it - federation is great, hardly ever even know which instance I'm interacting with from kbin, which is a good thing as it means the federation is working and mostly seamless. Can't wait for some apps to come out and streamline the experience, hopefully some more people will start coming here to populate a lot of the communities that I'd like to participate or lurk in. Right now there's a lot of... uh... shouting into the void trying to fill the space. I'm posting way more than I ever did on reddit just because like... somebody has to do it, right?

Thanks! It looks more like a Discourse forum than Reddit. I'll reserve judgment for now but after so many companies took their own platform usage we need something like this more than ever.

Pretty cool to see. I'm excited to see it grow. I'm pretty adamant about Mastodon being a great platform and seeing other decentralized platforms grow is awesome. I wanted to know how I can see a list of instances, or if anyone has any recommendations? I know myself and a lot of others likely joined the largest instances first, but I don't want to add onto an already stressed server.

Looks clean and slick as well as familiar, many will find the transition smooth - excellent work!

First comment! Finally.

Liking it so far!! Especially the spirit, kinda throws back to the mid 2000s

I’m liking it a lot, so far!

So far I'm really enjoying Lemmy, both the website and Jerboa! But I'm still getting used to the whole federation thing. It's really weird to get used too. Also there seems to be fewer communities/subreddits. I'm missing specific interests...

But the concept is great! I'm excited to be on a open source social network. The mainstream ones are so unethical.

Thanks, where's the coffee machine, please?

There are some features I miss. I always loved finding subs that allowed one to set a custom user flair, and I don't think we have that yet. And, of course, there aren't as many people, so some communities are just empty. Trying to figure out if a community is already out there or if I should try and make one myself, it's a little overwhelming to just start out. But... It's exciting. I don't know if this place will be a forever home, but it's promising.

So far, I'm liking it! I enjoy the feel of the community here. I was mostly a lurker on reddit so it's nice to participate for once.

I’ve been here for a few days and love it! I have a community too, called allaboutfantasymedia which I hope to get off the ground soon.

so this is where we flee pala, hi!

Trying to get used to using a new system, but great to see the growing community here!

digg déjà vu

Yo what up, fam?

Been a wild six months losing Tweetbot, moving to Ivory, and now Reddit has decided to trip over itself. I’m eager to see how this site (and the general federated versions of the reddit idea) end up.

Still trying to get my head around this fediverse stuff. I admittedly gave up on Mastodon pretty quickly because I just couldn't figure out how to work it, but I think I'm slowly getting the hang of Lemmy after searching out a few guides.

Where’s the home page? I subscribe but I always see Lenny.world. Please help

So far it is okay a little confusing to get started but not too bad, and it seems to be getting busier every day

It's frankly really nice. The conversations here are more civil in what I have seen so far, and feel organic. I really love the "vibes" of this space and the fact that it is so much better than doomscrolling on Reddit. I have seen some very nice comments here, and have spent the last few days trying my best to understand what "federation" is. It is a bit daunting for a not-so-tech-savy person like me, but hey, it's great. I really hope it grows nicely and becomes a good alternative.

Thank you for getting this up and running, and to anyone reading, may you have a wonderful day :)

I like it! Thanks for having us

I'm loving it so far. However, Jerboa could use some work. The font size settings are wacky.

Thank you and Lemmy feels like it could really become a wonderful haven for us long time Reddit users.

How do instances decide to defederate other instances popping up in the future? E.g. an NSFW instance is created but I don't want to see any of it when I browse "All".

Once the server caught up and let me create my account it's been good. Still learning the details.

Until now I really enjoy my experience on Lemmy. The UI is great and minimalist, and things actually work, unlike on Reddit lol

I am happy whenever there is a fresh start. Brings out the flaws of my old ways.

Hey, website works pretty great. I joined recently and was able to subscribe to a couple cool communities here locally and on other instances. Everything seems pretty awesome. Thanks for having me!

I just subscribed to Lemmy.world via Beehaw, which already has a good community. Looking forward to being part of the discussions in these new integrated frontiers :)

Thanks, just logged in. I'm so exited to use the lemmy. I really hope others from reddit come here so that we have even more engagement and much refined app.

it's great so far!

so. um. my question is, in mastadon even though you have an account with one instance you can still see/follow/whatever people from different ones (unless the admins made it private) is this the case with lemmy or am i stuck here and would need to go make some other places? thanks
edit: NOW i see the tab switching from 'local' to 'all'. Derp

Excited about the possibilities of the fediverse!

Hello, world! A comment has happened.

Just signed up, but so far, so good. Easy to sign up and have already found a few communities that will hopefully flourish.

Brand spanking new, we'll see after a day or two! I think mostly I'm still trying to get the hang of how to sign up for subs, discover, etc.

I like it! Feels kind of cozy! ^_^ It's good to be here!

Is there an app for Lemmy?

Glad to be here. So far, so good. I like what I am seeing, even if I feel somewhat lost after about a decade on Reddit.

I haven't used Lemmy much yet, but I'm honestly impressed by how well it seems to work so far.

I'm looking forward to contributing! I still need to go through the list of communities to try and find what I care about, but that should be fun!

First comment on the lemmyverse 🫡 looking good so far!

How do we get as many people to switch as possible?

the website and this instance seems cool, i hope that there will be an apollo like app made for lemmy tho

First post, liking what I'm seeing so far! Appreciate that signup here was quick/easy, had some issues on other instances.

This is my first visit so I'm still trying to figure things out. I'm on the mobile website right now because I haven't been able to figure out how to log in on the Jerboa app. Can anyone tell me what "instance" means on Jerboa when you're logging in? I tried a couple different ones from the dropdown menu but they all said " incorrect login."

Feels a bit similar to moving to Mastodon from Twitter. easier to browse here than finding people to follow on Mastodon though

Interesting. I can see promise. I think this will be my stop if they kill relay for reddit.

Thanks to all who are working to make this site work

Quite intuitive. I like it. And I was easily able to find quite a few of the communities I like to follow. Cool stuff all around :)

Echoing others I'm finding it quite exciting to be a part of new communities (and to hopefully play a role in making them more established.) I'm trying to comment as much as possible to play my part. I'm also loving the fediverse in general.

Thanks for having me, lemmy.world!

These instances feel quite cosy. Homely, even. I think they're called instances? I don't know. Anyway, I'm here.

If anyone has any super-noob friendly tips for being a good Lemmy citizen then I'm all ears - I'm an iPhone user so any app recommendations would be greatly appreciated too!

On Reddit you have your home page or start page that shows combined content from all of your subscribed subreddits and nothing else... how do I get to something like that here, or isn't there anything like that here?

I dont know, its been 5 minutes

Hey! I'm keeping this as it's targeted at new users from Reddit. However, in future please find another community to post this on, because it is not related to the lemmy.world instance specifically.

I think I have this figured out now lol. Hope people aren't too lazy to use this.

Just getting the hang of it. Jerboa app for android is very nice to have - sometimes find it hard to search up a community in another lemmy server even when I know the same (I think the search is case sensitive?). That's on the mobile web interface... Haven't figured out how to find a new community on jerboa itself yet

I'm still mainly using Reddit atm as there is just so much more content to see and a few small Subreddits that I haven't found here. I also have not seen any porn here yet.

The blackout will hopefully bring more people (like me) here, as for those 2 days, I'll DNS block Reddit in my network to not accidentally use it during that time. Hoping to get more used to this here during that time.

I literally just joined! It's funky and fresh, I like it!

I really hope this place gains traction. I'm too young to have been on Digg, but I hope to be on the ground floor for the next platform. I'm not a very technically educated person, but from what I've heard, that kind of business model Reddit has is impossible. It'd be localised to individual "subreddits", instead of the whole website.

So far so good

A bit confused but I think I'm getting the hang of it

I think I've encountered a few errors and issues but I think I can figure it out

Thanks for starting this!

Still learning my way around, but I want to give a special shout to Jerboa, it's not Relay or RIF (yet,) but it's already miles better than what they did to AlienBlue.

I like it. Bringing over some No Man's Sky people. Is there a shorthand way to link communities? Like typing /r/NoMansSky would link to the subreddit on reddit, but /c/NoMansSky doesn't link to the community here. Would be a cool future feature if it's not one now!

Looks good so far, looking forward to getting the hang of Lemmy.

I'm scared and confused and don't know where all the cat pictures are.

Website seems pretty neat. Glad to have a proper alternative to Reddit as it continues to burn to the ground lol.

As the saying goes, fuck /u/spez!

I'm having trouble navigating through lemmy. The Frontpage was different before I created an account. Could someone explain the instances? I logged in to lemmy.world does that mean the content on the rest of lemmy is off limits? I have to create an account for each instance?

I see there is lemmy.ml and others

Edit: I get it now. Thanks for the explanation

Lurked for a day anonymously, just signed up after liking what I saw. Considering hosting my own instance for myself just to try the set up, but my home server already has a lot running on it, need to think about it.

Hoping some communities I followed on reddit start to appear and have regular activity.

So far it’s been good. There is a bit of a learning curve, setting up on mobile devices was a little challenging. Seems to be working well now. This thread has been really helpful for me.

Hey thanks, glad to be here. Lemmy seems very promising!

It's nice. I think I am getting the hang of it.

It seems alright. Just created this account.

Sup doods! Hoping we can make a nice less spezzy space here

Haven’t been on long enough to decide how it functions, but the aesthetic remind me a lot of Alien Blue, so I’m a fan so far.

I think im trying trying to wrap my head around it. But it looks promising! Is there a name for individuals on lemmy? Like is there a 'Redditor' for Lemmy?

Excited to be here :)

Just been approved for my account. It's a little different but looking forward to getting used to it. Also FU Spez.

Thanks. So far, I'm really enjoying Lemmy. What I really miss is a good iOS client. But I guess it's hard to build something like Apollo...

if i create my own instance does that mean i am lord in terms of deciding what content is appropriate or not?

looking good, already feels better

Hi! New here, likely escaping from that other place.

I'm curious -- How are y'all feeling about server load? What seem to be the limiting factors on capacity of a single instance?

I found the process a bit confusing at first, but I've really come to enjoy it.

There are a few enhancements that could really make it shine, one that I saw and really would like is a community tagging system. You could view all communities tagged as e.g "technology" in one view, helping stop communities being so splintered.

I am wondering about hosting my own instance to help spread the load, but community moderation doesn't interest me very much.

I am hoping this takes off. Still poking around trying to figure everything out!

Conceptually I think this is really cool. General question - I know you can interact with different instances, and presumably there are communities that are highly active that are not on my home instance. How can I search for those communities?

I'm liking it but if there's a search function I'm not finding it? Like, I want to go looking for communities by topic.

I just got here, figuring things out slowly

Vibin, feed hasn't changed too much

Why is the header image a red car parked beside a rock? Are we supposed to ignore the car, and focus on the distant, tree covered mountains?

Looks promising, curious how it will turn out after the 2 days blackout

It's pretty confusing to find a community on another website, then search for it on here a specific way, then you can subscribe and post once it comes up. It's not too bad once I got used to it though. New users basically will need to be given the name of this website and how to find existing communities on other websites and post there. That's 2 things that need to be simple to have this grow.

It's a lot different from reddit but I'm getting used to it and loving it more and more. Also this is a test comment

Really liking it!!!! Joined a instance or 2 so getting used to everything!

Yep, fuck spez. So say we all.

Quite like it... haven found a good mobile client yet though. But I've only tried Jerboa, and that just kept loading forever

Well, at least this place looks a little simpler than mastodon. But could someone explain what's that Matrix User thing on my settings?

Really good.I'm always had an interest in federation and the potential that brings going forwards, so seeing the site grow is an amazing prospect. I got a bunch sub's setup over on Lemmy.ml but I dunno if I should mirror em here or if it won't be necessary.

I barely can figure out how this works here. I use the Jerboa app and I often get the error message "Language not allowed" when trying to reply. Can anyone help me with this?

How does it work if I come across an abandoned community (with a great name)? Can the owners/mods be modified, like on Reddit?

So...I guess this is a chance for a fresh start then.

Not really sure what kind of things I'll get up to on this site, but as they say, the sky's the limit

Think I this figured out after an evening and excited to see how things develop in the future! Reddit has been relegated to a marketplace account for me for quite a while at this point anyways.

I'm optimistic although I know I probably won't have the same kind of conversations about esports I had on Reddit.

I guess I will have to scout around a bit to see if there are groups for things in local feeds on other lemmy instances that I can't see here? Rather than re-inventing the wheel?

I'm still learning the ropes here, been here for only a few hours now but I already started to like it

Just joined after looking around. Already a daily Mastodon user so I have some idea of how things work and look. Looking forward to starting the Lemmy journey.

Not sure if I Digg this place yet, but will give it a try for sure.

Looking good so far!

I'm enjoying it so far. Still getting my feet wet and trying to get more comfortable with posting regularly. Reddit made it kinda hard to do so in some subs so this is new to me.

Echoing what everyone else is saying. The fact that there's servers that can access each other is kinda breaking my brain right now, but I'm also excited for the reddit -> lemmy migration and looking forward to seeing this place grow.

I don't understand lemmy. I can't login on any of the apps like lemmur. I'd like an app more than a web version that I can only see using Mull. Vivaldi and Soul don't log me in. Needs work.

Hello! Looks nice, I realize it will probably take some time to get used to, but I hope the community will grow. I mod a sub on Reddit and we are thinking about a blackout in protest, in any case it would be cool to set up shop here in the fediverse :)

The Jerboa app though could use with some improvements to navigate the different communities.

I'm only a few minutes old, but I'm looking forward to exploring. It's pretty cool so far!

I love the fesiverse. The apps are still a bit buggy and lack in terms of customization. (Maybe some reddit apps can be adapted to work with lemmy, jerbora just doesn't compare to sync) Since reddit also blocks api access to nsfw subreddits I kind of hope that we'll get a nsfw lemmy instance someday.

Excited for the change! Kind of confusing tho

I'm quite enjoying it so far! mlem is surprisingly great

As long as there's quality content I don't care about technial quirks

How is the federation supposed to work regarding logins? I made my initial account on lemmy.world but I'm unable to login and subscribe to communities on other federated servers. I presumed the primary server I setup on would allow me to subscribe and comment on communities on other servers?

Good, glad to be here!

Thanks for having us!

I’ve just been trying to get used to the website, but I’m liking it here

It seems intuitive coming from Reddit. I’m excited to explore all the communities and see what’s going on

Deleted Bacon Reader today. Sad.

Hello from Kbin. Federation is great!

Hello, just arrived here permanently and kbin looks good so far. I need to familiarise myself a bit here first.

Still a bit confused.

Glad to be here

I'm using Kbin and enjoying it so far, although I need to teach myself to navigate it. I'm lamenting the loss of r/stlouis, where I was most active. Someone made a server for it here but there are only 4 members or something so far.

doesn't hurt my eyes, looks just as good as old.reddit, now just hopefully reddit can hurry up kick the bucket.

When I add this site to my Home Screen it afterwards loads as a PWA. Is there a way to add the site without it loading as PWA? I just want it to open as a tab in safari.

Good so far! Is there a way to sort comments by upvotes on Jerboa?

Still a young community, hopefully this’ll be able to take on Reddit someday in terms of user growth and usability

Thank you! :D Allthough I still have some hope left that we don't have to stay permanently, this feels promising ^^ There isn't an iOS Client though, right?

I dunno

Ainda continuo no reddit,mas gosto de variar as coisas.. estou gostando do Kevin, só não entendi o lemmy..

Hello Everyone! This place feels really good! refreshing Hell yeah!

Awesome, it’s been forever since I’ve seen an online community that isn’t already established so it’s cool to participate in one that still growing. I’m using mobile so there are some bugs and I’m having trouble uploading an avatar, it lets me select the picture but it doesn’t look like it actually uploads it.

Hello! I owned a 3 digit karma account on Reddit (Which has the same username as my Lemmy username but without the 's'), and now I am here after seeing the dumpster fire that is Reddit. So far the site is pretty nice to use and simple enough that I know how to use it.

I haven't deleted my Reddit account, mainly because I want to see how Reddit would respond after the protest (so after June 14th). If they didn't reconsider their action and instead continue with their decision then remind me to delete my Reddit account.

Hello everyone!

I abandoned Reddit months ago tho, I was mostly a lurker, but since with the news I'll join something new. Plus, it's on the fediverse :)

Definitely a learning curve to how it all works compared to something more centralised, but good to be here :)

I feel like having so many instances open before Lemmy as a whole grew really big is gonna be a hurdle for communities to grow really big. But maybe the culture of Lemmy will center itself around instances rather than communities. Either way I'm glad to see a Reddit competitor that actually expands upon what Reddit was doing through federation instead of just being "what if Reddit was smaller and buggier"

Hey all! Feeling great!

Thank you! Looks great so far!

Need to learn more about how to navigate. Essentially want an /all view to start with

Testing commenting from other instance. pls ignore

To whom it may concern: Someone asked to the link to my community like a day ago but I can’t find the OG comment. So if you see it, or know who it is, give them this.

https://lemmy.world/c/allaboutfantasymedia

Bouncing around a little bit to figure out how I want to navigate fediverse stuff. Right now I'm trying out kbin, and it is shockingly comfortable and easy to use so far! I think this whole ditching reddit thing will work out great!

Edit: Forgot to mention, but the message-board form factor is a lot easier for me to get the hang of compared to when I tried to use Mastodon earlier in the year. Much smoother on-boarding process imo!

Yello Yello Yello

Hi there! I'm having trouble uploading pictures, but other than that, it's nice

Pretty good, sometimes it's slow but it's waaay better than redd(sh)it.

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Thank you. It’s a new opportunity to explore!

Ohai! I'm exited for this site!

So glad to be here and it'll be fun trying work out how to use this site.

It reminds me of older websites in a way. Probably got too used to reddit

maybe a bit idealistic but i'm extremely hopeful