Thanks for the positive news!!
prettybunnys 91 points 3 years ago
There’s also folks like me who came, 15 years on Reddit and I haven’t been back.
Those of us who actually interacted with the platform and left aren’t going back.
jballs 19 points 3 years ago
I'm close to that too, but I think mine was 13 years. The weird thing that I've noticed is that most of the time I was on Reddit, almost no one I talked to in real life used Reddit. I struggled for years to try to get people to check the site out. Now that I left, I swear I hear someone I know mention Reddit exponentially more often. The average person doesn't give a damn about how shitty the platform has become, because they weren't around to see what it used to be. The average person WANTS to see ads interspersed with their cookie cutter content with stupid ass features like chat and followers. Good riddance.
MountainGoat 4 points 3 years ago
Agreed. First they killed RedditGifts, then AMAs, then the up vote/down vote debacle, and when they took away my ability to use Relay is when I left. Screw them.
psud 3 points 3 years ago
I'm a counter example. I contributed on Reddit, moderated my own subreddit with a couple of thousand viewers; couple of tens of contributors
I haven't been back to that sub, haven't appointed any other mods. If automod can't handle shit, shit isn't being handled
I have been back to other subs. There are small inoffensive places on Reddit that simply haven't moved
I still visit those subs, still write on them, just not nearly as often
Edit to add: checking today, those subs are becoming less good. With no good app, so many of the prolific commenters don't comment much now. I also had a reply to a 2015 comment I made. I thought stuff was auto-archived much quicker than that
Stalinwolf 63 points 3 years ago
I'm yet to encounter the majority of issues I hear Lemmings griping about. Everyone has been pretty civil toward me. Every time my inbox blows up I feel dread, only to open it and find zero confrontation or vitriol. I'm not running into any racists, sexists, bigots, etc., and I certainly haven't noticed a decline in content (I browse Top ~6 Hours).
I realize my personal experience doesn't equate to these problems not existing, but I do get the strong impression that people are exaggerating greatly.
Speculater 28 points 3 years ago
Exactly my experience as well. Sure, I don't have infinite scroll, but I also don't feel like an algorithm is trying to make me angry. When I get responses, they're typically thoughtful or on topic.
Xabis 10 points 3 years ago
infinite scroll
Depends on the client you are using.
For phone or tablets try using the Voyager native app.
For browser try m.lemmy.world which is just the web version of Voyager.
There are other clients like old.lemmy.world for that “authentic” feel.
vxx 15 points 3 years ago
I've been active for a month and in my opinion too many users have radicalised and extremist mindsets, but other than that it's alright.
Going back to reddit would mean to install that unbearable app they have and having to deal with incompetent admins, so I will stay here for some time.
I can see why it's off-putting for a lot of people though.
icepuncher69 4 points 3 years ago
many users have radicalised and extremist mindsets,
I think thats the whole internet nowdays, unless you decide to exclusivelly consume cat content (and even then theres gonna be a way to jam in extremist political views by some nutter somehow).
Although i have to admit that the ones here are of a diferent breed than most, mainly tankies and people on that side of the compass (and yes they are very annoying about it).
One upside to lemmy is that ,at least up untill now, the mods and admins are very neutral and i rarelly see deleted comments (or maybe they are hidden... i dunno) and that theres genuine free speech in here, i mean if you whant you can look at my comment history, i get downvoted to oblivion most of the time but my comments are still up and not censored.
Although there is this weird thing on other instances (im in sh.itjust.works and they dont do this i know i tryied it) that delete words on peoples comments and posts, mainly slurs and politically incorrect words. Really, i seen that some months before, dont know if it still like that now with the world users, but if you type something like fa***t in .world you will get "deleted" in that word specifically irc
nucleative 5 points 3 years ago
If you share a thought on a Biden/Trump thread, an Israel/Palestine thread, or another topic that attracts strong views, and your opinion is different than the hive, expect some vitriol and confrontation.
I've run into it while seriously looking for debate or productive conversation.
Shyfer 10 points 3 years ago
The same thing happens on Reddit, though. I think that's kind of just the internet from now on. /r/worldnews is literally just a pro-Israel, anti-Palestine echo chamber so it's nice to see another perspective on here. (I only browse Reddit at work not logged in for the record.) Over here, the hive mind on that seems to change thread to thread.
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Nikki 4 points 3 years ago
My only issue is the lack of small communities that get posts frequently, and yeah, duh, I should contribute, but theres only so much I can say about my transness.
One thing I miss about reddit is just being able to endlessly read about peoples experiences and stupid shitty trans memes, thats just missing here right now
ElegantBiscuit 12 points 3 years ago
I also think a big part of it is how active users are counted. Saw in a different thread that it only counts accounts who have commented or posted in the last month. Well.. I browse and vote on probably an average of 30-50 posts and many of their comments every single day, but the last comment I left was over a month ago.
I also wonder if the active user count is counting people who made multiple accounts across different instances and was therefore always massively overinflated to begin with. I have 5 lemmy accounts - one on lemmy.world when I first joined, one on lemmynsfw for happy fun times, and 3 more trying to find a different instance with the de federation policy and hoster that I wanted after lemmy.world was going through their ddos downtime issue.
DadVolante 12 points 3 years ago
I mostly lurk, too, but enjoy being around my fellow Lemmings.
The only decline I have seen as someone who mostly lurks is in conservatives who thought this was the next Voat. After the surge I saw an uptick in all kinds of people, and a lot of them I don't mind seeing leave.
You don't need this lil slice of the internet to be the "next big thing", you just need a place to go to see the stuff you like.
Shyfer 1 point 3 years ago
Ya ever since everyone defederated from exploding heads there's definitely less of them. Maybe one day they'll create another instance. I hope they do, maybe a less transphobic conservative instance, just for the variety of people.
AngryCommieKender 3 points 3 years ago
So, following the 90/9/1 rule, 90% lurk, 9% comment, 1% create content, we are primarily losing from the 90%? That seems to be a good thing for the long-term. As long as we aren't losing from the 1% I'd say we're good
bregosh 2 points 3 years ago
lurkers are also not counted in this statistics. ifaik only active users who are posting or commenting are counted. so there might be more users out there who are active and just lurking and they are not counted.
BetaDoggo_ 173 points 3 years ago
Smaller communities aren't necessarily a bad thing. Compared to reddit I rarely feel like I'm commenting into the void.
Bougie_Birdie 29 points 3 years ago
Them's fightin' words, pal!
killeronthecorner 16 points 3 years ago
I disagree!
prettybunnys 16 points 3 years ago
No you don’t
DadVolante 15 points 3 years ago
Actually, he does, and you look really stupid right now for thinking otherwise.
Here's a link I haven't researched to prove it.
hungryphrog 1 point 3 years ago
I disagree with your statement that claims that @killeronthecorner doesn't disagree with @damage.
GardeningSadhu 6 points 3 years ago
Exactly, lemmy needs to grow but if it just continues to grow and grow eventually it will just turn into what reddit is now. I'm happy to have something small to be a part of for now.... i don't think you needed me to tell you this but they say commenting is good for lemmy, so here i am
Grimm 1 point 3 years ago
I use an external Lemmy instance list.
icepuncher69 1 point 3 years ago
Ive seen that in reddit shadowbanning is rampant on new accounts, so mayve that has to do with something. Specially if you have been banned before.
FeelThePower 104 points 3 years ago
honestly it's replaced reddit for me in a good way, because it has just enough new content that I can check it before bed every day and scroll for a bit, but not enough to where I spend entire lunch breaks on it. sometimes I go days without even checking it. if anything it's made my relationship with my browser / phone healthier than reddit.
lichtmetzger 31 points 3 years ago
Exactly. Lemmy is an anti-doomscrolling platform and that's very healthy and amazing.
KrankyKong 8 points 3 years ago
I somehow replaced reddit with instagram reels and youtube shorts.
Twelve20two 18 points 3 years ago
Ah, they got ya by the dopamine balls
KrankyKong 4 points 3 years ago
Yeah they do. Would you believe me if i said giving up social media is harder than giving up nicotine?
MySkinIsFallingOff 3 points 3 years ago
I just discovered Lemmy, and I'm so happy about it. Instagram replaced Reddit for me these last five months, and I can really feel how detrimental it is for me. It's like an ADHD-machine. No community, no discussion, just this as quick and loud phase as possible vibe. You look through one recipe video and you get recipes for several days. People dancing and dancing with huge smiles and these creepy eyes. Honestly it's all so dystopian.
So keeping on with Instagram is not an option, going back to reddit is not an option - and I was really considering becoming like this person who is never in his phone, really mentally healthy, but wildly uninformed about the world and the general discussion 😅
The feel of this place with the Sync app is just so * chefs kiss *. Feels like what reddit was.
lichtmetzger 4 points 3 years ago
Exactly, and that the content eventually just ends. I didn't mean that every post is positive news.
toothpaste_sandwich 100 points 3 years ago
There's hundreds of us! Hundreds!
But hey, apparently that's enough, I haven't been bored on Lemmy yet. And as the enshittification of Reddit continues there might well be some other exodus.
saltnotsugar 25 points 3 years ago
Honestly there are enough quality posts and comments here that keep me engaged. It feels like a lot of creative people made the move.
CowsLookLikeMaps 18 points 3 years ago
Every time I go to check out reddit, I am shocked by how many right-wing psychos there are. I don't bother commenting anymore because there's so much vitriol there.
where_am_i 97 points 3 years ago
Reddit is like that ex the whole lemmy isn't over yet while loudly drunkenly screaming "I'm so over them!".
Advice: focus on yourself and your content.
BackOnMyBS 14 points 3 years ago
We can decide to never go back to our ex and also warn others if it comes up, while still moving on with our lives. However, if we're just bringing it up out of nowhere, we're still hung up on them.
shatterling 10 points 3 years ago
Also: focus on yourself and you're content 👍
NegativeLookBehind 8 points 3 years ago
Also: focus on yourself and you’re incontinent
Seventhlevin 8 points 3 years ago
Also: focus on your shelf in another continent
1847953620 6 points 3 years ago
Also: it's Istanbul, not Constantinople, man.
MySkinIsFallingOff 1 point 3 years ago
This isn't a good analogy at all.
If it should be forcibly used, like, reddit is an ex, then fuck no we're not over that ex. They took our home that we built and destroyed it.
OneMansTrash 7 points 3 years ago
I mean, would you call this post 'content'? It's just low-effort, non-discussion-provoking, nothingness about a platform that nobody around here cares about anymore (except you apparently?)
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ShitOnABrick 6 points 3 years ago
Most of the stuff you post is low quality shite mate not "content" it's mainly 99% vague political memes. this shite makes up 90% of lemmy
Grayox -18 points 3 years ago
You literally repost AI generated images, you dont even possess the originality to come up with your own prompt Lmao and you've never even made a post with over 1k upvotes. Git gud
TunaCowboy 8 points 3 years ago
cringe af
Rekonok 73 points 3 years ago
Being on Lemmy make me realise I was addicted to the front page of r*ddit having something new everytime I refreshed
Now I sort by top/6hours - reduced my screen time and see more quality things
It will be sad if peoples leave but if the top stay It is enough
Four_lights77 8 points 3 years ago
Yes. I feel like I’m finally sorting between the addiction I developed to “content” on Reddit and the interaction that makes sites like this great.
Doesnotexist 6 points 3 years ago
Lemmy is the Nicolette of reddit
LifeInMultipleChoice 15 points 3 years ago
I saw a discussion the other day that may have been part of it. They were pointing out that many users when first joining lemmy created accounts on multiple instances. Whether they needed to find a community they preferred or do to ddos attacks and other issues causing outages a lot of those accounts have likely become inactive more as time went by. So the numbers may not be decreasing so much as been inflated by individuals coming up as multiple active users early on. I haven't looked into how they are verifying what users are active though, so it could be wrong. If someone knows more please respond.
ekky 5 points 3 years ago
As far as I have heard, "activeness" is measured by whether a user posted a comment/post the past month, so lurkers/voters are not being counted. This does likely skew the numbers quite a bit.
EDIT: Found this nice answer from ~5 months ago. Yup, it appears to only count post+comment and leaves out voters and lurkers. :(
WoefKat 3 points 3 years ago
I was on this really great cyberpunk / LGBT instance called DATATERM.digital. It was even advertised on the joinlemmy page. However it disappeared without a trace and there is no word on it ever coming back :( I haven't found another one where I felt at home.
Rooskie91 60 points 3 years ago
Honestly, good. The Internet was better when people were spread out across many small message board and chat rooms. The golden age of the Internet was when you'd do a search for something and 500 different forms and little websites would pop up.
Now's it's all reddit, "X," and shitty corporate owned nonsense. We turned 2020 Internet into 90's cable TV.
noobdoomguy8658 7 points 3 years ago
Gonna add a comment to my upvote: I agree with this so fucking much. I look back at the joyous days when I had... fuck if I know how many websites, each dedicated to its own thing, most with its own userbase, so unique and so defined. The only good thing about Reddit for me was gaming communities that, unfortunately, replaced actual forums that once allowed me to engage with passionate people and look for relevant info, even if it's been years since its creation.
It's probably just me being unaware, but gaming communities these days feel dead outside their respective subreddits and some Discord servers - and the latter is an even worse experience because the form factor of an endless IRC-clone that actually seems to save chat history is pretty fucking dumb more than it is convenient. If anyone has any suggestions there, shoot.
ChickenLadyLovesLife 58 points 3 years ago
Lemmy is losing users, but Reddit is using losers.
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UnrepententProcrastinator 19 points 3 years ago
I'm fine with the post especially in niche communities just to keep them alive. But yeah comments seem useless.
LinkOpensChest_wav 6 points 3 years ago
One of the best things I've done is to uncheck "show bot accounts" in settings.
Lucidlethargy 3 points 3 years ago
On Reddit it got so bad I stopped responding to replies entirely. I'm still not very regular about that, but whenever I check now, I'm shocked to find I'm not just getting blindly downvoted for potentially contraversial statements. It feels like a really good sign to me - progress in an era of downward spirals as low effort people all over the world spew their nonsense on everything.
GrindingGears 5 points 3 years ago
I treat Reddit like I treat twitter. When something happens, I look at it to get a read on the situation, or what people are saying or whatever. But I otherwise totally ignore it now.
A year ago, I couldn't go an hour without looking at Reddit.
dumpsterlid 16 points 3 years ago
The vibrancy of communities is what matters, not total numbers. I have definitely noticed a solidification of new communities into places that feel longterm sustainable.
I mean also people are really tired and beat up, in the US most people are worse off than they were before the pandemic (not good). I don’t blame people for not having the mental bandwidth to join a new social network.
MaxVoltage 1 point 3 years ago
🥚#
ghostdoggtv 53 points 3 years ago
To be honest I kind of like it here.
CoggyMcFee 32 points 3 years ago
I also find the limited number of posts and comments keep me at a healthy level of browsing. On Reddit I could get sucked down the rabbit hole of even one post, reading comments and replying to stuff for hours. There’s really very little of value that can ever be accomplished at that depth.
TangledHyphae 3 points 3 years ago
I agree with this, and on top of that the lack of infinite scroll is a feature to me because it requires me to deliberately consider each post before the next page rather than just spamming downward looking for that next dopamine hit.
Automated_Footprint 16 points 3 years ago
Everyone here is so nice
Until you mention Windows.
explodicle 7 points 3 years ago
Even then, they're trying to help you.
Automated_Footprint 2 points 3 years ago
Rarely. Mostly it's just anger, which is the reason why some people don't move to it.
explodicle 1 point 3 years ago
Did you find this out by asking them?
FilthyHookerSpit 3 points 3 years ago
I use arch, btw
Automated_Footprint 2 points 3 years ago
Idk people criticize most of the bad things. but when it is windows, things change a bit.
Shatur 2 points 3 years ago
I think you can find some jerks in any community, it's people. But I doubt that GNU/Linux enthusiasts hate people for using Windows in general. I personally a GNU/Linux user and I never hate people for using Windows.
It's just like Reddit - they have more content, but we prefer Lemmy because of freedom. And we hate Reddit (and spez), not it's users.
staindundies 5 points 3 years ago
Agreed, I went on reddit recently and realized how much anxiety it used to cause me. Fuck that place. There is definitely something to their algorithm meant to make you feel that way.
HoodieGyaru 4 points 3 years ago
The front page furry porn is going to turn me into a furry one day...
HoodieGyaru 3 points 3 years ago
Maybe it's time to set up an account in another instance
icepuncher69 1 point 3 years ago
Not really if you get into political talk, you will be shit talked into oblivion, and in the subject of pornography, i find the one here on lemmynsfw bland af, its mostly tje same chicks posting over and over again. But other than that I have seen before complaints from people on the lemmy.nsfw community that they are surprisingly puritan with the nsfw content allowed, and if you look for that type of content you will realize that its true, like i can think of various extreme fetishes that are banned that i rather not type here in public, but some that are more perplexing are like csncs, which its just a type of roleplay between 2 consenting adults and thats banned for some reason, and rape hentai, while i understeand while that would be controversial, its still a fetish sone people would have and its in draw form so no harm done to anyone, also some other gross stuff that nobody likes like scat or guro (drawn ofc)
Which like i said nobody whants to watch those last 2 except for the people that do and there even are comunities of those in reddit, so its very weird that there arent any equivalents here.
(Btw when i say banned i mean that they dont allow comunities that post that type of content.)
(And before you ask no im not into any of that type of the aformentioned shit)
Now you could say "well change instances", but i heard bad things from the other ones here that do allow some of that stuff, specially the hentai focused ones, which i heard are mainly legally dubius shit and a little dangerous to go there so i rather look for porn/hentai somewhere els
MySkinIsFallingOff 1 point 3 years ago
"Everyone here is so nice".
Oh yeah? Well, you can freaking go hug yourself buddy!
Yamainwitch 36 points 3 years ago
I love how so many of us former reddit lurkers found a home on Lemmy/the fediverse. I have absolutely loved being a part of the greater community here, I don't know how else to describe it but it feels like my Internet home. I love all you fellow nerds. Obligatory fuck spez.
ZoopZeZoop 8 points 3 years ago
We love you, too. Even S'ned is warming to your presence.
Yamainwitch 3 points 3 years ago
👉😎👉
ZoopZeZoop 3 points 3 years ago
👈😎👈
pinkyprincessfiona 5 points 3 years ago
I feel the same way. Also, fuck spez. Lol
Goldmage263 4 points 3 years ago
It feels like mostly internet veterans and people that care to explain themselves to me. Less recent users that don't know technology or are newer to social media that isn't "mainstream".
Yamainwitch 5 points 3 years ago
Absolutely, this is really well said. I think because of the barrier to entry on this platform we are all a little more invested and I am here for it. I've hated what social media has become (Myspace was peak imo) and I'm so delighted the fediverse exists.
dauerstaender 34 points 3 years ago
Fuck u/spez and fuck Tencent.
You know what? Fuck the enshittification of the internet too.
Gradually_Adjusting 32 points 3 years ago
I can't be fucked with reddit anymore. The fact that Lemmy is slower and quieter means I eventually get bored and do something else.
TangledHyphae 7 points 3 years ago
Was there some stat released somewhere showing lemmy "losing users"? I'm pretty new and plan on sticking around, the quality here is infinitely better than reddit.
magnetosphere 3 points 3 years ago
Yeah. I’m more concerned with quality than raw numbers.
magnetosphere 29 points 3 years ago
How many of those that we’re losing are dead alts, bots, and trolls? I’m not that alarmed.
CatTrickery 25 points 3 years ago
I use Lemmy more than I ever used Reddit. It seems to be better at finding higher quality content
treesapx 14 points 3 years ago
Same here. I feel Reddit changed for the worse so slowly that I had completely forgotten what the glory days were like until I came to Lemmy. I forgot that there was actual discussion in the comments rather than the same ten lazy comments ad naseum.
I'm kinda surprised Lemmy is losing users since it feels like there is more engagement since I joined earlier this year.
Potatos_are_not_friends 7 points 3 years ago
There's so much of the "same ol" on reddit.
Top posts seem to follow a structure. Top 5 comments are the same jokes. A lot of the askreddit is regurgitating from a year ago.
Honestly it feels like chatting with AI bots. And I wouldn't be surprised if reddit is secretly inflating their numbers.
slurpeesoforion 22 points 3 years ago
Reddit for porn and porn only.
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clanginator 11 points 3 years ago
Old gonewild was pretty great too, before all the onlyfans spam
Gebruikersnaam 2 points 3 years ago
Bdsmlr is decent, depending on your taste.
slurpeesoforion 1 point 3 years ago
I don't have three minutes to beat off, let alone three hours.
pandacoder 20 points 3 years ago
Even when I'm not active on Lemmy, I am not on Reddit.
If I ever need information from Reddit (unfortunately there is still a lot of information only on Reddit...), Wayback machine I go.
Even if me requesting that Wayback machine archive a page, once it's saved we don't need to give reddit anymore clicks, Wayback machine gets the clicks instead. It's better than losing information outright.
MargotRobbie 20 points 3 years ago
Some of you who are complaining Lemmy are seeing though rose-tinted glasses about what reddit was like back in the day. The majority of the site was never good, and it had always had plenty of embarassing/messed up things on there that you had to sift through, but it's a different, sterile kind of bad now.
Here are a couple of reminders of what reddit was actually like, in no particular order.
- Ron Paul
- Faces of Atheism, "Euphoric"
- AdviceAnimals, Rage Comics
- Spacedicks
- r/jailbait
- The entire Boston bomber saga
This is why I would never admit to using reddit in public, and until recent years, I would imagine most people won't.
So if anyone complains about how the current content on Lemmy is driving people away, remember, Lemmy is positively TAME compared to this supposedly "Golden Era" of reddit.
Alexstarfire 8 points 3 years ago
It sounds like you're listing bad things about reddit but what's wrong with advice animals and rage comics? I don't really know any drama around Ron Paul or Faces of Atheism either. The latter certainly sounds like the name of a cult though.
bizzle 9 points 3 years ago
Faces of Atheism was the single most cringe shit that I've ever seen, it was a bunch of fedora-wearing neckbearded atheists posting pictures of themselves overlaid with edgy and pseudo intellectual quotes by themselves. The euphoric one was the best lmfao I'm gonna copy/paste it here from the KYM page
"Just to be clear, I'm not a professional 'quote maker'. I'm just an atheist teenager who greatly values his intelligence and scientific fact over any silly fiction book written 3,500 years ago. This being said, I am open to any and all criticism.
'In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.'"
~u/Aalewis
Alexstarfire 4 points 3 years ago
😬
Cringy but who cares?
drivepiler 8 points 3 years ago
I miss the niche communities. So much knowledge about hobbies, crafts, cooking, anything. They will grow here though, with time.
ComeHereOrIHookYou 6 points 3 years ago
omg the reddit atheists, r/jailbait drama, spez editing user's post. brings back memories.
LemmyIsFantastic 19 points 3 years ago
Spez: 
ExfilBravo 9 points 3 years ago
Same. I named the block settings "Fuck Spez".
rowanthorpe 18 points 3 years ago
I never used Reddit other than the rare view via a search-engine when trying to find something. I now lurk Lemmy daily but barely ever post. I read so many enlightening things here. Not leaving.
vivadanang 17 points 3 years ago
Fuck Spez, Fuck Musk too. Lemmy's better now than reddit ever was.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices 3 points 3 years ago
Kevin can fuck himself.
AVincentInSpace 3 points 3 years ago
Has StoriesAboutKevin made it to Lemmy yet?
Twelve20two 7 points 3 years ago
I some times feel a bit alone on lemmy solely because I'm not as tech inclined as a lot of the userbase, but it's reminders like this that make me feel a bit ok about it.
VinnieFarsheds 4 points 3 years ago
That's ok. I use Windows instead of Linux and I like it here since it's not the endless circlejerk that mainstream reddit with all the influencer posts and bot accounts currently is. Lemmy feels like a village to me, while reddit is the dystopian hellscape from bladerunner.
ElBarto 17 points 3 years ago
I never posted on Reddit, I only commented, because every time I posted anything, someone would come be an asshole about it. Here tho, I've been posting a lot more than I ever did and I don't get abused for it, unless that was my intent.
PatFussy 16 points 3 years ago
We arent losing users....
bdonvr 16 points 3 years ago
I just check every few hours instead of doomscrolling. It'd be nice to have more content and more active niche communities, but somehow I think this is better for me lmao. Anyways it feels cozier but not on the decline imo
netwren 15 points 3 years ago
Honestly yeah this is actually great. Most of the reasons I started to hate Reddit was that it went "mainstream". Censorship, political feuds.
I would hear Reddit mentioned in the news. I don't need that for my "community".
Like a return to Bulletin Boards. Hell yeah. Free and open internet babyy
MissGutsy 14 points 3 years ago
First people complain that there are to many people on lemmy.
Then the number of people decreases
Now people complain about that to
Can we please just stop caring about the numbers and instead focus on making a nice place for ourselves?
stolid_agnostic 13 points 3 years ago
I dunno, do we actually care about people who would leave here and go back to Reddit?
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BellaDonna 12 points 3 years ago
I'm actually, honestly enjoying this more. Yes, pretty much every niche community I joined has died now, and that's unfortunate, but it's quite certainly alive anyway.
Reminds me a bit of earlier Digg, and the culture here varies a lot but I see a wide range of political opinion and cultural frames of reference compared to what Reddit was, which was a near monoculture.
I prefer this not being guided by a single company.
KingThrillgore 11 points 3 years ago
As soon as reddit links fall out of Google, I won't even have to think about seeing it anymore. I also have it DNSBlocked because that's the only way I am going to stay off of it. X too.
OsrsNeedsF2P 11 points 3 years ago
Something I used to do on Reddit was find a new community, and binge the top posts from the last year. I've started being able to do that on Lemmy, which is a huge win in my books
SuicideSorcerer 1 point 3 years ago
I haven’t experienced that yet. How do you find new communities? When i sort by all it’s just vintage porn and bots reposting shit from reddit.
TurtleTourParty 2 points 3 years ago
I usually find out about them when someone posts to !newcommunities@lemmy.world
cristalcommons 11 points 3 years ago
well said. it's not about quantity, it's about quality. and spez enshittified Reddit because of greed, we shouldn't be greedy ourselves, or Lemmy will get enshittified too. i would like to slowly make it cozy and happy here, we shouldn't be competing against Reddit, because Lemmy is something different.
any nice user is welcome, please don't make them feel guilty for being on Reddit too. we will slowly make a nice transition so people have the option to being their stuff here if they want, which is what we need. no rupturism, please. i think we should be welcoming, not warmongering. this was made for users, not against spez. it's totally different.
spez can go and screw himself, i prefer to appreciate those who do good than to mourn about those who do wrong. don't waste energies on destructivity, spend them on constructivity.
don't compare to Reddit, compare to Lemmy on July, to Lemmy now, to what Lemmy could be if we work together. don't get anxious about growing. focus on 'growing nice' instead of 'growing more'.
we will make it. for sure. and it will be great.
have a nice day.
edit: i realize the 'not against spez' could have been worded better. what i try to say is that i prefer to focus my energies on nice people than bad people. i suffered already a lot bc of bad people and i prefer to spend my life supporting nice folks. sorry for the confusion.
LemmyKnowsBest 10 points 3 years ago
Lemmy is losing users?
please explain what's going on.
All I know as I get to know lemmy using sync I'm a little frustrated because my feed is limited and doesn't let me infinitely scroll and it only updates like once a day which is frustrating because I would scroll forever if I could. But it doesn't let me. It dead ends Then there are simply no posts. I have to come back the next day. perhaps this is built-in on purpose to make sure we don't spend & lose our lives here.
Also:
Lemmy is losing users
Lemmy is using losers 😆
Alfiegerner 3 points 3 years ago
All vs subscribed? I don't have infinite scroll on my subscribed subs, so I use All.
Peppycito 2 points 3 years ago
Oh, that's what it is. I've taken the approach that on lemmy it's better to browse all and block almost everything than it is to see nothing on subscribed. That said, I wish it was easier to block instances and people. It takes, like, 4 clicks and is a pain.
LemmyKnowsBest 2 points 3 years ago
Thank you for explaining this. I will try this.
Transcendant 9 points 3 years ago
I browse lemmy a lot on mobile. When I first looked into lemmy mobile clients, they were read only.
This post inspired me to get Sync 4 Lemmy, now I'll be commenting much more (careful what you wish for haha as I'm sure I will have opinions some don't agree with, but hopefully can always debate rationally)
GremlinNorb 9 points 3 years ago
That's the spirit
reverendsteveii 9 points 3 years ago
anyone who wants to leave can go. Hell, I'm responsible for two of the lost users because when i first came over here I misunderstood how this works and made a new account on each instance. what's up @reverendsteveii@beehaw.org and @reverendsteveii@sopuli.xyz?
Potatos_are_not_friends 3 points 3 years ago
I switched user names a few times too. Im pretty sure I made three accounts, and like six other ones for nsfw.
Lucidlethargy 7 points 3 years ago
Yeah, I saw that again the other day and could not care less. I love the Lemmy mobile apps, and there's nothing good left for Reddit in that area.
I actually was kind of annoyed the first week of Lemmy. It felt like a lot of keyboard warriors came over. It doesn't feel as much like that any longer. I think if anyone didn't stick around, it was the loud people pretending they were stronger than their addictions.
Good riddance, this is a much more chill crowd now. Maybe it's just a bunch of old people... But eh, I'm old. We can all be old together now. Just stay the fuck off my lawn, and by that I mean the grass outside my apartment complex.
GrindingGears 3 points 3 years ago
If anything, I feel a lot more calmer and more at peace when reading Lemmy threads. I find the people here are the reasonable ones, and all the other maggots seemed to stay on Reddit. Which I'm super ok with.
Now and then you'll see someone who just goes thermonuclear on the first response to one of their comments, but they are far and few between. They all seem to eventually go back to Reddit, thankfully. Maybe because they can't get the endorphin rush that they crave here.
This period of peace won't probably last long, but I'm enjoying it while I can.
LinkOpensChest_wav 3 points 3 years ago
I've followed a link onto reddit a few times recently, and the first thing I noticed was how unhinged and toxic the discussions are there.
Mio 7 points 3 years ago
I actually don't care about what reddit did. But I care about that the client is so much faster without all the ads, bloat they put in. Here Lemmy wins and it is Reddit fault they are so greedy and not caring about the user.
WashedOver 7 points 3 years ago
Umm this is a Wendy's drive thru sir...
RuikkaaPrus 7 points 3 years ago
Plus Reddit Ads Personalization are'nt avoidable anymore
Rice_Daddy 6 points 3 years ago
Has reddit reversed their API charge?
Immersive_Matthew 6 points 3 years ago
People are not moving to decentralized platforms yet, as they wish to empower those who are exploiting them more first whether they realize this or not.
Saledovil 6 points 3 years ago
Or at least, if you visit reddit, don't click on any ads or contribute in a meaningful way. In addition, never directly link to reddit. In a way, all your actions that affect reddit in any way should be to the detriment of reddit. It's like trying to cut down a sequoia with a sharp pebble, but even small livestock shits.
BurnedDonutHole 6 points 3 years ago
Mandatory FUCK REDDiT!
Potatofish 6 points 3 years ago
Cool story. What are ads?
HiddenLayer5 5 points 3 years ago
I've noticed that Lemmy has been shedding a lot of the Reddit style toxicity that was brought here from the influx. Presumably that has something to do with the terminally on Reddit people leaving.
13617 5 points 3 years ago
As a fediverse weird thing, aside from the log in process, using eternity is just wonderful. I left when infinity started requiring a subscription and this has been great, aside from the lack of content. I don't ever have to the think of anything after the @
Transporter_Room_3 5 points 3 years ago
Upside of a small community: more interaction between the users that do comment.
Downside of a small community: if someone's a dick, you can't really completely get away from them.
But the question is, can you handle one dick, or do you prefer dealing with hundreds?
samus12345 3 points 3 years ago
if someone’s a dick, you can’t really completely get away from them.
Actually, you can. That's what blocking is for.
Transporter_Room_3 2 points 3 years ago
And blocking is great! I've blocked many spam bots, people with hateful comments, entire communities because I don't speak their language or just don't have interest in their content (no OFFENSE to THE PACK you guys ARE SO COOL AND BADASS but that kind of humor doesn't appeal to me 90% of the time, no offense to sports fans but if I'm not actively playing it, I don't want to watch it)
But if it's a power user, it's really hard to get away from, and you can block them and all 15 of their alts but people still talk about some of them.
So you can prevent them from contacting you, and you can prevent either of you from seeing each other's posts and comments, but you can't completely get away from everyone.
samus12345 2 points 3 years ago
I've been fortunate enough to not have beef with a person who has influence beyond a single account, I guess.
UsernameNotFound 5 points 3 years ago
Test
dumpsterlid 3 points 3 years ago
Damn this timeline sucks but also I would totally get that put on a plaque and be proud af for getting permabanned by reddit for that.
HawlSera 2 points 3 years ago
I just reported people for transphobia and islamophobia, and they claimed it was abusing the report button so they banned me site-wide. They claimed it was a violation of the terms of service, but literally I checked and abusing the report button isn't even a rule. It just seems to me like getting rid of the complainer was better than getting rid of the problem.
Borkingheck 4 points 3 years ago
So are actual numbers of users down?
LinkOpensChest_wav 2 points 3 years ago
I use https://lemmyverse.net/
hungryphrog 4 points 3 years ago
It's okay, you can swear on the internet.
Annoyed_Crabby 3 points 3 years ago
That's the spirit!
jetsetdorito 3 points 3 years ago
well I've gone back on one of those promises
mypasswordis1234 3 points 3 years ago
Why is this a meme
mypasswordis1234 -12 points 3 years ago
I mean memes should be funny and it is not funny as it is real
mypasswordis1234 6 points 3 years ago
Why is this a comment?
samus12345 1 point 3 years ago
Because a comment saying something isn't a meme is a meme itself at this point.
banneryear1868 1 point 3 years ago
You know what, I'm just gonna say it. Nobody cares that you broke your arm are a meme.
balderdash9 1 point 3 years ago
I recently made a meme about this phenomena. A lot of these soap box memes just state something everyone here likes with an image underneath. I find it a bit pandering but apparently people like it.
exothermic 3 points 3 years ago
Here here
WiredWampum 2 points 3 years ago
I lurk Lemmy then go to Reddit for my local subs. I also unsubscribe from all the popular subs. Fuck $pez
OrteilGenou 2 points 3 years ago
Wurd brudder
BudgetBandit 2 points 2 years ago
Reddit is for Porn. I got my year-thing and scrolled for 2 million bananas. I’m only subscribed to Porn and have been clicking on 1 or 2 things from MapPorn that got suggested to me while browsing through the ad-infested home feed. Have a guess on what they said was the post I liked more than the "The Gorilla Grip and Twist 5000“ I’ve spent months watching.
zepheriths 2 points 3 years ago
Yep. The font of knowledge is useless because half of it is speculation
Resonosity 2 points 3 years ago
Unfortunately I go there still anonymously for when I need help or advice on certain life things, but I browse in a social media sense on Lemmy.
I've said this before: if there was a way to create more discoverability of Lemmy through a search engine, I'd choose it over reddit. Lemmy has different domain names based on server/instance, and that makes wild card searching impossible.
I know there are other search engines out there specifically for Lemmy, but that doesn't work for me.
crystalmerchant 2 points 3 years ago
TIL revenue can be measured in ounces, neat-o
crystalmerchant 1 point 3 years ago
where are y'all hearing the mau numbers anyways?
RickyRigatoni 1 point 3 years ago
Why woud using reddit give them ad revenue
ASeriesOfPoorChoices 1 point 3 years ago
If the only reason is because of not giving them "ad revenue", how do you not know about ad blockers in this day and age?
This is an insane take.
Goldmage263 1 point 3 years ago
Phone user here, can confirm. Wouldn't get anything done if I had lemmy or reddit open on my pc.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices 2 points 3 years ago
Porn addiction is not an uncommon thing, I understand.
Goldmage263 2 points 3 years ago
Exactly! Add the alchohol and drugs and there's no self-control left! Glad I'm not the only one, judging by the username.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices 0 points 3 years ago
Harder? What? Ad blocking hasn't changed at all. Just use a local vpn based blocker like Ad Guard, like a normal person. Stop making this weird.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices 0 points 3 years ago
Any app. Pick one. It doesn't matter. Ads are already blocked.
cosmicrookie 1 point 3 years ago
How is reddit doing btw? Is there any overview of active users there?
FakinUpCountryDegen -2 points 3 years ago
It's just a lot of work to filter the commie/socialist/libtard nonsense. Once you get most of the propaganda sludge blocked, it's actually pretty decent.
Gallardo994 -2 points 3 years ago
Stop. Bypassing. Our. Filters. Please.
meowMix2525 6 points 3 years ago
But you're still contributing content for users that see ads
memes
@lemmy.ml
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Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
go to feed...
memes
@lemmy.ml
56045
14592
5644
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
go to feed...
Total monthly posts exploded after Spez enshitified Reddit, and is still growing steadily month over month.
That suggests that the current decline in monthly active users is primarily because lurkers who only came to lemmy after initially hearing about it on Reddit, went back to lurking Reddit.
The number of users that are contributors is still growing, and that’s what’s important.
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