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[–] Gullible 35 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

At first, I got frustrated while reading people being wrong for 200 comments. I still am, but I was at first as well.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Woof yeah, that was one of my first times reading a reddit thread since I left during the API disaster and holy fuck I am glad I left.

It's not even people being wrong, but the whole vibe is repugnant.

I've had unpleasant exchanges on Lemmy, sure, but the general vibe is just so much more acceptable, seeing it now I wonder why I didn't leave reddit sooner.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Well if you like Lemmy... You might also enjoy Linux UwU

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

Redditors really hate having their routines challenged. The ones who want to leave will leave, and the group of people who stay behind will become increasingly obstinate (and it's probably for the best).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anti Lemmy sentiment is very strong

I am wondering where this is coming from since half of the comments are just out right wrong.

[–] Gullible 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I physically cannot care, for I value my sanity. But I can guess that kids these days simply value things we never even considered amenities. Automatic username choices? No. No, thank you

[–] imaqtpie 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Automatic username choices are considered a feature? Jfc that's depressing

[–] AwesomeLowlander 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

TBF, not all of us are cutie pies

[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

@[email protected] I only just now understood your username. I'd been previously reading it as iMac-T-pie, or something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Your username has Elon in it, discovered this by first wrongly configuring my keyword filters 😄

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 2 weeks ago

Haha, clbuttic mistake :)

[–] imaqtpie 4 points 3 weeks ago

Lol indeed, people don't think it be like that but it do

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the 'lon' in your username stand for, anyway?

[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, the 'lon' doesn't stand for anything. I just realized that inserting it into 'threemusketeers' would result in the string 'elonmusk'.

[–] imaqtpie 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ha! Airsick Lowlander

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Tribalism at its finest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What were they saying that you consider to be "wrong"? I got the vibe nobody was interested in learning how Lemmy works, but didn't see any misinformation.

[–] Gullible 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

No apps, bad UI (which doesn’t make sense for a Reddit user to say), confusing sign-ups, etc.. Strictly speaking, they’re mostly opinions. But they’re opinions that don’t make sense, given the simplicity of the tasks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've said this many times before, but FOSS enthusiasts vastly overestimate the amount of hassle non technical people are willing to put up with to do something. The only thing in that list that is factually incorrect is no apps.

[–] Gullible 4 points 3 weeks ago

You’re probably correct. I rarely speak to others about their social media habits, so I lack perspective on that front.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Have they finally started posting content other than how many reddit users are flocking there? That's all I found last time I tried it.

That one hits close to home.

There's also a lot of people complaining about how confusing the federated nature of the platform is, not sure which instance to choose, not getting approved to join an instance, or confused as to why there are multiple communities for the same thing.

I have no doubt Lemmy will grow as a platform, but the user friendliness is nothing like a centralised platform.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Most of these problems are totally avoided by just giving someone a link to an instance and not mentioning federation, there won't be any differences from Reddit in using it unless that particular instance has unusual signup requirements.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's definitely a good idea, make it as easy as possible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I do this, but every comment I make gets removed by either a subs automod or a reddit admin.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The instances that make you fill out a questionnaire and perform interviews make me lol.

Ain't nobody wanna do that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I agree, this is a big problem with future Fediverse adoption, and a big reason why servers like lemmy.world are unfortunately so big. Not only does it limit the ability for new people to sign up but it limits the pool of existing users and interaction significantly, especially when the majority of servers do it.

I wish more people would publicly discuss this problem and that efforts would be made to make more servers instant-signup friendly.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 3 weeks ago

Eh, for topic specific instances who want to attract a specific set of users, I can totally understand why they would do that. Those probably shouldn't be the go-to instances we recommend to random Redditors though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

"For those wanting to try Lemmy you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, if you want a mobile app you can use https://vger.app/settings/install"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

2025 is going to be the year of Lemmy. Mark my words.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was 2023 tbh, but im down for a bit more growth. Not too fast tho please or it will cause issues and infighting.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lemmy infighting is cool as hell though it's basically subredditdrama with actual consequences

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lemmy dramas entertaining, we got public modlogs, public likes and dislikes lol

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Public dislikes? I haven't been able to access those... are they not admin-only?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like you can view them on Friendica, not sure though

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

Depends on how you access a post, they are technically available to all, think you have to see a post though friendica or something

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Jesus fucking Christ there's so many people there who have had a bad first impression due to the Tankie Triad. Why must Lemmy be cursed with these instances?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

update: I have wasted 3 hours of my free time advertising the fediverse on that Reddit thread

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

eh, tbh I didn't plan on it. I just ended up doomscrolling the comments and replied to anything negative I saw. Also promoted PieFed to the people who were concerned about the developers'... less than savory political opinions.

[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for your service.

o7

[–] threelonmusketeers 6 points 3 weeks ago

Getting them removed from the list of suggested instances could help with this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the triad? Is it the .ml users? They seem aggressive even when being agreed with.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Hexbear, lemmygrad and lemmy.ml.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Eh best for those libs to stay on reddit and not pollute this place

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

ask your server admin that cuz pawbsocial doesn't even see them

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm talking about people in the Reddit thread. I'm frustrated how the tankie triad is hindering growth.


My instance (lemmy.cafe) is defederated from the tankie triad :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy.ml isn't blocked on pawb.social unfortunately. Only the other two are, and lemmy.ml is decently problematic even if it isn't as much as the other two.

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