Lemmy definitely scratched the Reddit itch for me, and I don't see myself going back. Unfortunately however, it is still a huge container of information that I still find myself relying on if I need to search for something.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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The information contained in past posts and comments on Reddit is immense. Usually, the easiest way for me to find advice is a Google search that includes βRedditβ in the search field. It almost always returns a comment with exactly the information I was looking for
I was looking for support for a network issue and google returned me to several Reddit posts. Everyone of them was deleted or the sub was private. Itβs usefulness itβs diminishing real quick.
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All I've been seeing is beans π
Can someone explain the bean trend, sorry getting old bit of a has bean you could say β¦
Essentially someone posted a photo of some beans and said Lemmy will upvote anything, even just beans.
...we did.
Iβm a simple man. I see beans; I upvote.
Yup. Beans and poop. Quite frankly I'm not interested in either of those topics!
You should expand your horizons! Beans just come in so many variants. You got baked beans, half baked beans, twice baked beans (and so on), Lima beans, string beans, chili beans, things that look like beans but aren't (looking at you, peanuts are a legume), and the list goes on!
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Whether it's Lemmy, Kbin, or something that's yet to be made - I feel the fediverse is here to stay. Genuinely revolutionary step away from centralized services like reddit.
The paradigm of having a home base instance and being able to venture out into the fediverse is just incredible. There's a sense of community and comraderie that was never present on reddit. And yet there's a breadth of users and perspectives that you could never find on smaller internet forums or platforms.
Couldn't agree more, I really believe that federated self hosted sites have the potential to supercede the centralized internet. The fundamental experience is superior, and people will eventually begin to realize that.
Imagine an internet where nobody is trying to sell you something. Or worse, sell you (to advertisers). What a concept.
I'm new here, from Reddit, and can honestly say thank you so much and it's been a warm welcome. I'm getting the hang of Lemmy slowly but surely. The community has been helpful to new members and chill as hell. I'm glad to be here as Lemmy grows!
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Am I doing something wrong, I just see the same posts over and over even when sorting differently?
Try sorting by Top: 6 Hours, that keeps things a little fresher. Also you could sort by New, but that can get overwhelming depending on the level of activity.
Hot and Active sorting kind of suck right now tbh. Try top>day or something.
Edit to elaborate: I believe active heavily weighs recent comments and it sort of creates a feedback loop where someone comments, putting the post to top of active, then others see it there and comment on it perpetuating the cycle.
The website now let's you sort top 12h, 6h, and 1h too but no apps seem to have that implemented yet.
Oh and sort by All not Local to see communities from other instances that users on your instance have subscribed to.
Check lemmyverse.net too to look for communities no ones subscribed to where you are yet.
the liftoff app on android has sort by top 12/6/1hr, as of the latest update from yesterday or so. works really well!
Wefwef also has it
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I remember when I first joined Reddit it was much the same, but as it got more crowded my front page started becoming fresh more frequently.
I actually prefer this way, it means that there are less bots and more genuine content.
Try to do top 12hours instead, it's where the middle ground is.
I joined here on June 12th and there were practically no posts or communities. Now I can't keep track of it all. I'm so glad to be here and finally be part of this social movement - I've been tracking the Fediverse/Mastodon/Friendica/GNU Social/Diaspora/etc for a VERY long time, but the format of those networks has never been interesting to me. I want to talk about topics, not people.
Lemmy feels like how reddit felt in 2010
That's a rare thing these days
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Shoutout to the developers building apps for Lemmy. Testing a couple right now, and have honestly been surprised at how polished and smooth they are, even in these early stages.
Makes moving from Reddit a lot easier.
Came here July 1st, just created account, can't lurk forever I suppose
Started using lemmy during the beginning of the protests. Went back to RIF about a week later. Now back to Lemmy after apps were killed. It's definitely helping to full the hole left by RIF, but it's not quite the same.
Some of my favorite discussion topics on reddit were the comments on subreddits like AITH and MaliciousCompliance, and while they are here, they don't quite feel the same.
Still adjusting, and in a way, grieving the loss of the social media platform I used for over 10 years. But I've also been spending less time scrolling and more time with my other hobbies. So that's a net positive I guess.
never commented on reddit mostly bc the bots and i liked to lurk but i hope i can change that and interact more with all of you
Still getting my head around it. Hoping more interesting content comes about and we can put the memes/discussion of Reddit to bed!
Just a reminder that Lemmy is intended to not be addictive. Go out and enjoy your life. Lemmy will be here when you're pooping or when you have downtime, you don't need to be glued to it
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It seems like with no algorithms, and a set of common sense guidelines that Federated instances have, we can all learn to understand and respect each other better. Breaking free of billionaire, fossil fuel mafia and hostile anti-democracy government controlled manipulation is what freedom is all about. I love it.
I concur still feeling my way around, more mole like than a lemming π
I think the focus for devs/the community going forward has to be focusing on how easy it is to get on this platform so it can eventually hit a critical mass of users for regular new content/more active discussions.
Iβm using the memmy beta, it was really easy making an account on lemmy.world and logging in on memmy with that but the initial search I did made me think getting set up was a much longer process
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I was there for the great Digg to Reddit migration and now the great Reddit to Lemmy migration.
They can destroy our aggregators but theyβll never be able to destroy our community. π€
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Been loving seeing how active this place is getting, I didn't post often on Reddit but this just feels better somewhow, and I feel more inclined to comment on contribute!
And thanks to all the people developing! Either Lemmy itself or all the apps to read it.
Shoutout to aeharding for wefwef. Not sure if Iβd be sticking around if not for the Apollo-like experience theyβre bringing to Lemmy!
Thanks so much!
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username checks out! π
Except the fascists. Fuck the fascists, they can go back to the holes they crawled out of.
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Thank you for this post, itβs really inspirational. I think we can create an awesome community here. This is the start of something special.
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Awww thank you also for being here. Letβs make this fediverse work πͺ
Even me? Wow
Maybe my first contribution will be getting this video to work on the mobile/iOS version of this site lol
It's not worth it, man.
Supporting iOS browsers might feel like jumping off a cliff, but I must do it for my Lemming brethren π«‘
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