Smh why do football club accountants have to have the weekend off? And why am I still f5ing for news even though I know this? Silly season…
Same. I used to chime in every so often on the sub, but on here I’m more active than I’ve ever been
I’ve been on wefwef.app, it seems HEAVILY inspired by Apollo, should give it a go if you haven’t already
Poorlydrawnarsenal also told me about Memmy yesterday which is pretty nice too
Feel like so many people are still used to being lurkers, can’t exactly have a thriving community if all 700 are lurkers lmao
Well fuck this is it. It’s embarrassing the amounts of times I’ve opened up Apollo already before realising…
Anyway, a massive welcome to all fellow r/Gunners refugees! :)
Can’t lie, it’s pretty disheartening. But what can we do? Let’s try our best to nurture this place :)
Yeah I was actively promoting this place during the early days, but I didn’t want to risk spamming the sub or annoy people…
Think the way to go now is if the r/Gunners Reddit mods create an official pinned post or add it to the sidebar then perhaps we’ll see a higher influx.
For now we’re still seeing day on day growth, which is encouraging!
Yeah I was actively promoting this place during the early days, but I didn’t want to risk spamming the sub and get people annoyed…
Think the way to go now is if the r/Gunners Reddit mods create an official pinned post or add it to the sidebar then perhaps we’ll see a higher influx.
For now we’re still seeing day on day growth, which is encouraging!
I just found out yesterday about this wefwef for Lemmy app, if anyone here’s an Apollo user you’ll feel right at home.
Have a look: https://wefwef.app/posts/lemmy.world/all
Always felt that since it was never officially endorsed by the r/Gunners mod on the sub, a lot of people simply aren't aware of this place.
The ones that are, might be put off by the onboarding process - which isn't exactly straightforward nor user friendly... For reddit, it's sign up -> search for community -> start participating. Whereas here on Lemmy its like: choose an instance -> sign up (wait for approval, if needed) -> log in (some might encounter the dreaded spinning circle) -> search for community (might not show up if the other instance is unfederated) -> participate.
The ones that have made it still complain about how this site feels outdated, too barebones, "like a website from 2008", etc.
Guess in the meantime while we wait for updates to the platform we'll just do what we do best; shitpost, give our uninformed hot takes and in your case create high-quality poorly drawn art!
Today’s the last day for most third-party Reddit apps before they shut down indefinitely. I’ve been on Apollo from its inception and alien blue before that. Countless F5s, comments, “war chests”, ups, and downs during that time.
These apps and r/Gunners are the reasons why I became a “Redditor” in the first place. I really hate what’s going on with the platform now, how greed is seemingly at the forefront of any decision. How the app is becoming less and less about the users and their contents but more and more about squeezing said users out of every quid (avatars, coins/gold, ads, etc).
I know it’s going to be hard to stop getting on Reddit since it’s become such an ingrained part of my daily routine (would literally just whip out my phone and refresh the sub every so often daily) but I’ve decided after today I’ll start to wean myself off it.
The plan going forward is to just check the sub on my PC/Laptop and at least try to use Lemmy as a mobile replacement. I know that’s going to be hard initially as the community here, whilst comfy and nice; is still only a tiny fraction of the sub hence an understandably lower level of activity comparatively. It’s silly season after all, aren’t we all anticipating the latest updates even if they’re just what we know but worded slightly differently, as infuriating as it may be?
I’m very happy to see that we’ve carved out a space for ourselves here, and how it isn’t just dead after like a week. Let’s try to make this place as active as we can! Post whatever you deem to be interest and we can all shit on/praise it in the comments together. On the sub I’ve always been a commenter but I’m trying to make an effort and post any tweets/updates from notable sources here to keep activity levels up. I’m very glad to see some familiar names becoming regulars already, which is nice! Makes this place feel more and more like a true r/Gunners alternative.
Anyway, guess I’m done here with my little ramble. It’s been a weird week… 🦀🦀🦀
This was a great read, cheers OP