It is a bummer to leave behind a place that I enjoyed. I met several people IRL, I got 2 Guinness World Records for Reddit Secret Santa. Countless new music from r/listentothis & r/music. Great brewery recommendations from people in the places I visit from r/beer.

I'm looking forward to find fediverse places that are just as fun & helpful.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Secret Santa was great. You never know, maybe we'll end up being able to run something similar one day, fediverse-style.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm from the U.S.

One of my gift exchange people were from Norway. My extended family is from Norway and I had been dying to visit.

I kept in touch with my gift person and we actually met in person in Oslo. Was a great day.

I love what I've experienced through reddit.

But,

#Fuck /u/spez

I'm officially out by July 1st.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's amazing! Last year we tried and failed to get tickets to see the Green Bay Packers (my team) play in London, as I'd never seen them in person before. Was a bit gutting to miss out, but there was huge demand so such is life.

Commiserated with others in the Reddit thread, congratulated those who managed to get in, etc etc. Then I got a random message from a stranger, offering me free tickets.

Obviously that sounds like a scam and as a woman on Reddit you're naturally wary of unsolicited messages anyway, but TLDR it was a real offer, we got ourselves down to London and met this amazingly generous Redditor and his wife and spent a fantastic day, er, watching my team get trashed by the Giants!

So yes, Reddit had potential for these connections that would otherwise never have happened, and I'll definitely miss that side of it. But ultimately that was the people, not the platform itself, so I guess what I'm saying is all we need to do is build Lemmy into a place those kinds of people want to hang out.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

We'll see how it shapes up.

[–] PragmaticOne@mastodonapp.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@thegiddystitcher @MedicPigBabySaver

As someone who has been using the Fediverse almost since it's inception it will take time for a community to grow.

Teach others, sell it to them, evangelise if necessary because as with any community it's the people that make it.

The more people the bigger it becomes.

And don't forget your hashtags. It's how you get seen and found :)

#Fediverse #Lemmy #Mastodon #Reddit

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I've been evangelising to whoever will listen, no worries there!

Although p.s. hashtags aren't a thing here on Lemmy, they're a Mastodon thing ;)

[–] PragmaticOne@mastodonapp.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@thegiddystitcher

Yes but you can use Mastodon to read Lemmy.

As I have been doing. So as a Lemmy user you should include Hashtags to make it easier for Mastodon users to find and reply to your posts. :)

#Mastodon #Lemmy

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm curious to see if that would even work on your end, so let's try it.

#Mastodon #Lemmy

(we'll have to agree to disagree on the "should" part regardless, though)