Lemmy

This is me not lurking

After 14 years on reddit I’m tired of watching it die, the death of Apollo is what pushed me over the edge, I loved Apollo. I’ve been browsing in here for the past few days. I like it. Trying to get used to it. Fuck reddit and u/spez all of the situation was trash. Thank you all for recommending this site!! I’m excited to be apart of it!

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.

You're right, I'll try. I enjoy reading, but often get overwhelmed with trying to respond, so I end up just giving up and not finishing my

Here's my first comment on Lemmy. I always lurked on Reddit, but I'll try not to here!

But....but...I like lurking.

I just wanted to say that I am impressed with the mentality here. Everyone seems so engaged (at least at first now) that Lemmy feels alive although we are relatively few people, still. That reminds me somewhat of the early stages of the internet, when everything was still new and you felt special for being part of something big blowing up. Keep it up and try not to create redundant communities on every instance!

Well, I did quite literally just get this instance set up, so I guess just posting random comments is necessary.

Long time no see, Lemmy. I hope Reddit ending is for the best, and I hope all my precious communities migrate to open source software.

but i don't have anything to say

other than fuck spez of course

I already blocked access to reddit on my network, so lurking is not an option for me ;)

Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I'm ready to repeat this bold strategy!

I'll try my best not to be such a lurker. A fresh start on here might be what I need to get me out of my comfort zone.

Big time introverted lurker on reddit, since here is a much smaller community, I don't feel so intimidated. I'll try to be more active here. Let's do this guys, let's create a great place for all the Reddit Refugees. FUCK u/Spez!

This is probably the first-ever post to surpass 1,000 upvotes.

I think, for mass appeal lemmy will ultimatively need communities for popular topics (games, trends, etc.), which can bring in lots of new users. From what I've seen so far the topics are still rather niche, or can't compete with identical communites on major platforms. When the traction starts getting big enough, it might just run on its own.

This comment is also more or less a test, trying out the platform.

test post please don't ignore

Reporting for duty!

I prefer to type my response then delete it without submitting.

Bro literally triggered lurkers

Was lurking on Reddit for 10 years, made just 9 comments that whole time; when there's so much noise you don't feel you have much to add to the conversation. But us lurkers have a chance to be heard in a growing community and help shape it in some way, gotta get out of my comfort zone I guess.

i suppose i will not lurk

Not just Lemmy as a Reddit alternative, but I've fallen in love with the Fediverse in general. It's kind of how I always imagined social media to be like, though it still has a ways to go and has been held back because "mainstream" platforms have monopolized users and power. I definitely want to be more active here.

I'm a little confused on how to find more communities to join. I'm on the feddit.nl instance, and I know I can subscribe to communities on any instance, but there isn't really a search button or anything like that, at least not on the Jerboa app. Is there, like, a user guide on how this shit works?

Don't tell me what to do!

Ah shit...

Ok, you win this round.

One thing that might keep people off is how communities are created/duplicated on Lemmy. I mean you can have the exact same community but on different instances. Then you start asking yourself which one should I join? or perhaps both? This definitely will confuse people.

Just deleted all of my posts and a 12-year old reddit account. So long Reddit...

Huh. So that's how you comment!

F*ck /u/spez

EDIT: Spelling

How does one comment here??

Alright sir, I shall upvote and comment whenever I feel I have something useful to add!

Okay, hello ♥️