Last night, I finally made the switch from Reddit to Lemmy. Honestly it was something I should have done a long time ago. I’d been hearing about Lemmy for a while, but I kept brushing it off because it seemed complicated or too niche or too techy. But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods, desperate upvote chasers, and a flood of obvious bots, I hit my breaking point. I actually ended up learning more about Lemmy from people venting on Reddit itself, which was kind of ironic!!

I set up an account here, took a last look around Reddit, and bailed. Reddit used to feel like a genuine community, but now it’s just a money-hungry platform, clearly trying to squeeze out every dollar as it spirals down. Lemmy might be new to me, but at least here, it feels like voices still matter. I know you guys already know this, but I want to throw it out there: You all are right!

      • Flying Squid
        10•6 hours ago

        They keep telling me they’re going to mail me a check but I feel like I’m being conned…

      • I Voted For GoldwaterOP
        -15•6 hours ago

        I’ve been accused of getting paid here and several times in dm’s. Who’s paying and how much?! lol

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
        4•6 hours ago

        They’re one of the most prolific posters on here. Maybe 1/3 to 1/4 of your front page will be their posts at times. I was ribbing the parent poster for implying that anyone who posts on here frequently “must” be a bot, which is obviously horseshit.

        Some of us genuinely have nothing better to do.

        Not that I’d know or anything. ¬_¬

        • @Today
          2•6 hours ago

          What does ‘front page’ mean? I used to read that on r/ too and never knew what it meant.

          • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
            2•5 hours ago

            It’s the default feed you get when you navigate to your instance (lemmy.world in this case) as opposed to your subscription view or any specific communities/subs. Here it’s either “local” (posts from just this instance) or “all” (posts from this and other federated instances).

            • @Today
              1•4 hours ago

              I’ve always just opened to subscribed new. If i run out of new stuff i hit subscribed hot or active, then all. So ALL is the front page?

              • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
                2•4 hours ago

                I mean, there’s nothing that’s officially the front page but the default view is usually considered to be it. “All” ignores your subscriptions, and only honors your blocked communities/instances/users.