cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/421803
I was wondering how the pre-reddit lemmy members feel about the influx of ex-reddit. Have things got worst or better? Is there any lemmy etiquette that we are missing?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/421803
I was wondering how the pre-reddit lemmy members feel about the influx of ex-reddit. Have things got worst or better? Is there any lemmy etiquette that we are missing?
I’m in sort of a similar boat to you. I’d been keeping an eye on Lemmy in hopes that it might eventually see wider adoption as it became more polished in development. I think prior to the Reddit migration there were maybe about 10 or so servers running it, and of those 10 maybe a little over half had any semblance of a population and activity.
If memory serves some of the original instances were like:
Of these, I think probably the most populated & active were maybe Lemmy.ml, Lemmygrad.ml, Beehaw, Midwest, and Lemmy.ca. Sopuli & Mander were (& I think may still be) smaller but they were still pretty active and have nice little communities.
Maybe I looked into them a little more closely than you, but I felt even then with their very small populations they had distinct cultures or at least cultural aims (probably most notably Beehaw & Lemmygrad at the time). However, you’re right that there wasn’t as much activity & content being shared by comparison to other networks just a year or two ago, which wasn’t surprising given how few folks were here.
Tbh I wish the Lemmy devs had had more time to polish the software before all this hit, but I’m pleasantly surprised to see folks weathering through its rough edges.
Yeah, I don’t think I explored as much as you. I was in part also looking for some “self-hosted reddit” options to manage some internal communications, and lemmy and the idea of the fediverse was interesting, but just so empty at the time I didn’t poke too deep.
I do wish they had a bit more time to polish things up, but its already really promising as it is. I mean we used reddit for literal years before they ever had a functioning search button though. Love this dive you did though, thanks!