• @bencreighton
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    671 year ago

    That’s cool, a new social media thing needs delusional people like you at first, otherwise it will never build up the critical mass of users it needs to actually get good. (:

    • @[email protected]
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      361 year ago

      There’s a video that shows exactly this phenomenon in real time.

      https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ

      The most important people are the first followers. A website with a guy commenting alone is sad for the guy. A website with a couple people commenting is sad for whoever’s not talking.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Thanks for sharing! Can’t remember seeing this before. Was a really nice watch!

        Also I absolutely expected to see Rick Astley thanks to Reddit… 😂

    • @[email protected]
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      131 year ago

      I like the small feel Lemmy has right now, it feels more connected. I’m sure it’ll continue to grow and I’ll like that too, but I’m perfectly content with what we have now

  • Jasbris
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    361 year ago

    For the smaller communities that came over, like my local city sub, I already like it more. I’m sure the toxicity will return, but for now it’s very nice.

    • @Tenthrow
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      141 year ago

      I think it’s nice to be able to have a small conversation without your comment being buried so deep no one will ever see it if you didn’t make it to the post in the first 5 minutes.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        I agree. Eventually there will come the weird little internet dramas that are cringy but for now it’s chill and nice.

        • Jasbris
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          51 year ago

          And most importantly, I can read comments for news to get a read on other people’s opinions, etc.

    • @ChocoboRocket
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      It’s nice having a place where people can (fake) argue about beans and insignificant things, post fire memes, and do some classic old Internet banter.

      It feels like I’m at an early 2000’s Lan party, and the worst person you’d come across is helpful, but kind of a dick about it.

      Hopefully it stays that way, the relative lack of structure is pretty magical since almost everyone seems to be genuine about using this place to be hilarious.

      Every time there is a dig>reddit>lemmy progression, the beginning phase is generally the same (awesome) tone and atmosphere.

      It’s the same community people who made the original sites popular who ready to move after the old place gets overrun by special interest nonsense/monetization/engagement algorithms, and users who don’t actually care about dialog /engagement in favor of blasting loaded opinions.

      It’s barely been a week and the spirit of message boards that everyone loved about reddit has already rooted in Lemmy. Real people trying to make each other laugh, or sharing something because it’s neat and brings others joy - I’d happily pay for a subscription to keep this place in its current culture.

      Reddit has been past it’s prime for several years now for a lot of people who were missing exactly what is happening here.

      • Jasbris
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        21 year ago

        Just post some neat things about your hometown in your local sub and see if activities grow 😁

    • @Dark_Blade
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      91 year ago

      It’s where I made my account, and I’m too lazy to switch

      • AlternActive
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        41 year ago

        Your comment only shows up on “chat” for some reason.

        • @Dark_Blade
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          81 year ago

          You can take the Redditor out of Reddit, but not Reddit out of the Redditor.

            • @Dark_Blade
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              61 year ago

              lol it’s not that big of a deal, I just don’t like making a million accounts; especially when we’re trying to get a good estimate of Lemmy’s growth after Reddit shit the bed.

                • @Dark_Blade
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                  101 year ago

                  ngl bro, this is getting into Reddit territory now. Could we go back to not being anal about how people prefer to use the platform?

                • wanderingmagus
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                  21 year ago

                  You and people like you is what’s wrong with the world.

  • @Something_Complex
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    71 year ago

    Beasides that’s pretty stupid.

    First of all you have to search by new, or new comment…

    Second, you can’t be just in your instance, just switch from local to all and it won’t be a page with the same poasts.

    • AlternActive
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      How dare you use logic?

      Average reddit user: “This text is always the same, and i’ve read it 10 times already”

      Us: It’s a book, tried flipping the page? Also there’s many other books.

      • @Moghul
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        81 year ago

        I think this guy is saying that you didn’t correctly set your language settings in your profile which is why you’re not seeing comments. If you just selected english you might miss out on a lot of comments with no language set. You should have both English and Undetermined, plus anything else you can read selected. Hold ctrl while clicking to multiselect.