• Rhabuko@feddit.de
    27·
    2 years ago

    Same here. Created a account out of curiosity when the API changes got announced. The last two weeks showed insane growth and completely convinced me that Lemmy (and Kbin) will succeed. Probably not as big as reddit but big enough to be alternative.

    • Tigerfishy
      2·
      2 years ago

      I made mine the day some mods got locked out of there accounts…and posted about it with a link here lol. Seemed like nothing was getting better “by the end of the month”

      • CarbonatedPastaSauce
        7·
        2 years ago

        Personally I think lemmy.world was key in driving momentum. After realizing a couple days before the protests started that reddit was not going to change, I started looking for real alternatives. When I found lemmy, I thought I had to join the biggest instance to get a shot at seeing enough content, not understanding how the fediverse worked yet. I imagine it was the same for a lot of people. And the bigger userbase lemmy.world got, the more appealing it was for reddit refugees. Once we got here we now know we can branch out to other instances if needed, but lemmy.world’s awesome handling of the user influx absolutely looked appealing to people looking to make the jump, and we shouldn’t discount that. Awesome work to @ruud and all the admins he has brought on the team. We appreciate you all.

  • G_Wash1776
    14·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been here for a week and I absolutely love it. Reminds me of Reddit when I joined in 2013.

    • Drunemeton
      2·
      2 years ago

      Hell yeah it does! My engagement is off the hook compared to that other site. I actually enjoy “All” now, finding new communities, and engaging with friendly people.

      Just like when I (we?) left Digg for reddit.

  • vacuumpizzas@t.bobamilktea.xyz
    12·
    2 years ago

    I first joined June 18th, so 18 days ago. Then I got curious enough with self-hosting an instance and now I’m at 10 days with my new cake day.

    I tried to detox and avoid Reddit during the protest period. After finding out about how all the subreddits were being forced open, I decided to eject from that ecosystem altogether.

    • Kabe
      13·
      2 years ago

      I came here even before the blackout.

      u/spez’s “AMA” was the final nail in the coffin for me.

  • Buffalox
    9·
    2 years ago

    Ooh, we have a veteran here. ;)

    Happy 30 day anniversary.

    Personally I only lurked at first, checking out what it was all about before creating an account.

  • Magister
    9·
    2 years ago

    Nah, I have an account on beehaw since before LW existed, but when beehaw defederated from LW I opened an account here, so 3 weeks for me here :)

  • sotolf
    8·
    2 years ago

    Technically I’ve been on lemmy for 3 years, but that’s with my old lemmy.ml account, this one is new and fresh :p