Are you committed to make Lemmy thrive? Do you keep posting your discussions on Reddit?

    • @Naryn
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      I mean you can still use them, it’s just more finicky

  • db0
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    412 months ago

    I’m never going back to corporate social media. If it’s not FOSS and available to self host reasonably, I’m not interested anymore.

    So that means, lemmy and others like it only from now on for me. Already close to 1k posts made.

    • @GrammarPolice
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      52 months ago

      Aren’t you like the main mod of the r/piracy community?

    • typhoonOP
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      22 months ago

      Yeah, I hear you. I couldn’t find yet a replacement for YouTube. It has quite a lot of content there, for the good and the bad, but some are quite helpful

    • Cris
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      12 months ago

      I’m glad you’re here :) I’m trying to get better at noticing opportunities to post and contribute myself

  • @kat_angstrom
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    312 months ago

    Haven’t been to Reddit since the API changes last summer. I’m trying my best to be a good Lemmite but I don’t post enough OC, so that’s my bad

    • typhoonOP
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      62 months ago

      I feel guilty, that is why I asked. Yesterday, I even posted a question on Reddit instead of here. I feel that I should believe more on the Lemmites

      • @Ziglin
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        32 months ago

        I thought we were lemmings 😥

  • @Brekky
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    Left reddit as soon as the blackout happened, was actually impressed at myself being able to stay off it. Haven’t been back except when I google a question, and the answer is on an old reddit thread (I do not reply or comment).

    My opinion is Lemmy needs more communities and more DAUs. Have been trying to tell people why they should switch but I’m not techy, my friends are not techy and they just don’t care about data/ownership etc. I’m hoping reddit shits the bed further so more laypeople jump ship.

    Same goes for mastodon which needs more content although I only previously used twitter on days with big events (oscars, grammys, f1 race days etc).

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      i hate that we are here stuck trying to convince laypeople when we used to be the ones to shape the internet. now its just coporations making us ruin it 9-5 every day, for laymen to just use the shittiest option because its the one with the biggest marketing budget.

  • Resol van Lemmy
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    112 months ago

    This place feels like a breath of fresh air. It genuinely helped me cut down on social media usage.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      I recently got booted off of Reddit and I’m hoping participating here on Lemmy will help me get over the need for social media I hadn’t realized I had developed.

    • db0
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      42 months ago

      And if forums just add fediverse integration like discourse is already doing, just win-win

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      I miss the old topic specific internet forums so badly, but having tons of different accounts made the barrier to entry high so I understand why they died out.

  • @[email protected]
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    I’m sometimes checking reddit now, because Lemmy is mostly memes. Where are the discussions? Why aren’t they taking place?

    But obviously not using their shitty app. Just browser with adblocking.

  • GrappleHat
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    92 months ago

    I’m Lemmy 99%. Can’t do 100% because sometimes there isn’t an equivalent community on Lemmy so I have no choice but to use Reddit.

    • @Ziglin
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      12 months ago

      You could make one and then post it to both communities.

      • GrappleHat
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        32 months ago

        If it’s a topic I’m super passionate about & there’s no community on Lemmy then sure. But I’m not going to start a new Lemmy community every time I want to post a random dog photo or whatever.

  • @[email protected]
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    82 months ago

    Only time I use reddit is if I Google something and it leads to a reddit thread. I hope more people will use Lemmy so when I Google stuff Lemmy comes up first. Fuck reddit I hope their servers get attacked

  • bruhSoulz
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    82 months ago

    Deleted my old account(s) a few weeks back, when i use reddit now its usually from the browser just to see the answer to something, no more accounts for me.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 months ago

    No and No.

    I am happy to let this place grow organically with no pressure. I will not and have not been back to Reddit since coming here. Frankly, I am sick of hearing about Reddit; it’s like someone constantly going on about their ex.

  • @TORFdot0
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    72 months ago

    I don’t use Reddit whatsoever. Being away from that site for 18 months has really shown how low quality the content there is. I know longer have any desire to ever interact with that site if I can help it, even if the fediverse is missing some of the active niche communities on reddit