• animist
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    1041 year ago

    It’s all good I’m still mostly getting 1 upvote, similar to reddit

  • @[email protected]
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    671 year ago

    My account here is 4 years old. I was so excited to learn about Lemmy back then, but the user base was painfully low. I’m getting that same excitement I had back then.

    Please new people, make this your permanent home and forget Reddit!

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      And the Reddit blackout hasn’t even started yet. Gonna be interesting to see what this place looks like a week from now. I’m excited!

    • qprimed
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      61 year ago

      we are come that you may have engagement, and have engagement more abundantly. - lemmy jesus

    • @NewBrainWhoThis
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      41 year ago

      People stay if there is enough content and the user experience doesn’t suck. So fare, more and more people try to engage and build new communities. Just try to add value. Also the UI and Apps improved quickly but its fare from perfect :-)

    • mozingo
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      11 year ago

      If this place grows just a bit more, I’m definitely staying. I’ve always preferred the vibe of smaller communities anyway.

    • Ataraxia
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      11 year ago

      Donezo. Not missing reddit.

  • Skull giver
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    • @[email protected]
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      201 year ago

      I miss the old lemmy from a week ago when i signed up haha, feels like it blew up so much.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          back in my day there was only one thread with hundreds of comments. Kids these days have it easy.

          • ddh
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            21 year ago

            Yep, ‘back in my day’ you could finish reading everything posted that day. I’m glad it’s kicked off!

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      I jumped on a week ago. The change in that time has been totally insane! I went from being able to scroll for an hour maybe for the first few days, to now, it’s developing into a full blown doom-scroll addiction…

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Same boat. It’s kind of amazing, you can literally watch the userbase grow with popular entries getting more and more general upvotes.

  • @NorthWestWind
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    491 year ago

    I’m grateful to see open source softwares blow up online

    • Sagittaire
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      171 year ago

      Yes, I’m very proud of the Reddit community for several times over the years mass-recommending open source and federated options.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      It’s honestly been amazing to witness, it’s still got a ways to go before it’s anything like mainstream but still

  • @Goat
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    I feel nostalgic in advance for having stumbled on an inside joke that I was almost around early enough to be on the inside of but can nevertheless clearly project myself there.

  • @[email protected]
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    261 year ago

    I joined a year ago and it’s crazy, i remember getting excited over 20 upvotes, that AMA and the whole 3rd party fiasco really brought a lot of people here!

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Yeah, u/spez being a terrible CEO/person might be the best thing to happen to the fediverse. I tried Mastodon a few months ago but the community wasn’t big enough to get me hooked. I joined Lemmy earlier this week and I really like the community that’s developing here.

  • randromeda
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    241 year ago

    My first comment was the most upvoted comment on a subreddit. I got 19 upvoted.

    • @[email protected]
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      201 year ago

      People are just much more supportive and friendlier here. But I guess because we are in a state now before all the assholes join from reddit…

      • ddh
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        51 year ago

        Maybe it’s just me but Mastodon seems still way friendlier than Twitter, I guess partly to do with the people but also the platform structure that seems to have less incentive to attack people. Hope it’s the same for Lemmy.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        I really hope that won’t be the case. So far I like Lemmy and the vibe here a lot and am not afraid to comment somewhere which was the case on Reddit. I hope it stays that way, guess we’ll see that after the blackout.

  • @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

    I remember before federation was an implemented feature and there were like 5 instances that couldn’t talk with each other. I feel old now.

      • @[email protected]
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        121 year ago

        Wait is there a specific Lemmy person? Because I initially though that this site was some Motorhead fan page that evolved into a reddit alternative lol lol. Im so old.

        • Drew Got No Clue
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          41 year ago

          From their Github:

          Why’s it called Lemmy?

          • Lead singer from Motörhead.
          • The old school video game.
          • The Koopa from Super Mario.
          • The furry rodents.