Lemmy is booming

I have never before received so many reactions and comments on my Lemmy posts before, so it’s obvious to see, that there are many new members here.
Welcome to all the new! And I’m looking forward to see more of you here.
Cheers!

  • Drops_of_dew@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    Messaging from the Jerboa app I just downloaded from the play store.

    A few nights ago I discovered Lemmy as I needed to find a Reddit alternative fast knowing I will longer be able to use Reddit is Fun.

    I’ve been a Redditor for almost 12 years now, I remember when it was a wild community where there was freedom of speech, few bots, it was the best source of memes next to cheezeburger, which was how I discovered Reddit.

    I used it nearly everyday, and watched it’s decline, I remember when Elena Pao or whatever the fuck her name bought into the company, since then it’s become snipped more and more to the point I don’t recognize it anymore.

    It transformed into some sort of money hungry beast, that is destroying its self from the inside out, trying to get people to use their shitty ad riddled app with a shitty interface.

    I am so happy I found you guys, I really want to see Reddit’s blackouts go on indefinitely, infact I just wanna watch it burn. It’s dead to me, the owners suck, it’s just as bad as Facebook and the other main social media platforms now.

    Any person I know who uses Reddit, I will point them here.

  • Popkornium18@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    Let’s hope Lemmy becomes a real alternative for reddit. The infrastructure looks good, now we just need the communities.

    • oishiiburger@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Exactly my thinking. Very impressive so far, and my only complaint has been finding the communities and the conversations I want to be in. But it will get there! (I hope)

  • that_one_guy@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    The Reddit exodus has begun! My only regret is not learning about lemmy and the fediverse before things blew up over there.

    • goddard_guryon@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      As one of the emigredditors, hell yeah! Personally though, I’m still testing the waters and making myself more comfortable here; it’s eerily quiet here as compared to reddit, but I hope it’s just a matter of time :)

  • Thedogspaw@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Its so nice to see decentralized social media becoming more mainstream hopefully everyone will be off the big platforms soon

  • sorrowstouch@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    This site’s like a breath of fresh air, small communities and the excitement of not quite know what you’re doing lol, no muscle memory open close and open again

  • ayye@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy and the fediverse are such unique and cool concepts. I hope to see Lemmy grow even more in the future!

  • k_o_t@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    a few years ago it was literally a handful of ppl posting 90% of links and talking to each other, witnessing firsthand how complicated it is to get over that initial user retention bump, but i’m convinced we’re over it now :)

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I come back after a couple of weeks and we’ve quadrupled at least. It comes in waves, and now I’m thinking it may not stop (until some reddit staff make their own BlueSky equivalent, of course)

        • comfy@lemmy.ml
          0·
          1 year ago

          Hah, this is the second “September” I’ve been through, and it’s huge, but I think the eternal one will be the next one. At least a lot of people are learning that lemmy.ml isn’t a neutral flagship instance; the hug of death may have been a blessing in disguise, encouraging people to spread to the other instances a little bit more.

          Most people who have come over have been pretty good about the thing and tried to learn about the local culture instead of just inventing “reddit, but here” again, honestly, but it’s just that the few troublemakers tend to be louder and argumentative.

          • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 year ago

            So I’m part of both Septembers for you then!

            My deepest apologies…

            I’m really liking lemmy/fediverse, and I feel like I’m being quite respectful, trying to be part of the community that’s already here not force it to be Reddit 2.0. I have, sadly, seen a few people being, for lack of a better word, dickheads. They seem to be new, and carrying on with the Reddit toxicity.

            Part of why I didn’t just buckle down and use the Reddit app when the APIocolypse hits is because I was sick of the toxic nature of so much of the interaction on Reddit. I know there’ll be trolls coming, just hope the fediverse can avoid what Reddit became.

  • neardeaf@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    reddit refugee here! So far so good except there’s not a native app for lemmy on iOS so I’m using a safari “add to Home Screen” webapp for lemmy.ml , works pretty good!