It really feels like Lemmy is alive because of you.

When I first checked out Lemmy, I wasn’t expecting there to be so much content, so much discussion, and so much community. But I’ve spent the better part of two days glued to my screen, browsing content all day. I’ve seen so many posts, so many interesting discussions about the fediverse, and of course, plenty of memes. It really feels like the start of something incredible.

I’ve gotta get back to work soon, but wow. I think this whole fediverse thing really is the next step for social media. If I find some extra time, I’ll definitely consider contributing to Lemmy’s source code to help this project and the FOSS ecosystem grow.

  • rckclmbr@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Just a reminder that Lemmy is intended to not be addictive. Go out and enjoy your life. Lemmy will be here when you’re pooping or when you have downtime, you don’t need to be glued to it

  • CriticalMiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy definitely scratched the Reddit itch for me, and I don’t see myself going back. Unfortunately however, it is still a huge container of information that I still find myself relying on if I need to search for something.

    • unwinagainstable@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The information contained in past posts and comments on Reddit is immense. Usually, the easiest way for me to find advice is a Google search that includes “Reddit” in the search field. It almost always returns a comment with exactly the information I was looking for

      • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        on duckduckgo I use site:reddit.com and the results will only include links to reddit, I find it better than Reddit’s search (duh)

  • FuckOff@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I was there for the great Digg to Reddit migration and now the great Reddit to Lemmy migration.

    They can destroy our aggregators but they’ll never be able to destroy our community. 🤌

    • NeuralPlanet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Lemmy could be the solution we needed all along. No company can take it away - if the community remains the platform does too.

      • FuckOff@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I mean, nothing is forever.

        As cheesy as that sounds, it’s especially true in tech.

        Someone can/will come along and fuck up Lemmy too eventually, probably.

        Gonna take like 15 years though so for now, it is the place to be.

  • Smallletter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I honestly doubted I’d be able to stay away from reddit. I’ve tried many times before. I’ve deleted 5 major accounts since 2012.

    But Lemmy seems to have been the nicotine patch I’ve needed. Haven’t been on Reddit outside google searching for info, which isn’t going away for me personally.

    Only thing I actually miss is baseball and my team sub.

    • SuperStonker@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You should create a community for your team so when people come here looking they’ll find a community ready to welcome them

    • headie_sage@fanaticus.socialEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Who’s your team? Check out the sidebar on !baseball@fanaticus.social Fanaticus is a sports-only instance which helps keep us insulated from any defederation drama. We’ve got all the communities set up just waiting for our fellow fans to join us! We also have game bots and are actively developing new features.

      If you’re interesting in modding your team’s community, just post in there asking. The community may seem bare right now but why a little TLC you can make it a home for your favorite team.

    • los_chill@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Wow this is me exactly. Finding Lemmy to be a breath of fresh air, but the main thing I’m fiending for is my Mariners community. Really hoping mariners@fanaticus.social gets some traction. I was a Sync for Android user and the developer is shifting to Lemmy and that is exciting. I still have not caved and downloaded the Reddit app, so that’s a win.

  • Deez@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thank you for this post, it’s really inspirational. I think we can create an awesome community here. This is the start of something special.

    • Propane@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m so surprised at how it’s taken off. I thought it was going to be a ghost town. Super exciting.

      • Deez@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve found I’m interacting more, rather than just lurking.

        A meme with the text Feels Goodman over a picture of John Goodman smiling

        Edit: whoops not sure that my image embedding worked, oh well.

  • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I joined here on June 12th and there were practically no posts or communities. Now I can’t keep track of it all. I’m so glad to be here and finally be part of this social movement - I’ve been tracking the Fediverse/Mastodon/Friendica/GNU Social/Diaspora/etc for a VERY long time, but the format of those networks has never been interesting to me. I want to talk about topics, not people.

  • Grant_M@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It seems like with no algorithms, and a set of common sense guidelines that Federated instances have, we can all learn to understand and respect each other better. Breaking free of billionaire, fossil fuel mafia and hostile anti-democracy government controlled manipulation is what freedom is all about. I love it.