how are yall feeling about the website?
Ngl, us r/efugees are not happy with things over there.
As much as I’m coming to enjoy this, it still isn’t what reddit was, nor is the app experience anything close to as feature rich. But, I’m finding other benefits here that are, and never were, possible at reddit, so it’s still a good thing :)
Reddit is proof that no publicly traded company, nor any that intends to be, can be trusted with anything. Not use that was ever in doubt, but reddit has shown it in such a glaring, grotesque way that it’s the poster child for how shitty corporate thought is.
I dunno. I was enjoying things. I had started moderating two subs I deeply cared about, with one having a strong sense of community building. There’s an emotional response to the loss of that. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to put in the work, put in the passion, when it’s shit on by the very company that profits from my free labor. fuck spez, fuck reddit
I mean it seems so obvious in retrospect I suppose. I hope we’re looking a the start of a real renascence for the internet, away from corporate overlords.
God dam right friend.
The best parts of reddit were the communities of people dedicated to the topics under each sub.
Reddit CEOs didn’t create that. It was and has always been regular users and hardworking Mods that brought us what we loved about reddit. If reddit isn’t going to protect those people, fuck em.
I’m signing off of reddit with the black out. There will probably be a long time before something replaces it. But I’m a long for the ride.
Seems sluggish, rough, and low population, but fuck spez so I’ll give this an honest chance.
Fuck /u/spez, innit?
That is correct
Fuck u/spez
fuck spez
Fuck that dick head named spez
Fuck u/spez
Sir yes sir!
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So glad to leave that dumpster fire of a website
So far it’s been good. There is a bit of a learning curve, setting up on mobile devices was a little challenging. Seems to be working well now. This thread has been really helpful for me.
I just spent a little time today creating my Lemmy.world account and trying to find equivalents of my favorite subs from Reddit. I really question whether Reddit will survive the uprising that has spawned. I think the IPO is going to go very poorly, then Reddit will turn into some commercial mess. This is my first Lemmy post, BTW!
I’m a slashdot refugee who just had a 16 year stopover on reddit :)
OMG! Slashdot… now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time.
Hello, fellow /. refugee. I made a stopover on Digg before jumping to Reddit. nice to meet you here.
That was my path… /. -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy.
I should see if I can recover my 5-digit account.
I’ve still got my 4 digit account.😏
We’ve had to go backwards to go forward and I’m all for it.
It’s like we’ve just escaped an abusive partner and now starting from zero!
That “first night in the new apartment without most of the furniture, sleeping by yourself for the first time in a while” feeling.
I actually love that feeling except that one time I spent my first night in this prison-like dorm room with dirty walls and no hot water in Japan, dirty sheets and a paper thin futon with nothing to eat and nobody to talk to/no way to call anyone. This feels a lot better than that.
Honestly I don’t see it as going backwards but unfamiliar. I was reluctant to switch to this style because I didn’t understand it and ended up on mastodon a few years ago into some terrifyingly hostile racist/bogoted/sexist communities. Maybe I did something wrong and ended up in a bad part of town but I ended up deleting the app I was using. So far the experience on lemmy is so much more pleasant lol…
I’m excited to be a part of something new
Well lets see, my self promo spam to begin :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHEFg9GbBA
edit: also fuck spez
A bit confusing, but I’m really excited about this. I hope the ‘choose server’ part when you sign up gets streamlined a bit. It’s very confusing for new people. My first post on Lemmy by the way!
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I really like the UI. The sign up process was a little rough though. The idea of the different servers and signing up via those servers was a little jarring at first.
Couldn’t agree more. I actually signed up on a difference instance a couple days ago, but never got a confirmation email or anything and thought I just had to wait for a manual process. (the instance had me answer questions they said were needed to be answered to join) I got tired of waiting and didn’t know how to message anyone about it, so I just signed up here. It was super quick and easy, but the overall process is confusing for sure. Excited for the platform though, I think once you get past the learning curve it’s very promising.
Yeah, Lemmy does have a rather steep learning curve, but once you are past it the platform does seem very promising as a reddit replacement.
Reddit was known to have a steep learning curve as well. We’ll get there.
Thanks for having me, lemmy.world!
These instances feel quite cosy. Homely, even. I think they’re called instances? I don’t know. Anyway, I’m here.
If anyone has any super-noob friendly tips for being a good Lemmy citizen then I’m all ears - I’m an iPhone user so any app recommendations would be greatly appreciated too!
Hello fellow newbies!
doesn’t hurt my eyes, looks just as good as old.reddit, now just hopefully reddit can hurry up kick the bucket.
