Hi everyone. I’ve wanted to try Lemmy out! Thanks for letting me join @ruud!
Me too! As sad as I am to watch reddit implode I’m actually quite excited to watch Lemmy grow!
I’m actually happy with reddit imploding. It changed a lot. I don’t know how to put it, other than reddit became quite antagonized. It seemed like any thread could turn into people fighting or defending themselves. Say someone makes a helpful comment explaining a complex topic in layperson terms and another user adds to it, the initial commenter will then explain why they didn’t explain that additional material as a defense. Reddit didn’t used to be like that. It was understood that the comment was an addition, not a correction or attack. Other areas that started getting crappy was if someone shared something they did and there was any possible way to point out how it was not the perfect response to a situation, people would point it out and criticize OP instead of understanding that we are all doing our best and sometimes aren’t perfect. It got oddly toxic…now that I write it out, it felt like people became righteous and would argue over anything like they do in political FB posts, except the argument could be about the most mundane insignificant matter.
This is so true. Commenters have become so aggressive on reddit and I can only assume it’s a result of reddit’s growing popularity over the last couple years. Users are treating it like Facebook or YouTube where antagonism is not only accepted but often times rewarded.
It is an interesting time to be on the internet
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
I’m glad you’re buddies with @Stux@mstdn.social that means this place is going to be grand!
Yeah Stux and I will soon meet in person to discuss the road ahead.
I absolutely adore Stux. And you’re not to shabby yourself!
Thanks!
Just found out about Lemmy and joined as well. Goodbye reddit! Hopefully the platform will grow thanks to the reddit diaspora.
I hope so. I mean I like Reddit but now what they turned into.
It’s so disappointing. To think of how different Reddit was a decade ago. Makes me a bit sad, lol.
It’s pretty nice so far, just having to retrain my brain as RIF was my Reddit experience.
I was a RIF user also until I just purged and deleted my reddit accounts. Jerboa on Android is pretty similar to RIF. You might want to give it a try.
I’ll look into it. Presumably it’ll have the same fate.
that’s RIF not Jerboa
ohhhh, i misunderstood you. for Jerboa, just go to the Play Store. it’s technically called Jerboa for Lemmy.
maybe it’ll go the way of RIF, maybe it won’t. But right now, it seems pretty nice.
Yeah gonna give it a try for Lemmy, still undecided if I quit Reddit or exclusively use desktop oldreddit
I think they recommend downloading jerboa from F-droid, unsure why, might have something to do with updates
me too! I love the federated idea and that it can even interact with kbin. it feels like reddit used to be over a decade ago. i’m getting nostalgic.
Hey, I’m a newbie as well. So happy to be here and here’s to creating and being a part of a nice new community together!
Me too!
I joined only 2 days ago and I still don’t get how this whole thing works lol, but this place feels cozy :)Just made a new account here as well. Excited to see where this would go!
Also new, thanks for adding me @ruud@lemmy.world
Since you’re new, check out kbin. With the magic of the fediverse, it talks to Lemmy without a problem (I’m currently commenting from there) and has a few more features as well.
Part of the fun of the fediverse is trying all the different options and seeing what fits. You could even join Friendica (FB equivalent) and interact here if for some reason that made more sense to you. Options!!
Hey same here. Been using mastodon for a while now. This is the first fediverse product I’m using outside of mastodon
Hey, welcome. Nice to see so many new faces. I hope you’ll enjoy your stay!
Welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay and have fun!
I hope reddit apps like Joey take on Lemmy!
Let me clarify. I want Joey the app to be made for Lemmy!
Welcome to Lemmy! A lot of communities are appearing, so we welcome you all! I am very new here too but I am excited by the concept of fediverses the idea is pretty clever!
