Fediverse

Slowly? Lemmy is easily as entertaining as Reddit and it is just getting going.

I don't understand the "slowly" part at all. I joined Lemmy about a month ago when Reddit third party apps went dark. Lemmy was largely a ghost town then, with most of the relatively mainstream communities I sought out having newest posts that were days or even weeks old. That desolation was gone after the first few days, with a ton more engagement from others who migrated over and a steady stream of new content. The communities I frequent have grown by leaps and bounds since then. "Slow" isn't a word I'd use to describe Lemmy's growth at all.

I stopped posting to Reddit because frankly it felt like throwing a pebble into the ocean.

I love the smaller approach here

Lemmy just needs to stop talking about itself so much. The only reason I still use Reddit is because I find fresher and more varied content there. Lemmy users need to provide more content than just the fact that they are on Lemmy.

Not to sound like a jerk but I don't understand what most people expected. All new sites start slow. Facebook was slow at the beginning. Reddit too. It's not like they had millions of users and subs day one. We have the responsibility to build up this community. We want a site like Reddit but without the u/spez crap. So we better start building it up and complain less. Criticism is ok but saying "it's slower than Reddit" is kinda useless and obvious.

I fucking love Lemmy.

Lot of empty communities still. Thinking about posting in writingprompts to try to get something rolling there.

Lemmy feels a lot like hackernews

I'm regularly seeing hundreds of comments on posts now and only a month ago it was rare to see a dozen comments on a post. I really don't need more engagement on a post, that's plenty. Lemmy still needs more users to sustain more niche communities, but in the places that people are it's already great.

As of this last month, Lemmy is my new “go to” for scrolling social media. My Reddit usage is probably 20% or less of what it used to be.

A part of this was Voyager’s Progressive Web App (https://vger.app), it made me feel right at home after Apollo shut down.

Slowly? Bro for years reddit was mostly pictures of delicious sandwiches.

Lemmy is orders of magnitude better than old reddit.

Reddits deaddit, it just doesn't know it yet.

I'm hating all the Reddit spillover commenters that take the internet way too fucking seriously. They were easily the worst part of Reddit.

When I first seeked asylum here, people were being sarcastic in the comments and everyone knew, dark humour was being pushed, and there were no Well Actually Guys around. Now there's a big uptick in petty "discussions", know-it-alls, and those losers that break your comment up gaslit straw man style, to just put words in your mouth to try make you look like an asshole.

I'm hating all the Reddit spillover commenters that take the internet way too fucking seriously.

Says the person ranting about Reddit users destroying Lemmy. Maybe you're part of your own problem.

They were easily the worst part of Reddit.

That would be /u/spez, but okay, bro.

When I first seeked asylum here, people were being sarcastic in the comments and everyone knew, dark humour was being pushed, and there were no Well Actually Guys around.

First of all, it's not your internet. Not everyone is as "intelligent" as you think you are and sarcasm is actually hard to detect in text.

Second of all, not everyone appreciates dark humour because it can be very.offensive, just like using derogatory terms like "Well Actually Guy". If you want people on Lemmy, you need to make it a safe space for all.

Also, your account is only 5 weeks old.

Now there's a big uptick in petty "discussions"

So, now you're just anti-discourse? How is Lemmy meant to grow if comment section are empty, you bigot?

know-it-alls

Again, derogatory.

and those losers that break your comment up gaslit straw man style, to just put words in your mouth to try make you look like an asshole.

Oh, shit.

i disagree. Lemmy is quickly getting better.

haha it's funny i felt the opposite - when i got here at the beginning of the 'exodus' i already felt like Lemmy was a small but thriving little community that i enjoyed much more than reddit.

not sure why some want it to be just like reddit but the fediverse. i don't and i'm glad it's a smaller bunch of people and hope it stays that way.

You know what will be even better. One instance for all communities. So everyone knows and subscribes to the same community.

Or if someone can come up with a better idea so that everyone doesn't depend on one instance.

I feel like I'm stuck between two times periods.

I have to disagree about Lemmy not being very good. It is, IMHO, already very good indeed. It will only improve with time.

I haven't went back to reddit since july 3rd... Not even once! I like Lemmy the way it is because I don't scroll for hours anymore and I like that.

Although I wish the comment section was a little more active in general.

To me it feels like reddit 10/12 years ago when still was pretty niche and a meme could take the entire plataform for a week, tne Atheist memes are also a blast to the last.

Thanks for making me aware of c/worldbuilding! It's nice to see more niche communities growing.

Well, a couple months ago there were nice reddit apps. If it weren't for that, lemmy would probably still be a ghost town. Now that being said, I'm happy I'm here and will continue to contribute and I'm so happy that I was able to get the username I did!

I miss the sheer amount of cute and stupid cats I used to see on Reddit. That and country specific communities.