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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came here July 1st, just created account, can't lurk forever I suppose

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Been loving seeing how active this place is getting, I didn't post often on Reddit but this just feels better somewhow, and I feel more inclined to comment on contribute!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The avid and intelligent discussions I see on Lemmy are heartwarming in itself. Ngl, I never really got that with R*****. Lemmy feels like home. Just wish I would've been apart of it earlier than a few weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Started using lemmy during the beginning of the protests. Went back to RIF about a week later. Now back to Lemmy after apps were killed. It's definitely helping to full the hole left by RIF, but it's not quite the same.

Some of my favorite discussion topics on reddit were the comments on subreddits like AITH and MaliciousCompliance, and while they are here, they don't quite feel the same.

Still adjusting, and in a way, grieving the loss of the social media platform I used for over 10 years. But I've also been spending less time scrolling and more time with my other hobbies. So that's a net positive I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using lemmy is part of the never ending quest of recreating the internet interactions of my youth. When real friends were made on message boards. When things felt like a real group of people, and not so hyperfocused on individual topics so as to ignore the people behind the words.

Lemmy feels good so far

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except Dave. You know what you did.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Still getting my head around it. Hoping more interesting content comes about and we can put the memes/discussion of Reddit to bed!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm just trying to find the snack bar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for being here with us!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I concur still feeling my way around, more mole like than a lemming πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think Lemmy is really cool, and I'm excited to see where it goes from here!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I was finally able to log in!! My other email address never received the verification email and I couldn't resend it for some reason...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the focus for devs/the community going forward has to be focusing on how easy it is to get on this platform so it can eventually hit a critical mass of users for regular new content/more active discussions.

I’m using the memmy beta, it was really easy making an account on lemmy.world and logging in on memmy with that but the initial search I did made me think getting set up was a much longer process

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

username checks out! 😎

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Even me? Wow

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Remember, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe my first contribution will be getting this video to work on the mobile/iOS version of this site lol

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And thanks to all the people developing! Either Lemmy itself or all the apps to read it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Shoutout to aeharding for wefwef. Not sure if I’d be sticking around if not for the Apollo-like experience they’re bringing to Lemmy!

Thanks so much!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm doing my part!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The performance seems to be a lot better than it was a few days ago as well :) I am not sure if it is because it is daytime and everyone is working but either way!

ETA: Thanks for all the hard work!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

where is the porn communities?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Everyone is welcome in the fediverse.

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