It feels like I'm exploring the internet again, like I did when I was younger. I'm figuring it out and learning how to use it and that in itself has been really satisfying.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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It’s really refreshing tbh!
Federated services and decentralized internet feels very much like the early days of being “online” and it’s exactly how the internet was supposed to work!
this feels so cool, to be apart of something new, in its early face. I love this feeling. Now I know how the people with Bitcoin felt in 2009 or so. Kinda discover something truly amazing that is not widely found by the masses of people.
Generally nice community, none of the posts are "whats the sexiest sex youve ever sexed" or anything like that
Honestly those are just karma farming attempts, nothing genuine about the question.
Well, it's in the honeymoon phase right now, so everyone is cheerful, happy, and nice. All the jerks haven't moved over yet... 😀
It has been so nice. It is like living in a social media utopia
It certainly has! I have been on here all day... I keep telling myself to log off but here I am.
Gonna have to make the most of it while we can! 🤩
Back when I first started using the internet, early-mid 90s, there was a feeling that we were in control - the users. The giant corporations hadn't taken over yet, content was all user generated, the apps and early sites were all user run. It was weird, uncontrolled, unpredictable, janky as hell... but also really cool.
Lemmy, and the Fediverse as a whole, feel like that again.
I like that there can be different fediverse social media, all run independently but connected. I'm new to the topic and learning more about it before I contribute to the github but its a very interesting concept. And the fact that there are other services like PeerTube, makes it seem like more of an open source version of the internet. TLDR: Inter-connectivity
I really find that interesting too!
I like how this is surprisingly easy to get a hang of once I figured out what I'm supposed to do to set up my account. A lot of it feels similar to reddit, but the content I'm being shown feels more diverse which is nice. Makes the experience feel new.
I’m new here too, to the fediverse as a whole really. I was mostly a lurker on Reddit but the smaller community here makes me less anxious to interact with different posts. I’m excited to see the community grow.
I like how I can post something without getting instantly shadowbanned or automoderated for not having enough karma or an old enough account. When I would try to post on reddit using a VPN (just Mullvad, not even Tor) all my posts were automatically hidden.
That’s quite alarming to say the least…
Enjoying vibe and atmosphere. There is an intimate feeling because of the current size and lack of toxicity.
It reminds me of the older internet. Not necessarily in form, but I hadn't realized how the same everything I'd been doing online has been. Like... for the last 15 years.
Lemmy is different and kind of unintuitive and challenging-but-also-easy, if that makes any sense. I made geocities sites and wrote blogs and whatnot in the late-90s. That's the kind of energy going on here right now. It'll change,, but for now I'm enjoying it a lot.
I just started using Lemmy and I'm excited about it. It reminds me of the first day I used Reddit, that nostalgic feeling!
I’m digging it. I hope it keeps it up.
no ads, no dark patterns, none of that annoying stuff. I love it