Morhamms357

Ugh, what poor taste. Did you seriously not reread this a single time before posting this?

You forgot the U.S. Military!

You'll never believe where I'm from...

It's not, but since Lemmy and Reddit seem the same on a surface level (and unlike what many people say, I sort by New and so never see old content), I can doomscroll and waste time on both platforms. However, with Lemmy, this bad habit of mine has been tempered severely, and I don't exactly know why. It's a good thing, but a good thing that just came out of nowhere.

Some people here say because there's no recommendations, which I feel is a good answer, but it feels just a little short. Is that really it?

The only person here answering the question lol

That's actually a much more likely situation, sinc all of these sites use the monthly active users of it's main metric, and it's been 2 months since Reddit shot itself in the foot.

Honestly, I was so close to not using Lemmy at all. It looked so alien to me, like is this really the next most popular community website to Reddit? But no matter how clunky and unintuitive it was, I was determined to make it work. After some good third party apps, I'm more than satisfied.

However, can't be said for everyone. It's clear most people made an account, had no idea what an "instance" was, and then just gave up. Lemmy should invest in making their main website easy to learn and get the hang of, and try to become more popular, accessible, and branch out. Some might say how small it is gives it charm, but undeniably more people (maybe not on one instance) is better.

Precisely the opposite. It's great! Especially since I rarely stop due to a lack of content, since I'm always on New (but sometimes I'm prevented from seeing because the server's down).

It was actually because there's been so much content, yet I still spend a relatively healthy amount of time on the site. Why? On the surface, it's the same thing, but in practice, it's not.

I'm excited for it! I'm personally trying to build some of the really niche communities that were big before, like the tiny EarthBound one.

Thing is, though, is the site really growing? After most have just put up with Reddit's bullshit, I can't really find recent statistics of Lemmy's active user base. And the few results I could find just show it's being stagnant, or even shrinking. I could be wrong, though, if it is growing, even better!

The most uplifting comment you'll ever hear out of a Bostonian

Potheads denying weed is addictive come from every side of the internet, don't they?

Nah, we're not saying we never print anything. School & work are the main reasons you'll need a printer. However, the thing is nobody needs to print consistently. Even on a whole family of seven I've lived in, I doubt we printed more than 5 or 10 papers per month, and that was maximum. Not to mention we live in a place where it takes 30-45 minutes to go to a school (and libraries? They don't exist lmao) and print shops are expensive.

The fact of the matter is the usefulness of a printer is is mainly due to being able to keep it around to print on demand for essentially free (how many times have you used up all the ink in the cartridge, really?) Nobody can ever predict whenever they need to print, it just happens. The second you attach it to an overpriced subscription service where the public will absolutely not use all of their "monthly papers" is when they all leave your brand like birds in the winter, and especially if they live somewhere more fortunate than we do, just go to your local school or library.

What kind of demented toddler would even buy a printer attached to a subscription service? Printing is the definition of a thing that you do so sporadically and randomly it's almost questionable to even get one. If you have some kind of cheap printing shop, school, or library super close by to you, then it's not even a competition. The whole reason people buy printers and ink cartridges is so they can print something on demand at any time for essentially free (besides the odd time you might need another cartridge, which is even rarer to happen).

If someone buys a freaking "printer subscription month", I guarantee, they'll print one, MAYBE two papers, and not use the rest of it. Then repeat the cycle every time you need to print. $15 well spent, huh?

This! The reason milk isn't "socially acceptable" to drink around in public is because milk isn't really something that is commonly in a portable form factor. If you see someone drinking a milk carton in public it's no different than seeing someone drink a juice box or a can of soda, or a can of beer. Except milk cartons aren't really too commonly available at any gas station.