• bent@lemm.eeEnglish
    82·
    9 days ago

    This is my first comment, just joined during the weekend. It took about half a day to get used to the lower amount of stuff and the slower pace here. And I really like it! The quality of discourse here seems so much higher and with the lower amount of posts I find that I can take my time and not get overwhelmed. Should have joined years ago :-)

  • mihaella@feddit.ukEnglish
    47·
    9 days ago

    i do miss my niche communities on reddit, maybe i’ll start some here,other than that lemmy is a good alternative to replace the popular feed on reddit.

  • Dogil_saram@feddit.ukDeutsch
    43·
    9 days ago

    Still learning where to find stuff, and unfortunately most of “my” subreds aren’t here (yet), but it looks promising and will continue to support.

  • enkity@lemm.eeEnglish
    43·
    9 days ago

    Not only Lemmy i also joined Mastodon lol. I find this expirience to be refreshing, maybe thats because this platform has less users or maybe because its not under someones control but i feel as if i moved from big, overpopulated city to a countryside. Its like breathing fresh air, i feel myself free, and i love reading comments here, they look like real conversations between humans. Although im not from European Union but im your neighbor from Ukraine and i totally support this movement or its better to call an idea, i dunno. I replaced a lot of stuff already but thats only the first step. Also im really glad to be here.

  • Mobster@feddit.ukEnglish
    43·
    9 days ago

    Came over from Reddit as part of plan to divest from US-based products. Happy to be here, and plan to explore. Mainly lurked over on Reddit - hope to contribute more actively over here!

  • asbach@feddit.org
    36·
    8 days ago

    99.9% of the time I’m just lurking on Reddit, but here I‘m actually getting interested in commenting again. Feels „safer“ than the other place.

  • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    36·
    9 days ago

    A few unwritten rules I’ve found useful over the last couple of years since moving to Lemmy :)

    1. If you’re missing a particular smaller or niche community - be the change and create it!
    2. If someone is challenging you in a thread in good faith, respond in the same way
    3. If they’re just being a dick, don’t waste any sort of mental energy on them - just block them, forget them and move on.
    4. If you’re the one being a dick (and be honest, we all know when we are) walk away for a bit
    5. Don’t be too proud to ask for guidance but do it in the right communities :) e.g. don;t ask for tech help in a community thats not about tech help.
    6. Be prepared to see a lot of Star Trek memes and Nicole spam.
    7. Bask in the warm glow of an open source, privacy respecting, non-corporately controlled environment.
    • 3DMVR@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      8 days ago

      Ngl on reddit id feel the need to look through ppls post history, check their credibility, downvote/report everything I disagree with, it was a bad habit, somehow wasn’t what got me banned (I did it for years), haven’t felt the need to do that once here, not even close to that mindframe when seeing stuff here.

      Reddits algorithim was favoring controversy hard, I swear it pushed stuff that would actively raise my blood pressure at me, then give me something id like for a second just to make me not close the app. I was getting all of my dopamine out of arguing, id just open that app mad ready to argue with my notifications.

      A month into lemmy and I stopped expecting arguments in my notifications, I find opening this app to be a calming experience like Reddit was for me a decade ago.

  • MinkoAk@lemm.ee
    33·
    9 days ago

    I got Boost for Reddit Lemmy back. The world is beautiful again!

    Now to find communities that I like… I’m a bit lost but I’ll settle soon enough.

  • MrRain19@feddit.it
    30·
    9 days ago

    I like how Lemmy actually grew in size after i left it after the Reddit moderation problem of a couple years ago. All in all, it’s all kind of overwhelming but maybe I’m too emotional.

  • spriddleriddle@feddit.org
    27·
    9 days ago

    Love the responsiveness, everything feels so much faster and quicker. Feels like I lost a lot of weight :-D Really like it so far, I just hope that more people make the switch, so that more sub-lemmis? or don’t know how to call them, get filled and have more life. Will try to do my part in some sub-lemmis and post stuff be active and so on. :-) Love you all!

  • matelt@feddit.uk
    26·
    9 days ago

    Great, I’ve made myself right at home. As another user said I miss the smaller communities but it can only get better from here.

  • WokkySong@lemmy.world
    22·
    9 days ago

    A facebook friend who is transgender posted a list of alternate platforms to use instead of (ironically) Facebook, Google, Insta etc. And since I had recently been perma banned from reddit for twice quoting from The Godfather (I guess their algorithm hasn’t seen it) and various djt related insults, I thought I’d give this a try.

    • some_guy
      7·
      9 days ago

      Welcome in from the cold. We have hot cocoa and blankets.

  • Sados@lemmy.world
    20·
    9 days ago

    I like it so far :) Bit confusing sometimes and I’m still trying to find communities that I like and are active.

    I hope that many more make the switch from reddit, but I can also see why some people might find the Initial setup confusing or anoying. I think it just takes some time to get used to Lemmy, so I hope a lot of people try it out and stay