Lemmy is booming

I have never before received so many reactions and comments on my Lemmy posts before, so it’s obvious to see, that there are many new members here.
Welcome to all the new! And I’m looking forward to see more of you here.
Cheers!

  • Thedogspaw@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Its so nice to see decentralized social media becoming more mainstream hopefully everyone will be off the big platforms soon

  • Drops_of_dew@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    Messaging from the Jerboa app I just downloaded from the play store.

    A few nights ago I discovered Lemmy as I needed to find a Reddit alternative fast knowing I will longer be able to use Reddit is Fun.

    I’ve been a Redditor for almost 12 years now, I remember when it was a wild community where there was freedom of speech, few bots, it was the best source of memes next to cheezeburger, which was how I discovered Reddit.

    I used it nearly everyday, and watched it’s decline, I remember when Elena Pao or whatever the fuck her name bought into the company, since then it’s become snipped more and more to the point I don’t recognize it anymore.

    It transformed into some sort of money hungry beast, that is destroying its self from the inside out, trying to get people to use their shitty ad riddled app with a shitty interface.

    I am so happy I found you guys, I really want to see Reddit’s blackouts go on indefinitely, infact I just wanna watch it burn. It’s dead to me, the owners suck, it’s just as bad as Facebook and the other main social media platforms now.

    Any person I know who uses Reddit, I will point them here.

  • sorrowstouch@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    This site’s like a breath of fresh air, small communities and the excitement of not quite know what you’re doing lol, no muscle memory open close and open again

  • that_one_guy@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    The Reddit exodus has begun! My only regret is not learning about lemmy and the fediverse before things blew up over there.

    • goddard_guryon@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      As one of the emigredditors, hell yeah! Personally though, I’m still testing the waters and making myself more comfortable here; it’s eerily quiet here as compared to reddit, but I hope it’s just a matter of time :)

    • MacaDaMiAnut@lemmy.perthchat.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      Have people been clearing out their reddit comment and post history on the way out the door?

      I used power delete suite on my 10 year old account. Figuring that when API access gets shut off old.reddit and the ability to edit and delete old comments will go too.

  • Popkornium18@lemmy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    Let’s hope Lemmy becomes a real alternative for reddit. The infrastructure looks good, now we just need the communities.

    • oishiiburger@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Exactly my thinking. Very impressive so far, and my only complaint has been finding the communities and the conversations I want to be in. But it will get there! (I hope)

  • k_o_t@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    a few years ago it was literally a handful of ppl posting 90% of links and talking to each other, witnessing firsthand how complicated it is to get over that initial user retention bump, but i’m convinced we’re over it now :)

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I come back after a couple of weeks and we’ve quadrupled at least. It comes in waves, and now I’m thinking it may not stop (until some reddit staff make their own BlueSky equivalent, of course)

  • ayye@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy and the fediverse are such unique and cool concepts. I hope to see Lemmy grow even more in the future!

  • Volfkha@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    1 year ago

    Hello world! My first Kenny Lemmy comment! I have no idea what I’m doing :D all I know is I’m mad at hell and I’m not going to take it anymore! In regards to Reddit anyway hehe. I will kinda miss Reddit, but if Lemmy gets a good following I imagine it should be better than Reddit ever was 😎

  • smartwater0897@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I just joined today and first impression is great. Seems like a lot of nice people ended up under the same ceiling. :)