I’m loving it too- I miss a lot of subreddits and the sheer volume of content from the other site, but it feels quite special here at the moment. Also I am loving how quickly Lemmy and all of the supporting apps are developing! I am using Mlem and am very impressed. I want to like wefwef and agree that it is very similar to Apollo, but I just can’t cope with web apps.
I think the content level has gotten better even in the past few days.
I predict at ~200,000 users, there will be a good enough flow of posts and comments that it won’t feel as empty compared to Reddit.
I like it but can’t wait until we stop talking about Reddit
It’s fine but way too much talk about reddit.
It’s kind of a ghost town so far. But if we can wrestle control of social media away from corporate control, democracy across the world will be stronger for it. Regardless, I’m here for the long haul, making contributions FAR exceeding my efforts on Reddit.
It’s reminding me a lot of when I first joined Reddit (nearly 15 years ago). Not too much is happening day-to-day so I’m checking in every couple of days or so.
I think this is a much healthier relationship than checking a site compulsively every couple of hours. I’m liking it so far, also a crazy repercussion is that I’m using the internet like the early days again. I think of a topic and I do a deep dive on my own, researching into it and going down weird rabbit holes.
I feel like Reddit discouraged this behavior by having a non-stop flow of communities that “mostly” interested me enough to not go “browsing the web”
The servers (instances) aspect and different communities (forums on topics) on different servers and servers blocking others, is a mess if I’m being honest. It’s the biggest flaw. I still find it hard to find communities of topics I want…
Well, let’s do a pros vs cons
Pros:
- I wasn’t banned for saying Putin should die after he invaded a country
- It’s a decent time killer
- It’s growing
- Idk I just like it
Cons:
- /c/NCD and some other instances are too small and not even close to their counterparts levels
- Jerboa for Lemmy has not been behaving too well for me
- It’s still fairly small and new so communities need to consolidate still
Overall I like it better than reddit tho.
Pretty nice. I just wish more people were here. The occasional bug is fine it seems to be fixed quickly.
I love it tbh. Just wish my niche communities had more people. But that just takes time
As a long time reddit lurker. Loving it here so far.
When I heard about it I was kind of expecting it to be contentless and bare. Oh boy was I wrong and so pleasantly surprised.
The amount and the quality of the posts and comments is very high. The people super friendly and I’m loving the sense of community and respect. Bonding over something new and exciting also enchances this feeling.
I also visit reddit now and then but I noticed my browsing sessions leave me more satisfied here on Lemmy, than on Reddit.
Obviously there are some communities that I miss, but I’m sure with time replacement tor those will start to appear.
Lemmy and the community not only fills the “gap”, but for me, it also stands by itself providing something that reddit didn’t .
Super excited about what is being created here.
For me, I was a longtime lurker, so I’m trying my best to come out of my shell and actually comment and have discussions. Overall, I like it so far, I just miss some communities and don’t want to run anything myself.
None of the communities I’m interested are here, and a lot of the posts feel like they’re coming from cryptobros. I’m fundamentally interested in the format and tech, but I’m only here because I refuse to use Reddit on mobile, for now. Things could get better or worse, hard to say.
It’s a bit of a mixed bag. I do enjoy Lemmy. I think that the conversations that take place here are interesting (though many now revolve around Reddit in one way or another). I don’t really find the front page to be as good as Reddit’s.
And then, of course, I think the most important difference is that Lemmy draws a specific type of person, even after the Reddit migration, and there aren’t as many of us as there are average Internet users. I’m not saying Lemmings are a special breed; rather, I’m saying that we’re the sort of people who might have used Usenet at its peak. We’re the sort who might be Linux users. Many of us are morally aligned with open source technology and the ethics thereof. This makes the discussions a little less diverse on Lemmy than they are on Reddit (which can be good and bad, depending on the sort of conversation).
Really enjoying it, especially with the wefwef app (apollo refugee :( ). Compared to my experience on Reddit I actually feel the urge to contribute to discussions here and not lurk.
The only downside so far is that I kinda miss my niche subreddits… I’ve been checking sub.rehab on and off to see if they’ve migrated to Lemmy.
It’s fine for news, tech and memes but none of the niche subs that I loved are here. I really miss the sub for my city.
