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How has ur lemmy experience been so far? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)

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[–] FuzzyDunlop@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

So far? Lemmy is filled with Russian shills. I hope we outnumber them soon.

Joining communities is very counter-intuitive. They are spread around and I ended up joining lemmy.ml communities exclusively, from another instance.

We could use much more space for the text, so far the text is way too concentrated in the middle of the screen in a narrow column.

Now on the content I'm rather satisfied. It's still a bit low in volume and if you compare to reddit it's really small, but we will catch up soon. We should lower our expectations and start building anew.

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's nice, but we need more content and more 3rd party mobile apps, i mean Jerboa is nice, but many of us are used to their favorite reddit app

[–] LDRMS@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Sadly, Apollo😢.

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[–] Herb@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

This feels a lot like Reddit did 15 years ago, when they first introduced subreddits-- like I'm seeing something brand new for the first time, but it's somehow comfortable and innocent.

[–] thatonedude1210@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Liking it so far. Found some great communities and have enjoyed it. :)

[–] madjo@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm still dipping my toes in. Got a bit confused early on, so now I have 2 accounts, one on beehaw.org and one on kbin.social, trying both out to see which interface I like best.

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[–] jeena@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Especially the lemmy.ml part was kind of terrible, I got into some weird argument with Tiananmen Square massacre deniers and the mods started deleting my comments, so the whole discussion was meaningless and left me very worried for the future of this corner of the fediverse.

[–] Woodyboye@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yikes. Are there people like that in lemmy.ml? Ill need to keep an eye out then. Still not completely found my footing in all this yet. Might watch a video or read something to better understand all this soon.

[–] Andreas@feddit.dk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The history is that Lemmy was originally created as an independent forum for communists. Later, the devs experimented with ActivityPub federation and created the first federated Reddit alternative. The software itself is neutral and can be used by anyone, but the original communist users of Lemmy before federation was implemented are still around. The politics of Lemmy's original community scared off a lot of potential users from exploring federated Reddit, but bringing more users and awareness to Lemmy will also attract politically neutral developers who can maintain a good alternative.

An alternative is not even necessary if the devs are able to leave their ideologies out of the software's design, which I believe they are doing well.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And from what I've seen, the core devs have always supported and encouraged more instances to be created so that there's a diversity of communities ... I don't think want everyone to be just on here (lemmy.ml) and I'd guess they especially don't want to conflicts to erupt over communism (where in the past some facist or neo-nazi brigading happened and that's why sign-ups require approval).

The answer is for some people to get to work and put up new instances. That's what happened at mastodon and it's what allowed the platform to absorb the twitter migration. We really shouldn't expect whole new open-source and free platforms to just be waiting for us to get tired of our corporate for-profit big-social-platforms. It takes a little bit of work from us ... either understanding a little bit about how things work, helping others, engaging, and if we're able, putting up instances, starting communities and contributing back to the source code.

[–] 5ttrAx@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, that's just not the case. Lemmy's devs have always been highly ideological. The case in point here is their handling of the slur filter.

The basic guiding principle of GPL software has always been freedom. Free software has always been explicitly political, but when you put out free code, you have to accept that it might be used by people you don't like. Adding DRM, such as the slur filter, is against the freedom and openness of the free software, even if the DRM is so half-assed as a slur filter that any half-competent dev could easily remove.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn’t know about this.

But, from the cited comment on GitHub:

I want to make it very difficult for racist trolls to use the most updated version of Lemmy.

Fuck yea! This is awesome. Even if not terribly efficacious (I didn’t look into that).

And just to be clear: I talk about principles of platform and instance diversity … and you counter with ”what about racial slurs”?!

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love when anticommunist concern-trolls step on rakes like that.

[–] 5ttrAx@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, since the only true diversity is which particular flavour of a tankie you are.

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

If you've got a problem, you can just say it directly instead of presenting this non-sequitur like it's an own. If anti-racism is "tankie" to you then I'm a T-90.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was a bit rough getting an account I'm happy with set up, but beyond that I'm really enjoying the experience so far.

[–] Kory@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

But now you got the best possible name and instance :D

[–] user@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago

Any1 know how to search a group for specific posts like reddit? On jerboa for android. Tx

[–] illegalbat@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like others have said I'm going to miss the niche subreddits and the thousand different cat subs lol

[–] Obeyyourbrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, same. But that's why we're gravitated here. To grow those gardens back.

[–] JonnyRobbie@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That only happens when reddit doubles down on the api charges. If they stand back to make it barely usable, the migration will slowly stop imho. I really wish reddit would die, but at the end of the day, I'll be part of the problem when I'll probably stay where the bigger community potential will be.

[–] bocchi_but_male@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd like an optimization for Jerboa as well as more customization for our accounts. Jerboa is fine as it is functional, but sometimes text boxes just extend all the way to the edge of the screen and makes it not visually appealing. I'm still learning though as I'm currently figuring out how to visit the communities in the other servers.

As for communities, I just hope that a mass migration of even 10% of Reddit's disappointed users would help boost the growth of Lemmy communities and help make niche communities thrive. I personally am a subscriber to the writing and anime subreddits, so I hope there'll be similar communities here.

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