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[โ€“] asbach@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

99.9% of the time Iโ€™m just lurking on Reddit, but here Iโ€˜m actually getting interested in commenting again. Feels โ€žsaferโ€œ than the other place.

[โ€“] mihaella@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] enkity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month 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.

[โ€“] titi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was looking for reddit alternatives before and didn't pull through. Now that I did (first hour), I dont see why anyone wouldn't "migrate".

Ah, and I'm using "eternity". Reminds me of the old days before reddit turned facebook.

[โ€“] netling@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Loving it so far! I've also found great replacements for all the US software I've been using. Should have done that a long time ago, there are actually amazing non fascist alternatives!

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] bent@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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 :-)

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Years ago, it was just a safe haven for half a dozen communists.

[โ€“] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Welcome to non-corporate reddit ๐ŸŽ‰

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Welcome, glad to hear you like it!

[โ€“] Corvidity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm surprised how quickly I've gotten used to it! I honestly really like the mobile app and it's gestures, as well as the customizability.

Although I don't think I'll be completely quitting reddit just yet, as some of my more niche interests don't have communities here yet.

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you considered creating new communities for your niche interests? You might just find like-minded people here. :)

[โ€“] Corvidity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would but I simply don't have the time or motivation to moderate and manage a community

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Well here's the thing, if no one shows up then there's nothing to moderate, and if people show up you can make one or several of moderators. ;) But you'll never find out unless you create a community.

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can use the universal https://lemmyverse.net/ to see if your favourite communities exist.

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] Aliktren@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah pretty much but weaning off reddit is good

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel free to recreate your favourite and try to grow it here :).

!fedigrow@lemm.ee is a decent resource for that.

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Will consider it. Thx!

[โ€“] vatlark@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

sometimes they have different names.

you can also create any community you are missing. If you use the same name as the reddit community then people will be more likely to find it and contribute.

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So creation of a sublem, you know what I mean, doesn't make me the admin?

[โ€“] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I created a lemmy community (sub-lemmy) nearly 2 years ago on lemmy.world, I remember becoming the mod instantly.

Maybe I am mistaken, or maybe different instances have different policies.

did you create one? If you look in the sidebar does it say who is the mod?

[โ€“] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

No, I didn't create one.

[โ€“] Mobster@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month 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!

[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Why is this buyeuropean on feddit.uk but it has an EU flag? I feel like somebody has yet to learn about a major political event that happened in the last few years.

[โ€“] dergewerkschafter@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Glad to be here. Switched to vivaldi. On my way to delete amazon, paypal, microsoft and google accounts. Using Signal + an own hostes emailadres from germany. Thinking im on a good way

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago
[โ€“] sniggleboots@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm as confused as the next guy, but I'm hanging in there! I'm not sure if the decentralized nature means I'm missing communities because I'm looking in the wrong place, or if there's just fewer stuff around.

[โ€“] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I think that you will see more stuff in All if more people from your instance are subscribed to more communities from other instances.

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lemm.ee has most of the communities federated.

[โ€“] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you mean instances can federate with communities and not just other instances?

[โ€“] Irelephant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you follow a remote community, it doesn't send all of that servers posts. Only posts from that comm. That way, if I'm hosting a small server and subscribe to !guineapigs@lemmy.world, for example, it won't drown my server with the rest of lemmy.worlds posts.

[โ€“] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Does that mean what I see in All is a combination of instances my instances is federated with + the comms that users from my instance are subscribed to? So if my instance is federated with another instance and no one from my instance is subbed to any of the comms from that other instance then no one from my instance will see posts from that instance in All?

Sorry for word salad.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

https://lemmy-federate.com/ also helps to mitigate that issue

[โ€“] dieTasse@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am happy I joined (in past 14 days or so). So far I like it a lot. In the past I tried lemmy and was confused how it works. Somehow I thought when I post something on mastodon it can also be targeted to lemmy (posts or replies), but I think I largely misunderstood and that put me off for some time. But when I found out about this sublemmy I had to try again and this time with success!

[โ€“] snuggledick@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I'm confused about this too, I've subscribed to the hashtag #buyeuropean on mastodon and I see posts from this community here over there? ๐Ÿค”