Well i am certainly not using reddit on my tablet anymore.

  • Perfide@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Can we please stop with all the posts about reddit? Jesus christ you guys it’s a website, not your crazy ex. Lemmy is never going to surpass reddit in popularity when the only thing on the frontpage besides beans is “reddit this, reddit that”.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, I’m really trying to like Lemmy. I feel like none of the good communities came over here, just the one’s you mindlessly scroll through. I just looked for a fitness community yesterday and the one i found had like 5 posts. There is basically no communities for any of my hobbies. It seems like most people stayed on Reddit, except for the techy people. It’s a shame because I really want to support the idea of federation and I do like the website.

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        1 year ago

        I initially had the same lament, but since we’re early adopters of this tech, it really is on us to build the communities here. If you want to discuss something, just post a thread. Even if no one replies right away, as people start coming they will start engaging with posts that are already there.

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          1 year ago

          That’s a fair point, I noticed if I open baconreader, I can still see my subscribed sub list. I need to learn how to make subs on here, and as you suggest, either find them, or get off my ass and make them myself.

          On a nice side note, being an early adopter, I was able to get my username back without some damned number stapled on the end.

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        1 year ago

        Be the change you want to see. There are probably other people looking for those coversations, but see low engagement and move on. The more you post the more attractive it makes the community for other people.

        I have also found that even if there are fewer comments, other people tend to respond and have more discussions.

        I do have alot of hope that well see the community continue to grow & hopefully more activity as people search out reddit alternatives.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah it seems most of the posts on the front page are about Reddit or about how proud people are of using Lemmy etc I just want to see some actual content :(

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        1 year ago

        It’s classic tribal or “sports team” mentality. Ex-redditors want to see reddit fail just as much as Lemmy succeed.

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      1 year ago

      It’s an online community that people have been using for decades. The fact that many of us can’t use it anymore is a real issue, even if it isn’t relevant to you (believe it or not).

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        1 year ago

        I can for sure see both sides of this one. I had ditched all other social media years ago, and baconreader was my one guilty pleasure.

        If I had my phone in my hand, I was catching up with other old skaters like myself, reading about the latest trends in tech, or browsing the daily news.

        The tag line of “Front page of the internet” was quite literally true for me. That was the portal through which I found content.

        In the weeks leading up to the June 30th, I felt a strong sadness, what was I going to do with my screen time? I had created a very custom space using baconreader that neither the reddit app, or to be fair, Lemmy, could provide.

        While I am really enjoying learning about Lemmy, and I feel the quality of the post and comments here are far better, it’s going to take time to find and/or develop those niche communities again.

        I do however agree, and the ex analogy is spot on, that the last thing I want is for this community to just be a bitch fest about what once was.

        Give people a bit of time to vent, it hasn’t even been a week since a decades long experience came crashing to a halt through no fault of ours.