I haven’t enjoyed the internet like this in forever

  • kunday
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    1 year ago

    so true :) I was explaining my missus about the blackout and she thought that meant I will have more time(Reddit is top of my screen time) that I can use to do other things, little did she know that I’m going to be wasting it on Lemmy lol.

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    1 year ago

    It’s taken me a bit to get used to and get it setup, but I’m liking it more and more, the longer I’m on it :)

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    1 year ago

    Glad to see Lemmy finally taking off. I’m honestly scared the Reddit admins will buckle. This is where everyone should be. We can make this place as great as Reddit and it will be even better due to the decentralized nature of the network.

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      1 year ago

      I have been wanting a nice place on the internet with lots of users but still untouched by big companies. Lemmy came to answer my wish (:

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    1 year ago

    Lemmy is one of the few platforms I actually want to be active on

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    1 year ago

    Part of me is sad that this is needed, but it’s also exciting to try something new

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      1 year ago

      Me too… after 12+ years of being a Redditor, sad to see they ran it into the ground. Alas, onward and upwards…

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          Haha! It’s a lot less impressive than it seems, honestly. I’m originally from the US but spent most of my life bouncing back and forth between the states and different parts of the EU. I can pretty much guarantee you that if you live 3-4 years in a foreign country, you’ll learn the language. Repeat that five times and voila!

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    1 year ago

    This is actually a genius idea on how to continue the protests after the 14th. Even if the blackout won’t last longer content creators should post content increasingly elswhere or additionally to reddit somewhere else and increase the viability of a replacement.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly, Lemmy has seemed really nice so far.

    Also Rexxit💀

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    1 year ago

    I’ve had a Reddit account for over 11 years and this feels like when i first found Reddit. It has that nice, friendly vibe.

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    1 year ago

    I proped up a number of smaller subs from my RSS feeds. Happy to be here. :) I felt a stir in the wind a few months ago and found this place and started to set up shop. I deleted ten years of content during the AMA. I thought I’d be more sad but I felt great.

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    1 year ago

    This is a desperately needed event. I was talking to my friends about how the internet has become so horribly concentrated to just a few mega-tech corporations. It has stifled innovation and creative freedom. The web has been strangled by the limitations of corporate greed.

    Rexxit is awesome!