Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!
Welcome new reddit expats!
It’s so wonderful that Reddit, by making a decision that benefits no user/mod/sub, and actively harms users/mods/subs, all in the name of corporate greed, gave Lemmy the boost it needed to become a viable alternative to Reddit.
Thank you, Spez. We couldn’t have done this without you.
Spez the hero of Lemmy
Praise /u/spez! /s
But fuck you, u/spez 😆
If Spez was secretly trying to sabotage Reddit and boost Lemmy, would he have even done anything differently?
Given Spez extreme incompetence, he probably would have introduced a great new app and removed all ads
Give the Lemmy app devs another week or so. And for now, keep testing.
Spez can go…
Fly a kite 😀🪁
Into a spooky forest
With tenderloin underwear.
In hell! 🔥🔥
Yes… Yes he can
spez a real one fr
Everyone keeps rightfully saying Lemmy cannot be a viable Reddit alternative because of the huge popularity disparity. Well… if Reddit keeps losing users and Lemmy keeps gaining users… yeah that could change not long from now.
We definitely felt the ship groaning through all this. Thankfully the Rudd-er skillfully navigated through this, and the software update on top.
Anyways, welcome to Lemmy 17!
I’m so glad the auto refresh bug on the main page is finally gone after the software update.
Would it be too dramatic to say it’s changed my life?
It made me whole again
How so?
Yeah, it was REALLY weird bug!
As fellow former Redditors we should understand server issues
“Lemmy hug of death” when?
Lemmy 17? We’re on 0.18.0, buddy. 😆
0.18.1, guy
I’m not your guy, pal.
Ahh, look at that reply string we started. It’s feeling like home around here already.
And my axe!
Edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
First comment for me! 11 years on Reddit, never talked much but lurked a lot. I can’t use their official app so I’m here now and looking forward to see the community grow!
I mostly lurked on Reddit too but I’ve been trying to engage with this place as much as possible in order to help it grow.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
I see we still have repeating comments around here lol
Yeah, it happened with one of mine too. It’s like Connect had a seizure or something. Might happen with this one as well
Yeah, it happened with one of mine too. It’s like Connect had a seizure or something
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
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Bruh, I legit thought a mod removed my comment when looking through my profile. I just trolled myself roflmao.
Funny thread 😁
Why was my message deleted?
I’m in a similar boat. Was a big lurker on Reddit for a decade and finally made the switch once Apollo went down. Really like the vibe of Lemmy so far!
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Is this just a pun or is there a way to support this instance? (Is that the right word for lemmy.world? Still trying to figure this out a little(
In the Lemmy.world homepage sidebar there is a link to the donation page.
Thanks!
Of course m’lady.
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Not a joke, you can support @ruud using the mastodon.world Patreon or OpenCollective. See the below blog post for more:
Honestly, its already a good amount of content. People reply, people upvote, people post interesting articles. Its filling the void for me already.
Honestly, I didn’t believe this would happen. I thought all who wanted to migrate have done this already and there would be maybe a couple hundred people joining us today. I’m glad I was wrong. Gives me hope in people of the Internet standing up for what they deserve.
I didn’t do it till last minute cause I’m lazy and hate creating accounts for every little thing these days (though I definitely prefer a new account than login with Google or whatnot). However I loved Reddit is Fun and the CEO has made some less than satisfactory decisions so it was time to pull up stakes and move on, again, though 15 years since the Digg move it had it’s time, now for something else. I thought it was amusing I didn’t even realize spez was the CEO till this recent but, I just always saw him posting but never commenting so I ignored him years ago. Figure you should do more than spam links on these sites.
I fully converted yesterday because I was holding out hope that reddit would do the right thing.
We vote with our dollars and our actions. Consider this a vote for freedom.
I made a Lemmy account a couple weeks ago and started getting familiar with the fediverse. Then I decided to create a different user on Lemmy.world so I think I registered this one yesterday.
For the last 30 days I’ve still used Reddit because it has the most activity and it’s been like “this is the last time!!” kinda feels. But now I’ve discovered wefwef, and I’m not going to be using Reddit anymore so here I am.
I think a lot of people are similar…nostalgia and ease of use kept everyone mostly using Reddit and now the people who care about the whole issue will start contributing here.
WefWef is incredible. Developer is a beast!
I accessed reddit through the Sync app and actually didn’t realise it was just going to stop working. I’m still not really sure what’s going on here, this is my first experience of the fediverse. I like learning new things.
The sync dev is working on a sync for lemmy, I think he said aiming for 4 weeks. He made a channel in his discord for info.
Could you share the link for the discord?
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Me too. When sync stopped working it was the kick in the pants I needed.
I used the official app once today and just felt dirty.
I haven’t even tried the official app, i went onto the website to look at the Sync sub just to check it wasn’t a temporary bug or anything and saw a load of links to here so thought I’d check it out.
Find your favorite communities, ask questions, post memes. Feel as at home ❤️
The sooner we realize corporate control of social media was a massive mistake, the better the world will be. Imagine if corporate social media algos that drive engagement through ragebaiting hadn’t existed for the last 10 years…
What a great perspective – let the good times roll!
Hell yeah
Hello, it’s me, a reddit refugee 🎶
Oh hi Mark
I didn’t know it was you.
Old or new, we welcome you!
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Wellcum ❤️
This is beautiful to see - I understand Reddit is a company that needs to make a profit, but the way they have treated their users and unpaid staff is shocking (but not unexpected). The fact it also heavily impacts users with additional accessibility requirements is terrible.
Will be fun in a way to watch Reddit try to claw back what has happened.
Give it 12 months it will likely be a wreck along with the current CEO who will probably be given the boot.
I’m old enough to have seen many services go through this: AOL, MSN, MySpace, Fark, Slashdot, Digg, Something Awful, etc. Reddit (and maybe Twitter) are just next in line to realise they are not too big to fail. Hopefully followed by Meta.
Welcome newcomers to the fediverse!
Let’s do things right on this new fediverse
Kinda silly to think we’d get it right there first time? To learning, moving upward, and a brighter Internet.
Other than google/wikipedia, what are some other resources to learn more in depth as to what the feeiverse is? If there are any, that is. Unless its just “heres the name, go learn”
This is a nice start: https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse/
Edit oh and https://fediverse.info/ too
Brilliant, thank you. Will look when I get the chance.
Other than google/wikipedia, what are some other resources to learn more in depth as to what the feeiverse is? If there are any, that is. Unless its just “heres the name, go learn”
https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse/ Check this as a start. Check some more in-depth links on the page. ❤️❤️❤️
I am one of those people who migrated as I grew up with an internet that was full of small communities and interesting content uncontrolled by greedy corporations. When I found Reddit back in 2012, I thought it was amazing and going to be a bastion of information for a modern internet. Well, now we know that wasn’t the case thanks to chasing the almighty dollar. Hopefully this is the point in time where we can steer this ship around and bring the control back to the users.
As a new user from reddit, wanted to say thanks for welcoming us and working hard to accommodate us!
You can definitely feel it.
Scotty, divert power to stabilizers.
Are you watching Strange New Worlds?
As a diehard Trekkie since 1987, I can say it’s already one of my top 3 shows
Hard agree, first true trek we got after 2000
Lower Decks and Prodigy aren’t standard Trek but they’re both fantastic, too.
A. They have a live orchestra performing quite a bit of the score, like old Trek. Makes a difference
B. They’re having fun
C. The characters work
D. Pike is sexy af
It’s a great Trek show.
Pike is just “ok”. His hair, on the other hand…
Not OP but you just convinced me to give Strange New Worlds a try, so thanks!
Same, it’s downloading now haha.
What do you think so far? I’ve been loving Strange New Worlds!
I haven’t had a chance to watch any episodes yet, but it looks pretty interesting. The kids like to hog the TVs on summer break haha.
Hooray! Let me know what you think
Came back to this thread to say I LOVE Strange New Worlds so far! I liked Picard well enough, but just couldn’t get into Discovery after a couple tries, though I can’t articulate why (???). SNW seems to hit just right.
It was way better than expected, i am enjoying it a lot. Don’t forget to go check out the communities over at startrek.website!
Might as well drop some links here for the star trek instance.
spez is unironically the best thing to happen to Lemmy lmao.
I peeked around a bit with Connect (android) for a while, and the things that stood out the most to me was the small size and sluggishness of the whole thing. BUT what also stuck out far more were pins of maintenance because of growth & updates of constant hard work to increase performance, and an interface that (while slightly jank) is infinitely superior to the official reddit app. It’s good to see continued growth, especially in such a welcoming community. The problems are providing to be simple growing pains and it’s great to be here.
Both twitter, and reddit (maybe twitch and youtube) going to shit is perfect timing
