• doctorfinlay@feddit.uk
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    2 years ago

    I’m loving it too- I miss a lot of subreddits and the sheer volume of content from the other site, but it feels quite special here at the moment. Also I am loving how quickly Lemmy and all of the supporting apps are developing! I am using Mlem and am very impressed. I want to like wefwef and agree that it is very similar to Apollo, but I just can’t cope with web apps.

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      2 years ago

      I think the content level has gotten better even in the past few days.

      I predict at ~200,000 users, there will be a good enough flow of posts and comments that it won’t feel as empty compared to Reddit.

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    I like Lemmy for inheriting all of Reddit’s positive traits. Tough moderation, bots in the comments, stupid upvote/downvote hells, and many other virtues. I remember how it all started and all the sweet utopian tales of those who shouted “f*ck u/spez” on every corner. You can delete your Reddit account, but you can’t delete Reddit from your head.

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    2 years ago

    I definitely don’t ever have a reason to go back to Reddit, knowing that the subreddits I subscribed to will be here eventually if they’re not already

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    2 years ago

    Well, let’s do a pros vs cons

    Pros:

    • I wasn’t banned for saying Putin should die after he invaded a country
    • It’s a decent time killer
    • It’s growing
    • Idk I just like it

    Cons:

    • /c/NCD and some other instances are too small and not even close to their counterparts levels
    • Jerboa for Lemmy has not been behaving too well for me
    • It’s still fairly small and new so communities need to consolidate still

    Overall I like it better than reddit tho.

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    2 years ago

    For me, I was a longtime lurker, so I’m trying my best to come out of my shell and actually comment and have discussions. Overall, I like it so far, I just miss some communities and don’t want to run anything myself.

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    A little dull tbh. I still pop over to reddit when I’m on my desktop to visit my favorite subreddits (especially my bumper group). Hopefully Lemmy gets better, but I think step one is the community needs to stop being so goddamn meta and focus on building active communities.

  • Wren 🪐@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Loving actually having conversations with people, instead of talking into the void where by the time you see a post it’s already so old that commenting is useless

    I love the concept of a federated network, it definitely feels way more punk than just being another data set for a corporation

    I do wish a few of the more niche subreddits had similar communities here, but I’m trying to do my part by making that content

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    2 years ago

    None of the communities I’m interested are here, and a lot of the posts feel like they’re coming from cryptobros. I’m fundamentally interested in the format and tech, but I’m only here because I refuse to use Reddit on mobile, for now. Things could get better or worse, hard to say.

  • SwissJackalope@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Pretty nice. I just wish more people were here. The occasional bug is fine it seems to be fixed quickly.

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    2 years ago

    The servers (instances) aspect and different communities (forums on topics) on different servers and servers blocking others, is a mess if I’m being honest. It’s the biggest flaw. I still find it hard to find communities of topics I want…

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    Still not enough content. I already feel the slow down in activities. I’m in a weird spot rn. I go back to reddit because there’s more interesting stuff to see, but the official apps is so bad, that I come back here. Also People here seems more intelligent on avg.

    I like lemmy because there is no ads and no gold and premium stupid stuff like NFTs and 50$ awards. I liked the awards ideas ,but damn paying up to 100$ for digital emojis that everyone will forget in a day?

    The big downside is the lack of embedded videos. Of course videos takes a lot of server power compared to text. But I hope we find a way to implement this in the future.

    I think we should have a public board that shows the instance hardware spec and the finance. So we can set donations goals to upgrade servers or keep them afloat.