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Reddit Refugees on Lemmy, how are you guys liking lemmy so far? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alphapro784@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LiesSlander 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's great, honestly. The big thing for me is that there's enough content I never feel the need to go to reddit. Sure, there are subs I wish were here instead, (r/parahumans specifically) but the overall experience is better. I'm commenting more than I did, I don't feel bad about ehat I'm contributing to, and I expect the software and servers to have issues as communities grow so outages are fine.

Yesterday Beehaw went down so I just went outside. I didn't get pissed off at reddit like I used to, just accepted the situation for what it was and dealt with it. A lot of the positives for me have little to do with Lemmy itself, and more my relationship with social media (meta)platforms. The move to Lemmy/Kbin was the opportunity I needed to redefine that relationship, and I hope others can too! Just a shift in expectations turned server instability from a frustration into an opportunity, and I have the communities in this space to thank for that.

[–] TechyDad 3 points 1 year ago

I've only gone to Reddit for 3 things since the Great API Crisis:

A local subreddit to get information about a developing local story. There aren't enough people on Lemmy right now to justify local communities. If I set one up for my town, I'd like just be talking to myself.
To browse the LEGO subreddit. There's a LEGO community here, but it's still small and sometimes I want to look at the bigger subreddit to see what's happening.
The Politics subreddit. I got curious about what's going on there. (I spent WAY too much time there in the Beforetimes.) Turns out, it's gotten somewhat quiet. Either I went there during a lull in conversation worthy events, or the users are fleeing to other places.

In all cases, I went to Reddit to view what was happening, but didn't feel the need to comment myself.