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Yhteisö instanssia koskeville tiedotuksille, palautteelle, metakeskustelulle ja avulle. Katso myös UKK!

Community for announcements regarding the instance, feedback, meta discussion and help. Check the FAQ also!

Users needing support can also come to our Matrix Space.

Tukea tarvitsevat käyttäjät voivat myös tulla Matrix-tilaamme.

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Well, whew! As a result of Reddit's recent spark of genius, the number of users looking for a new home has been growing at quite a brisk pace. In the last 12 hours, over 30 new membership applications were received. This has never happened before in Sopuli's short history. It's a bit like what happened to Mastodon when Twitter had its own spark of genius. I'm surprised and also excited.

Anyway, welcome to new users! Feel free to check out Sopuli and Lemmy in general. If you have any questions, you should first check FAQ if the question has already been answered. A list of communities, both on Sopuli and on other instances, is conveniently displayed in Communities and here. If you are planning to create a new community for a topic, you should check there to see if one has already been created and if the topic is fitting for it.


No huh huh! Redditin viimeaikaisten neronleimauksien seurauksena uutta kotia etsiviä käyttäjiä on tullut varsin reippaalla tahdilla. Viimeisen 12 tunnin aikana tuli yli 30 uutta käyttäjähakemusta. Tällaista ei ole Sopulin lyhyen historian aikana tapahtunut aiemmin. Tämä on vähän sama asia kuin mitä vuorostaan Mastodonille kävi Twitterin neronleimausten takia. Olen yllättynyt ja myös innostunut.

Joka tapauksessa, tervetuloa uusille käyttäjille! Tutustukaa Sopuliin ja Lemmyyn ylipäänsä vapaasti. Jos on kysyttävää, kannattaa ensiksi katsoa UKK:sta, jos kysymykseen on jo vastattu. Listan yhteisöistä sekä Sopulissa että muilla instansseilla näkee kätevästi Yhteisöt-näkymän kautta ja täältä. Mikäli aikoo perustaa uuden yhteisön jollekin aiheelle, kannattaa katsoa, onko sellainen jo perustettu ja sopiiko aihe siihen.

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[–] Ninmi@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Welcome, Tervetuloa!

Signup approval waiting sucks, but we will approve them within 24h!

About Sopuli

Sopuli and other Lemmy servers like beehaw.org offer an alternative to link aggregation social media sites like Reddit (which is no doubt the reason for this influx of new users). All these servers communicate together, so it doesn't actually matter which of them you register at as long as the rules and admins suit you. You can post to beehaw communities from Sopuli and vice versa.

More detailed info will be compiled in the FAQ.

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is the software that powers the websites.

Why Sopuli/Lemmy instead of the other Reddit alternatives?

With Lemmy, you can choose your administrator or choose to administrate yourself, and still be connected to the same overall network. An inherent benefit for this is that no one corporation, entity or person can own the network and you will not be under the whims of one corporate leadership.

[–] Atzadio@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was approved in less than 30 minutes, thanks for the speedy process 😋

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[–] OzoneThePirate@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the warm welcome and helpful links! Looking forward to spelunking around.

[–] perkele@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Kiitos, friend :)

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[–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago

Thank you for approving me! I'm a refugee from reddit is fun.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm here to check things out. I'm terribly sad that 3rd party app Boost for Reddit might become defunct.

Hoping I can learn & like fediverse/Lemmy.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AFAIK there are some plans/considerations, at least for some of the 3rd apps, to migrate to/support Lemmy. so maybe in the near future you can have Boost for Lemmy - at least one can dream...

although, I must say, Jerboa is a bit buggy in some parts and could use some mir features, but I think, it already has a very good and useable base

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Lemmur and it was too buggy mess for me. Luckily Lemmy's UI is responsive, working nicely on mobile.

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Well, now I’m ready for the inevitable implosion of Reddit. Glad to be here.

[–] Grimmnir@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

First time on a Lemmy instance, and I though Sopuli looked inviting. I appreciate you taking me, and some of my fellow supporters of the Reddit blackout, in during these dark days. So far, enjoying my time here and learning about Lemmy and federated services! I hope I can learn to do more than lurk.

[–] Ratking@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Hi y'all! Somehow I never heard of Lemmy or Fediverse before finding out about this instance in r/Suomi.

It all seems awesome, definitely diving deeper into this now.

Kiitos for the sopuli showrunners!

[–] lobster@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Dear ex-friends of creddit

… used riddit only occasionally but I am glad to be here, or anywhere on the fediverse …

Thank you admins for your kind efforts. … like all fish, so was keen to join anything with fins

FIN

[–] RegEx@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Moro kaikille / Hi everyone!

I just created Lemmy's first (as far as I can tell) Black metal community. If you want to join please head over to !black_metal@sopuli.xyz and post something! Let's get the ball rolling on here as well!

@QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz laitathan viestii jos voi auttaa. Tiedän, ettet pyytänyt lahjoituksia mutta tää sun yhteisö kasvaa nopeasti. Kaikenlaisesta tuesta voidaan keskustella.

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[–] DivergentHarmonics@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

YesYes! I guess the finnish way suits me more than the beehive way. I have been on Lemmy for two days, following with much sleeplessness this playground -- it's like children unpacking the big christmas packet, with awe.

If there is anyone here who has a little bit of knowledge about github/coding/layout, to help with some changes to make the sign-up process go more smoothly, please go ahead! Here are some suggestions that were made in the temporary server overload thread yesterday:
https://lemmy.ml/comment/457578
https://lemmy.ml/comment/82311 (a more explanatory subheader is already in the works, hope they see that it apparently needs to be done via the translation tool)
https://lemmy.ml/comment/450975

So, let's hope this doesn't go downhill with the expected influx!

[–] Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks for welcoming the reddit refugees. I really hope we don't mess up what previous lemmy users enjoyed about lemmy

[–] Simoto@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Glad to be here.

[–] perkele@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did we just blink the lights?

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] perkele@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Especially when a mass migration is happening (that is also included me)

[–] MRPP@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Helouu.

Another reddfugee here. It's a real reddit moment ouy there, internet history in the making. I'm happy to be here, thanks for a quick accept.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Hello everyone! Another Reddit refugee, I don't think I can deal with RiF being gone!

I've already looked into the Fediverse before but Mastodon didn't suit me as a Twitter clone, I hate following people I want to follow topics.

I look forward to dipping my toes and to seeing where this all goes.

[–] marytudor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Hiya! I don't like how the future of reddit looks, what with all the mods leaving because they can't mod properly without 3rd party apps. Hoping the fediverse turns out better. This seems like a nice friendly instance :)

[–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Hope this is ok to post here.

I've created two communities as a replacement for r/collapse and related subs:
Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse - Collapse-related news & discussion
and
Faster Than Expected - Collapse-related memes and other stuff

Please come join and add to the discourse!

[–] mapu@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice to see folks here. Just joined and have been slowly moving my social internet away from the corporate controlled interests. Mastodon has been a breath of fresh air and am optimistic that Lemmy will be too.

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[–] timkenhan@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess I should post in here to express my gratitude!

Thank you for running this thing, and more importantly for having us :')

Also, what is it like living in Finland?

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh thank you!

Also, what is it like living in Finland?

At least it's warm and sunny right now.

[–] BlastAttak@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey everybody, another Reddit refugee here! Thanks for the welcome.

Tai kuten sun mutsi sanoisi veisbuukis suomeksi: "kIiToS RYyHmÄäN pÄsYStÄ"

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

"AV! YV! Jono!"

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Thankyou for taking in so many Reddit refugees.

[–] harmonicarichard@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

We are in interesting times, im my opinion. They're interesting because we went from GAFA being suprememe, to the fediverse and threadiverse, to a multiheaded hydra (in the positive sense) where you join instances, that are "local" communities, that can encompass, or block other instances. We go from the monopolies of Meta, Twitter and Reddit, to the threadiverse and Fediverse. I think there is a difference between the two. Social networks are communities, and communities are migratory. Twitter and reddit forget this little detail. They're encouraging their "competition" to thrive. They're sabotaging their own stickiness by over-charging for API use, especially since devoted redittors can already pay 49CHF per year. To pay even more for a third party app is punishing the very people that already "invested" real cash.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I am another reddit refugee, I can't see using it from my phone without redreader. Thanks for running an instance. I will have to see what communities there are on here that might fill what I used reddit for.

[–] syntaxerror@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Another refugee here, Greetings all!

[–] halfpipe@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Migrant from reddit. Hopefully I can doom scroll through this just as easily.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There should be a community specifically for c/doomscrolling. When ever you find scary or depressing news articles online, you can just dump those links into that place. Basically the polar opposite to what r/upliftingNews used to be.

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[–] MysticalPumpkin@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

8 year reddit user here looking for a new home. Thank you for letting me join.

[–] perso@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Hello! Did my part and moved here from Reddit. Interesting to see what the future holds for Reddit.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

While i already had an account here, I had not been active for a long while until this incident, as infinity was sufficient for me. After this incident, I am returning to lemmy

[–] Mr_Smash@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not a fan of reddit's decision to kill off third party apps (even though I don't use reddit on my phone).

[–] Orhnry@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coming in from Sync. Sad to see my favorite app die. Hope we can grow this place as big someday.

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[–] Squimble@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Hello world! Thought I'd say hello, and thanks for a great alternative to Reddit. Pleased to see the fedeverse show some promise. Feels like the old internet so far...

[–] Kuski87@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for letting me in! Reddit is going down the drain right now...

[–] OatyScribe@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to seeing what's what here. My only experience with the fediverse has been Mastodon thus far so we'll see what happens.

[–] Nyxaion@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for approving me! I'm yet another Reddit refugee. Here's to hoping the community develops further.

[–] finder@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Hyvin pärähti taas Spezillä vaihteeksi.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for having me! I've already been on the Fediverse for a bit but I had never tried Lemmy. Good luck staying afloat with the influx!

[–] TiredTarsier@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hello and thank you for new home! This seems to be a rather nice place without too many zero effort posts/ comments so far, and people are nice to each other. I really look forward to contribute to communities in here.

There is just one thing I wonder while getting to know this platform and were peeking the create communities page: why would someone want to make a community with setting "Only moderators can post to this community"? For announcements? FAQ did not have an answer.

Jos tänne päätyy muita uusia suomalaisia käyttäjiä pyörimään niin oletan, että osaavat sen verran englantia ymmärtääkseen kysymyksen :-D Ajattelin, että jos joku muukin pohtii samaa niin saapi kenties tiedon ja englanti tavoittaa useammat.

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