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I was wondering how the pre-reddit lemmy members feel about the influx of ex-reddit. Have things got worst or better? Is there any lemmy etiquette that we are missing?

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[โ€“] simple@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Definitely better. I tried getting into Lemmy about a year ago and it was kind of a miserable place. Most communities were abandoned and the website was less usable than now, the only active group were tankies (specifically CCP lovers). There just wasn't any demand for a Reddit alternative. I abandoned Lemmy and went back to Reddit not long after.

Now the website feels sooooo much livelier and is a much nicer place. The community isn't huge but it feels like the content I need to find is here, and as people settle in specific communities activity is going up! Once Lemmy fixes their bugs and Kbin fixes their federation I'm confident I won't want to go back to other websites.

[โ€“] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[โ€“] TheOneCurly@feddit.online 8 points 1 year ago

I had a very similar experience, my lemmy.ml account is about a year old and I bounced off it several times because of a lack of content and engagement. But now I think it'll stick, thanks spez.

[โ€“] phil299@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is promising , I was hoping we are not polluting the pool , so to speak

[โ€“] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anything, we're cleaning the pool

[โ€“] Pili@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine moving to a place that's home to a lot of people you don't like, and calling them dirty.

[โ€“] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You mean, imagine all of human history since the earliest hominid first stood upright and saw another group across the savanna?

[โ€“] mcpheeandme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. It's good to hear there wasn't a lot going on because, honestly, coming here from Reddit feels a bit like participating in some sort of digital gentrification.