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Users from before the current wave of Reddit refugees, how do you feel about the incoming monsoon of refugees? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Uncreativechap@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too.

I'd especially be interested in the Lemmy devs' opinions.

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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm in Lemmy for, like, two years? Mostly lurking. I've been looking for alternatives for longer than that though.

I feel like the monsoon is mostly welcome. Content quality may decrease a bit, but the quantity will make up for it. And quantity is what has been missing IMO.

In special I'm hoping for specialised instances about some subjects that I enjoy. I like the Lemmy instance but stuff like anime and conlanging "feels" off-topic here.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In special I’m hoping for specialised instances about some subjects that I enjoy. I like the Lemmy instance but stuff like anime and conlanging “feels” off-topic here.

Do you mean for subscribing to the communities of these new instances, or would you completely switch to that instance (create a new account there)?

I've noticed some lags/asyncronity with non-home instance content. I guess it would make sense to be home wherever is the most and best fitting communities. But that would also mean leaving behind the stuff of the current account.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I'd be using those instances alongside lemmy.ml. I want to talk about anime, but I don't want to just talk about anime; and here I get some nice tech-related content.

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 6 points 1 year ago

Hear hear!
I expect to be some bumps on the road, but the Lemmyverse was really quiet until recently. Now it's gaining so much life and shaping into an active and pleasant platform :3

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Quantity has a quality all its own. I'm glad everyone here is so welcoming and looking forward to seeing how things develop.

Just to note, I just came from Reddit. I'm hoping for a critical mass of folks so we get those niche and specialty communities.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oooh you're into conlangs too?

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yup. I got a few of them, although they're mostly too incomplete to use for conversation. Most of them for a constructed world.

In special I feel like I should be able to help newbies with phonetics and phonology. Not just "how to read the IPA", but also stuff like "how to choose phonemes and allophones that fit the goal of your conlang".