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[–] MarcoPolpo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely nice to scroll through news and memes again without having to deal with twitters dumpsterfire. Still some comforts I'm used to are missing but it's early days and I only see it getting better from here.

Definitely not missing Reddit.

[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Gerally it's decent.... I don't use it anywhere near as much as I used Reddit but I'm not sorry to see the back of that place.

It can be a little buggy sometimes, responses dont post or further posts fail to load. I think the lack of consistency is whynim using it less at the moment but overall, happy chappy :)

[–] SamuelM@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm loving it! I's similar enough to not be confusing but different enough to be an exciting change. Hoping the apps mature more, though.

[–] mrmoj0rising@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is literally my first ever comment on Lemmy - been lurking since Apollo went dark. Going to try and be way more active here than I ever was on Reddit, need to start throwing more upvotes around too.

I have a nice little folder on my homescreen full of apps I’m switching between which is fun in itself watching them develop super fast, with great updates from the devs and server hosts which adds to the feeling of being in on the ground floor (typing this on Memmy, but also enjoying wefwef when it works for me).

There’s a real feeling here of “something” happening, but no one quite knows what it is yet. I wasn’t there for the really early days of Reddit, but I presume it felt a bit like this. The Beans situation was fun to watch come and go.

I haven’t built up a sub list of communities yet like quite like I had, so mostly just browsing All to soak in the entire platform, but that will come with time as it did over there.

Overall, it’s solidly filling the Apollo sized hole in my heart and in my day-to-day doomscrolling. I’m definitely sticking around for the long haul here - fuck you u/Spez.

[–] zozo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I find the idea of instances and being able to have a home instance while seeing others so great. It's like IRC with a server of choice and channels, but I even have the opportunity to see other servers, so it's a fun idea to me. Also Lemmy users are so nice! You're the best, and it must be a bit awkward for so many Reddit folk to very suddenly arrive.

[–] JaCrispy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It's been alright so far. I couldn't get an account to work on Lemmy.world, so I had to start over on lemm.ee and that was kind of a pain, especially since some communities don't show up on lemm.ee. I'm still trying to get everything set up and subscribed to the same communities I was on Reddit. I'm using Jerboa and it works pretty well and looks good. Looking forward to seeing Lemmy grow!

[–] HelterSkeletor@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd like to be able to group multiple subs into a mult-iLemmy that I can save to refer to. e.g I have multiple gaming subs I'd like to group into a single browsable page titled "games". Any way to do multi-subs?

[–] InigoMontoyota@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For the most part, there are maybe one or two subreddits I miss (ukrainianwar and wrexhamafc) and while I have found something for Ukraine, it's the quantity of content that was there. Beyond that, don't miss it at all, loving the vibe of lemmy, and glad I found a place to land. Oh and f$@% spez

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[–] Madnessx9@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Reddit felt so damn simple to use where this is an absolute cluster fuck of complexity in comparison. It really needs to be simpler if there are hopes to take down reddit. Hopefully with boost and sync devs making a client things may improve.

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[–] Lateralking@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

I see a lot of reposted content or no content changes because of lack of user activity unfortunately.

That's driving me to use my phone less though so that's a plus.

[–] Hizeh@hizeh.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm liking it a lot.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I’m not bad about it. Trying to contribute more and hopefully help this place grow!

[–] MrLeavingCursed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Now that I've gotten used to the differences I'm enjoying it, fills a lot of the whole left by reddit. The only thing I'm missing is the scale of the user base making some of the more niche subreddits I used to spend the most time on not have a very active analog here

[–] rr7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Loving in, and it gets better every day

[–] headlesscyborg@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes it's really slow but besides that, it works and I believe it will take off as a successful project, Reddit can go duck itself.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I miss Relay, my reddit app.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is life, Lemmy is love.

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find it refreshing, for the most part. I've found that comments and replies are much more civil, I'm still getting used to the way users here disagree with actual reasoning while maintening respect for the other perspective. I had ads blocked before, but being absolutely ad free, without even the blank space where an ad would go is even better. The only downside is the amount of space dedicated to complaining about reddit. I don't wish to stop anyone from processing in whatever way they need, I just need to spend more time in my subscriptions instead of "all".

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[–] Iamaquantummechanic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand how I can find and subscribe two "subreddits".

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[–] Bebo@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

I am enjoying out here. There are a lot of interesting posts and good discussion. However almost 80% of subs I am subscribed to on reddit are not here because they are niche subs. So now my browsing is divided between reddit and lemmy.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Great but there’s some frustrations. My instance appears overloaded and often voting or commenting fails. I’m also using alpha software so it’s unstable. And the communities are much tinier and quieter.

I’m sure in a few weeks there will be some big improvements. Early mastodon was like this too.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Little bit on struggle bus. Looks like work blocks the instance I registered on so tried lemmy.world, but I guess I need a totally separate account to login to that? Seems a little fussy

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