Ask Lemmy

I thought we were all bots.

I don't know anyone besides myself that even uses social media IRL.

no and i don't think anyone here is real. every account is a russian psyop bot trying to make leftists appear insane and stupid

Really, this amounts to a question of who has recommended lemmy to others. Which is an interesting question.

Are you real? Is... is anything real??

It took 10 years to meet anyone that used Reddit. I assume it's gonna take another 10 to meet anyone on this platform.

no. It's difficult to recommend it, "no it's good trust me, there's like none of the subs you like, and also you should go to the settings and block this list of words, also block these instances, and also do you know what a Tankie is?"

Of course I know him, it's me!.jpg

It's easy to find other Lemmy users IRL. Show up to any Linux meet up, and roughly 5-10% seem to use Lemmy.

Well of course I know him. He's me.

But even for reddit I only know a person in real life that uses it. I tried to convert him, he said "there are too many Linux apologists" 🤷🏻‍♂️

Know him, I am him

I'm not sure I know anyone in real life

I don't even know anyone who uses BlueSky and that's considerably more trendy lately. Granted, most of my contacts are 20 something college girls so it's pretty much TikTok as far as the eye can see.

Not yet, but it seems to be growing.

My own spouse, but...as the statisticians would say, that is not really two independent samples.

Other way around, I know people in rl through lemmy.

Nah. My brother, wife, my two best friends and one co-worker are the only ones who even know it exists, and that's because they know I use it as an alternative to reddit since the API fiasco. It's honestly pretty obscure, but I like it that way. I'd love to see larger niche communities, especially since r/stalker was one of the only places I could actively talk about my favorite game series, but Lemmy has been a far better experience overall.

I am in your walls.

I do not know and will never try to find out.

I don’t even know anyone that uses Reddit 🫠

That would require me to actually know someone.

If they do they probably don't talk about it, tbh.

Nobody is real here, man

I do. But despite my best efforts at explaining and advertising this platform, none of my friends seem to care 🥲.

Nope, but I have had the thought that small-scale regional meet-ups could be fun.

On the one hand, smaller old-school forums do/did that sometimes and it can be really cool, if thinking in the spirit of the old internet.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I remember the infamous pictures from the Reddit meetup and good God, maybe not?

I don't know anyone IRL that uses the fediverse. They just use everything else and then complain it's all owned by billionaires

Unfortunately I can barely find people online that use Lemmy

Let me stop you before you suggest a narwhal bacons at midnight equivalent for lemmy

What's the lemmy version of "the narwhal bacons at midnight"?

Yes I have been a Lemmy advocate since I joined, but I have only ever gotten one person to use Lemmy. I told one of my daughters friends mom about Lemmy. She does not allow her daughter to use social media. Except for Lemmy.

So that is it. My one conversion. I have kind of given up on trying to convert people. I still love Lemmy and the Fediverse, but the year of Lemmy mainstream has yet to come.

No.

Guy from work posted a Lemmy meme link.

Why yes I do know him, he's me.

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