/u/spez is awful. (First post on Lemmy on any instance!) Looking forward to seeing Lemmy grow!

I'm liking it. I'm sure it'll take some getting used to, but I'm off Reddit for the next 3 days so I'm sure I'll figure it out!

It looks like the original internet. Love it

Digging it so far. Some technical issues but I think they may just be due to the mobile app I am using (sometimes when I open a post, the comments displayed are the ones from the last post I looked at). But it feels much more.. Democratic? Than reddit did.

Seems sluggish, rough, and low population, but fuck spez so I'll give this an honest chance.

I have been on Mastodon for a few months now, and just joined here. I have been wanting FOSS and community-based alternatives to social media for a long time, and now it seems the impetus is present based on the actions of large companies selling their user-bases out for larger migrations of people to these more community-centric platforms.

What is striking me now is that these once-revolutionary internet platforms and companies are all reaching an inflection point. Imploding one-by-one at the hands of their own hubris and exploitation of their users.

What I realized after switching to and primarily using these platforms over Twitter, reddit, etc, is that I had become so desensitized to the commercialization of the internet. I didn't know what it was like to browse and connect with people without constant advertisements and clickbait. The algorithms of commercial social media incite conflict because it drives engagement and benefits the bottom line.

I've never been on social media without feeling a sense of anxiety. Even when I pared down my consumption to my own interests, it was there. I really had no idea it was possible to have a space on the internet without that.

The fediverse so far has been an enlightening experience. Genuine conversation, no mysterious algorithms dictating what reaches your attention, and an unfamiliar sense of calm while browsing social media; traditionally stressful on commercial sites, but addictive as well.

I know places like this and Mastodon are unfamiliar to most and will not draw the same numbers as the larger, more established commercial sites. But spaces like this are worth investing time in, as opposed to selling your data to the lowest bidder. I say welcome everyone who has taken that step in to the fediverse and I look forward to chatting with you all!

The whole lemmy concept mixed with the current situation feels far more like you are part of a real community. Kinda like in old internet days. I will even break out of my reddit lurker days and try to contribute here.

Hello world :)

This is my first comment here, hope I'm doing it right!

Hi, just joined but have been lurking for a day or two.

Just trying to find my bearings at the moment. I haven't joined any communities yet but will look at doing that later today.

I'm hoping that Lemmy is a less toxic space than Reddit became, and that an influx of us refugees doesn't ruin things for people who have been here longer. My hope is that those of us who migrate here learn to fit in with the ethos and rules of Lemmy, rather than trying to change things (or worse, expecting them to change to fit what we're used to "over there").

I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!

I dig it.

I think it's an improvement to reddit honestly. The communities seem chill compared to Frontpage so I'll stick around.

Thanks for having us! Much learning ahead for me though it seems, but this does look promising.

Digging it so far. The only thing that I have noticed, and this may just be due to the large influx of people coming to the site, it's been taking literal minutes for me to submit a post or edit my profile

I suppose the Reddit issue has at least got me to look into Lemmy. Seems interesting, albeit quite small. Still, oak trees grow from small acorns, etc, etc. ;-)

I'm a slashdot refugee who just had a 16 year stopover on reddit :)

Thanks! It looks more like a Discourse forum than Reddit. I'll reserve judgment for now but after so many companies took their own platform usage we need something like this more than ever.

I’ve lamented the loss of what I called “old internet energy” — the feeling of a largely-nerdy community forming around something new. I felt it on early Digg and on Reddit for a good while, until the last 7-10 years or so after mainstream users started pouring in. I feel that here again. ‘Tis nice.

I’m liking it a lot, so far!

I'm in for this. Sign-up through lemmy.world was a snap and now logged in and posting via Jerboa. Only just getting my toes wet, but digging it

So glad to leave that dumpster fire of a website

I really like the UI. The sign up process was a little rough though. The idea of the different servers and signing up via those servers was a little jarring at first.

I am here on mobile using Mlem. Mlem has an interface superficially like Apollo, but it doesn't have nearly the polish and features, like swiping posts to the side to up/downvote. I didn't realize (until I lost it) how much that single capability improved QoL. Until an app comes along with better UX and QoL, I probably won't stay. (I don't doomscroll on my computer either).

Looks clean and slick as well as familiar, many will find the transition smooth - excellent work!

I feel kinda dumb.. I truly did not get the whole fediverse thing and panicked trying to guess where most of us refugees would go, I made an account on mastadon, kbin.social, karab.in, lemmy.world and maybe a few more I now cannot recall, all same username as my Reddit account.. I assume now that was overkill? I hope there is a way I can merge them all together at some point.. and Oddly enough, this was my last instance(? That's what lemmy.world is right?) that feels less confusing than all the previous ones I tried..

Growing pains but in time I think this whole fediverse thing will grow on me!

I like it so far but it's strange and feels like I'm exploring the web with no experience.