Subreddit refugees be like...

Hey! This post is not specifically related to the lemmy.world instance. From now on, posts such as these will be removed, in order for the community to stay on topic. However, as this is a highly upvoted post, I'll just lock it for now.

EDIT: Argh, got the text placement wrong. Whatever, good enough for a low-effort meme :P

Controversial take but in the early days I think it's fine if you replicate the content from the old Reddit posts (maybe even link to the post) as long as you don't claim credit. I think people just wanna see things at first, and then the conversation can grow. It's not like Reddit was chock full of OC.
- I'm sort of hoping for a forum/reddit-y combo. My god I miss forums for niche weird stuff that I'm autistic about, but I also like consuming media at an ADD pace.
  Am I the problem?
  Lemmy does feel a bit cozy, kind of reminds me of the best of those worlds. It'll be neat to watch it grow... hopefully.
- Hehehe, Reddit was repost king and Crosspost king
- I was gonna do that but the subreddit I wanted is private lmao.
Ok what if you made a community, posted in it twice a day since the shutdown and now feel like ur talking to much?
- Maybe no one likes the Chiefs?
  Just kidding, I know nothing about sports.
Take my upvote!
!remindme 7 days
gotta have a milestone to see where my instance is based on this. will the meme be milk or wine?
- Is there already a remindme bot?
Ok what if you made the community and posted in it twice daily and now feel like you are talking to yourself?
- What is your topic? I'm shit for OC but I am a slut for commenting (I'll even argue with you and get you nostalgic for Reddit if that's what you're into). You just gotta pick one of my ADHD hyperfixations.
  I can generate engagement like a crazy person. Too much even. I have too many opinions and you people are my only outlet outside of my partner.
- Eventually someone will roll in and then you'll just be talking a lot at them.
  If you're lucky, they might even talk back.
I love your profile picture
Is there some place to advertise new communities?
Shoutout for mine, since I think I can get away with it.
- There are 2 places:
  !findacommunity@lemmy.ml
  !newcommunities@lemmy.world

I am still learning

i adore this old meme.
- Me too I think I am getting old.
I almost woke my family up. 🔥
This is me.

Now I do the same thing I've always done,

Lurk and never contribute any content!

I'll try to change i swear

Start posting, chatting and contributing! I'm trying to be active here myself.
I don't like modding, but I've even created my own community here, which is saying a lot given how lazy I am.
And while I'm at it, i hope you don't mind a shoutout to my new community, maliciouscompliance - recreated this as it was one of my favorite places to lurk on reddit!
/c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.world/c/maliciouscompliance
!maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world
- Awesome job man. Keep at it and I'm subbing. I'll sub over and over and over and and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and over
- I've done the same with c/reddevils. Never moderated before, but it was one of my main communities on Reddit and it didn't exist here, so now it does!
Voting on content and interact in the comments is a lot easier than making posts and it's still really helpful towards building vibrant thriving communities here.
If you have a sub you like that you think you could contribute to via posts, that would be awesome! But even just taking the time to throw your votes around does a lot (especially with fewer users)
- Yeah I'm just really not used to making posts (but I swear I'll try) but I at least try to vote and comment.
People actually reply to my stuff here and I don't end uo in the unread gutter with thousands of others! Keep posting :)

Reddit refugees be like "Why isn't this Reddit and when will the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs AnD mAkE iT rEdDiT"

Seems pretty similar to Reddit to me, besides the whole decentralised nature which is a plus anyway
What are people complaining about?
- Yeah, I'm in this picture but Lemmy basically is Reddit already.
- Alongside that more reasonable point of individual features, alot of people are mad that the service is instance based and are angry that that there isn't a single iteration of communities, IE only one /c/aww or /c/vets or whatever.
  Basically they fled a central organizational authority and got mad there's no central organizational authority.
- If you go to the areas where people are suggesting features, it's almost 100% "please implement my personal favorite feature from my personalized Reddit experience."
  Now, I'm going to say that wanting the features you found useful in your old social media is a perfectly reasonable desire, but it's the Dev's job to make sure all the feature and UI changes are self-consistent and not overload for the user. So, naturally a bunch of requests are going to have to be ignored, at least for the time being.
- besides the whole decentralised nature which is a plus anyway
  Fun until you realize that other instances can block other big instances from accessing them. Ex. Beehaw defederated lemmy.world: https://beehaw.org/post/567170
  And sadly for mainstream users, federation is too complicated compared to single instance :/
- And no nutbag greedyass CEO either

Yeah, I feel this. I wont make communities since I'm not the moderator type. But I will make an effort to post which in my case is a step up since I mostly lurk.

Nice! Contribute literally anything, it all helps. 10 year reddit lurker here, also making an effort to bring something to the table. Until it gets busy. Then I'll fade into the background again :)
I've actually had a great time making posts and contributing to conversations here. Everyone on these new subs wants to get the ball rolling, so any input usually brings something to the table. !Motorcycles went from 17 subs and 0 posts 5 days ago...to 230 subs now and a page full of posts and comments.
Same homie! Before I post on Reddit I look for my comment in the swaths of bots. It's just not fun anymore.

I was excited to see this had 1200 upvotes then it changed to 3 and now it's just showing random numbers. I'm not even mad.

LOL it’s like the lottery balls 🤣
It seems to have settled at ~900 for me.
- It's lemmy's way of telling you karma is an artificial construct and you shouldn't put too much value in it!
It keeps changing!
I've also noticed that for new submissions
You guys see upvotes?

I don't know man I'm enjoying it the way it is ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Does the arm not fall off anymore?
- not if you escape it properly
- Looked at the source, can confirm only one right arm!
  I'm legit excited about that lol ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Really makes it obvious how much content gets reposted by bots on that site. There really isnt as much original content being posted there as you might think.

I feel like this is more a user/uncertainty issue right now. Reddit still has a lot more users than Lemmy, I feel like a lot of communities are spread across different instances (am I saying that right?), so no ones knows which will be 'the main one', and I think a lot of users are still looking around, watching and learning how Lemmy works, before fully committing and posting like they did on Reddit. I know I am.
- That's the boundary to break I guess - it really doesn't matter which instance you're on; the communities are all the same.
  And before someone says 'but the duplicate communities' point me to an example and I'll tell you which one will last to become the community. (Or I'll point out the quadruplicate sub-reddit equivalents.)

It takes a little getting used to but I'm liking it more and more. Even with it's quirks.

Same, I think I'll be comfortable here.
Even with ti’s quirks.
Absolutely same.
Absolutely. I think the quirks are cool, makes it feel more new and fresh

Actually doing well, Lemmy seems like my kinda place.

Me too, not too crazy busy yet, but basically that Reddit feel from 10 years ago for me when I started using it.
Not sure how I got here though. It has something to do with Spider-Man, I think...
I think a group of guys like us should team up. Could do some good....
Im pretty happy here so far, Ive even replaced my RIF app space with Jerboa.
- I did the same

First day was hard and I was trying to check what's going on in the remaining subreddits, but now on day 2 I don't even wanna go there and prefer lemmy for sure. It feels more pure here.

This, first day was just a quick learning curve. I feel like I can navigate lemmy better now.
\ Also, lemmy looks more promising in the long run. Let's say spez goes back and even makes the API FOC (impossible). He'll still plan some major bs in the future.
\ The whole lying and now insinuating users would attack employees over a logo is just too far. He showed no love for the community nor for the contributors of reddit's success.
\
\ Unless lemmy is dead, I won't be returning to reddit.
- I checker out reddit, most of it now is suggestion of the subreddits still open..

Since I'm not going to download reddit official I'm using reddit while I still can to learn Lemmy lol. Trying to find my subs here.

Yeah, that's the "fun" part. I'm mostly on Jerboa (the Android app) and for some reason the search function doesn't pick up all the communities. So for some things I've had to log on desktop if I wanted to find and subscribe to a community.
- https://browse.feddit.de is the best way to find new communities atm

Thanks for bringing me in from the cold!!

I got yelled at on Mastadon for saying refugee, apparently it's offensive to people from war torn countries.

Wow it really IS like Twitter!
Is it really? I feel like people in war torn countries have more important shit to care about. This might be another instance of "terminally online person being offended on someone else's behalf"
Us lemtards over here don’t know how to behave.
mastadon.social?
- https://queer.party/@njion/110533346803997348 it was here. I don't know exactly how it all works yet, but I was looking at a fediverse all feed

We can always post cats to get the party started.

Not going to lie, Lemmy needs more cats
- In case you're looking:
  https://lemmy.world/c/cat
  https://sh.itjust.works/c/cats

What would be nice is if 90% of posts were not just about Reddit.

Agreed, and it'll calm down in the next few days. People always need to talk about a breakup in order to process it.

Long live the federation!

Live long and prosper.
- 🖖

Easy, looking for information I will still use reddit, for now. But for posting new information I will use Lemmy.

Now we take the challenge to explore the world unknown and create quality content or initiate conversations...

Or we can just lurk again. Either way, Lemmy's fun so far! Also created our own instance that will hopefully help our friends understand the Fediverse better.

hey hai Reddrefugee here is there like a "new to lemmy ppl read this" page?

I'm wondering the same thing, I feel the same as when I joined reddit over a decade ago lol.
I made a collection of guide in this post.
I'll try to keep it updated as more guides are created.
It depends on who you ask. I came across a thread where some of the old people complained about the inflow of normies. They enjoyed an exclusive leftist community and now it's being mainstreamed and centrist political positions are being 'normalized'
Some instances have started making FAQs for the reddit refugees. I know the instance for r/FMHY has one.
Here's one. Linking cross instances is a bit weird, but I see lemmy.world is your home instance so this link should be just fine!

lemmy was what i wanted and needed (:

Lemmy seems awesome so far!

Dunno, the UI isn't great and having multiple communities that cover essentially the same topic spread across multiple instances doesn't seem very useful, but maybe I just need some time do adjust
- OTOH, federated instances don't have to deal with squatters who reserve a sub name solely for the purpose of blocking its use.

The water level in those bags has always bothered me

If the bags were freshwater, they'd float on saltwater. Not to that level -- just barely floating...
But the fish are saltwater fish, so the bags need to be saltwater too, for them to survive. So the water levels should be identical or very close to the harbour.
Yeah, it's bothered me too ;)
- What if the air inside was hotter than that outside? I think in the bags there would be a greenhouse effect...
- What is the air was hotter then outsider? There would be a greenhouse effect probably...

I'm just here for the blackjack and hookers.

Lemmy has Blackjack???
- This our own reddit with blackjack and hookers right?

I'm enjoying it so far, though it's gonna take some getting used to. The Android app isn't bad, either.

Which app are you using? I like Jerboa, but if there's something better, I'm all ears.
- there isn't another, and while Jerboa is in alpha the current exodus is bringing new developers to the project
- I'm using Jerboa as well, actually.
- I'm pretty sure that's literally the only android app.

This can be the beginning of something great.

Oh god I feel called out.

Well come on over to thegarden.land we got a nice little place for plant enthusiasts on a smaller instance looking for love

Checking it out now!

Eh, we'll get there. just have to wait for the community to grow and develop all the content again.

we're well on the way there, as long as people decide to stick around instead of going back!
- That depends on people posting content!
  I'm doing my part, I've been posting mainly to /c/world@lemmy.world and /c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world (am I doing that right?). If everyone posts something interesting we'll have more on the front page than just a bunch of posts about reddit!
  Edit: trying again: !world@lemmy.world and !maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world uscompliance@lemmy.world

Lemmy seems somewhat confusing to those who rarely or never used Fediverse (myself also rarely use Mastodon tho), but after I short while I get the hang of it tho. My instance is at lemmy.world, Its UI after a time trying is quite unstable; for example, a post's karma is fluctuating at time, sometimes from over 1k drop down to negative, and upvotes aren't recognized until you reload the page,...

Dude, I'm on .world as well and holy hell the 'timeout' errors every time I click/scroll/look at anything too hard get a little trying sometimes... It seems to be largely cosmetic (if that makes sense) as it hasn't eaten any of my comments or anything so far, but... lol
Also, odd and potentially problematic thing I've run into: so far, any /c/ link I've attempted to click on in jerboa flat out CTDs the whole thing. I'm not sure if that is a jerboa thing or a .world issue (somehow? Maybe? Probably not?), but just a bit annoying when I'm actively trying to find new communities to add 🤣😂
I am on the same instance, haven't encountered such problems yet

Diversification, then survival of the fittest!

Hi

I was largely a lurker over there, and my immediate instinct is to do the same here. But also a new website will only work if there's content and activity...

The water in those bags is somehow way less dense than the sea water.

I guess the internet now have a refugees problem just like in real life

Fighting age males just going for a walk
They might flee into the rest of the world and learn social skills. The horror!

Lol yep, but I started to build myself on kbin and realized yeah I can't see the rest of lemmy..

Lemmy seems somewhat confusing to those who rarely or never used Fediverse (myself also rarely use Mastodon tho), but after I short while I get the hang of it tho. My instance is at lemmy.world, Its UI after a time trying is quite unstable; for example, a post's karma is fluctuating at time, sometimes from over 1k drop down to negative, and upvotes aren't recognized until you reload the page, the amount of time to post of login can be very long,...

Yeah is it just lemmy.world or lemmy in general? When I hit "reply" the post never seems to get posted, but I open a new tab and it seems like it actually went though.