my thoughts on lemmy so far

It's really weird. There's so few people here, but the conversations are really good. Everyone is friendly and the place is growing. That's a really great vibe.

I just switched too, this is actually my first comment. Idk why everyone on reddit said lemme was too confusing

It's my opinion that nsfw content is what will make or break Lemmy, Beehaw, Kbin, or any other fediverse community.
Every single social media giant has some degree of nsfw content, it's a big draw that gets non-techies to join.
Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook; all of them have/had some amount of pornographic material. Of course it's incredibly difficult to moderate porn though, and in no way am I saying that it should be unmoderated, but I also think that 100% excluding it would be a huge factor in determining long-term success. There's even a song about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eFNRKEROw

I like it here. Its small but growing. I just wish the UI was bit better. Selecting text is weird :S

Wanders in, looks around, flops down into a comfy looking chair

Nice place you've got here. Very nice decor, not an advert or crappily disguised advert in sight.

I thought the same thing when Voat started as a mirror to Reddit. It was similar for a while but every time a troll or Nazi was ejected from Reddit they migrated to Voat. Eventually I was one of the last liberals there. Is there anyone maintaining order here or will it be the wild west ?

Thrilled to be here at the start of something new! I remember saying the same thing about Voat years before, but I don't think this site will go that way being federated and all. I'm on Mastodon too and call me crazy but I think federated internet is the next age. Just made a woodworking page. Can't wait to find some like minded folks to share hobbies with! ohhhh you know what? I like gardening too....

I really hope lemmy is the one, the biggest plus is that it isnt one company, so no investors to fuck it up

It's still a bit confusing to me, but I'm already starting to like it here. Especially with the Jerboa app.

At the end of the day, everyone on lemmy is or was at some point a reddit user. The platform changed but the community is still the same. So enjoy!

Thanks, glad you're enjoying it so far!

Same, I exclusively used Reddit as an app. I now downloaded, and am using the Jerboa client and it works great so far. Had to figure out how to add an account but once working and in list mode its like I never left Reddit lol.

Much love to the devs and folks hosting servers.

Agreed. It seems promising and has that magic feeling of when I first encountered reddit for the first time post-Digg. That said, the federated aspects is neat but confusing... Still trying to work out how to view communities on different instances.

EDIT: Ok so apparently this post is actually on a different instance. Now I need to figure out how to subscribe to remote communities?

My thoughts:

404: FetchError: request to http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site

I think the server may be struggling a bit under everyone checking it out.

I'm liking the look of it so far.

One thing I miss is that I have reddit configured to hide any posts that I've voted on, in order to keep my feed fresh (using the Save button if I want to check a post again later). I'd love to see similar functionality here as well.

I agree! I’m actually kind of into the lower user count. I don’t really want an experience so intuitive that everyone with a Facebook account can join. I liked Reddit when it was a little less mainstream. It feels more like the old days over here!

Is there a way to make use of all the white space? I don't understand why the content is restricted to such a small portion of the page.

Just joined as well. Looks pretty good here to me!

Very much agreed. UI friendly, both on desktop and on mobile--even mobile browser. Instances are kinda confusing but I think im starting to understand it

I’m on kbin and really liking it. I feel right at home and I actually love that I can see Mastodon content in a threaded, Reddit-like format. It’s great to be able to see Lemmy content too - it feels like there’s enough activity here with all that that I want to stick around and participate in the community.

It's nice, I'm on the main instance for now but at some point I'll host my own and move my account there

Here since yesterday, but I like everything I've seen. The communities are welcoming, and users' profiles lack the useless vanity metrics but allow enough customization to feel personal. Jerboa works well on Android, and everything looks well thought out generally. I hope Lemmy is going up to a great future!

I'm still trying to figure out how to find things, but yep liking it here so far.

I'll keep my reddit account and will still search there for help as there are a lot of guides and information there...

I’m surprised. I like it. Can’t wait to see where it will go. Apps and communities.

Welcome, glad to have you here! I hope Lemmy will continue to grow as a vibrant, diverse and friendly community.

Welcome! I just reactivated my lemmy account, happy to see more activity here.

Be very welcome!

Any reason I can't find Remmel in the iPhone App Store?

It does seem promising!

@nanashi Welcome to Fedi!