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submitted 2 days ago by 64bithero@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When I say normie I mean someone who doesn’t care about self-hosting doesn’t really care that much about privacy and you wouldn’t consider deep tech hobbyist.

If you did , how did you do it ? Did they stay ?

Or if someone did convert you , how did they do it ?

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[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, my wife is normieish, followed me over to Lemmy for a bit but you lot scared her off.

Now she just uses instagram and threads

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you reckon she'd have a better time with Pixelfed and Mastodon over Lemmy? Those are more similar to Instagram and Threads, I believe.

[-] 64bithero@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I also use Mastodon a lot. I tried Pixelfed but 90 percent of I see are still Mastodon accounts so I just follow them on Mastodon.

The right client there makes all the difference.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Well we were both migrating away from reddit with the API culling since our app died.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Ahh. Still might be worth considering though, since pixelfed and mastodon have a different crowd she might jive with better.

[-] 64bithero@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Well she should be using Arch Linux dammit !! I am kidding totally kidding. Sorry about that

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's sad but I find there's a legit problem with sexism against women on Lemmy/Piefed. Its too often I see memes posted that are ~~precariously bordering on~~ boomer/incel humour

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i see it a lot more often on piefed instances; it's like the worst of reddit got turned off by the rest of the fediversse but felt that piefed is okay somehow.

it's so bad that i had to start using the blocking feature for the first time on any of the social media platforms i've used since 1996.

it makes me wish that i could shake off my american addiction to bread-and-circuses so that i can be 100% happy with the instances that only have thought provoking content like the one i'm using to write this.

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