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submitted 2 years ago by chrizbie@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Now that a lot of the commotion has subsided I'm just curious to know how y'all are finding the Lemmy experience in general and whether you use it regularly like you did reddit?

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[-] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

A bit slow at times, but loving it so far.

[-] gst0ck@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Great question! I was a Reddit user for 14 years officially and, after the API bullshit they pulled, I found this amazing community! I don't have to sort through a bunch of bot bloated crap to find something interesting. I really don't want to say it but this is the Reddit I grew to love and I thank them for pushing me to this community!

[-] Procedure8295@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

It has a nice vibe, easy to get engaged and I don't spend as much time on it as previously which is a win-win.

[-] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

The memes are good, but some of the zealots here have lost their god damn minds. Seems like only in certain threads, on certain instances.

It's weirdly more and less chill than reddit at the same time. I kinda like it though.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I think the tinfoil hats here stand out because they dont get lost in the noise.

[-] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

It is like being in the early stages of reddit so liking it so far. I think i may start contributing since there isn't a ton of content yet

[-] charlytune@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

I still prefer it to Reddit. I think there was a noticeable increase in activity after Sync was released - unfortunately since then I have noticed more argumentative / defensive interactions. I guess that just goes with the territory though as more people join and become active, I wish people would just chill though. I feel like I'm having to deal with more children, but it's still nowhere near as bad as Reddit was.

I'm still missing the diversity of Reddit as I liked lurking in (and learning from) communities I would never come across in the real world, but I hope I will stumble across them in time as I'm sure they're out there.

[-] FullFridge@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

It's good and bad. I miss most of the niche communities that I frequented on Reddit but on the other side I am commenting and interacting on Lemmy much more than reddit. It feels good to have some discussion. Hopefully the niche communities I miss will grow in time. Another good thing is that since Lemmy is much smaller than Reddit I'll run out of new content quickly and go do something else instead. So now I'm not mindlessly scrolling for ages. I am noticing that since this is such a small community with a very specific group of people that use it (left leaning/tech) that it generally has much less diverse content and memes compared to Reddit. This matters more on Lemmy since most of the content is focused on broad appealing things compared to Reddit which had bigger niche communities.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

I enjoy it so far. But I wish more stuff was tagged as NSFW and filtered out. Often I get girls in bikinis in my feed and I don't want to know about that. I've been banning endless communities from my feed but it seems new ones pop up daily.

[-] curiousmonkey@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago

I am liking it, community is friendly. I am slowly replacing my reddit addiction with lemmy. everyday I am finding new instances/communities to join. all in all, this journey so far has been exciting

[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago

I really like it. Though, my experience massively increased after I switched away from a bigger instance.

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 5 points 2 years ago

It's pretty good actually, thanks for asking.

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The only thing I miss from reddit is the ability to use lemmy as a supplement to stack overflow. I still use teddit to occasionally find old posts on places like r/learnprogramming

I'm a junior web dev so I still benefit from old posts that answer basic questions, but I do wish I could just do a ddg lite search and be able to type in 'lemmy' and get the answer to my question.

Otherwise there's just certain subreddits I wish there was a corresponding community here on Lemmy like specific Indie Video Games. These are small issues and I hope Lemmy popularity grows. Not just for my personal wants, but just cuz I like decentralized alternatives as their simply more authentic imho.

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[-] Oddbin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All in all Ok. There still some toxicity, not enough types of people to dilute some of the fringe or hardcore groups at times. Things like circlejerks seem to have more power outside of their own realm at times, anecdotally at least. Having to swap instances because DDoS or federation policy or the like and then having to reblock the same furry or anime or trans or random niche comic porn sites is a bit tiresome too. I get that the makeup of the users skews towards these groups and their supporters more, it's just taking more curation I guess.edit: and duplicate posts from multiple instances. Another thing I imagine will be resolved in future.

Those negatives aside it's been an interesting experience. I feel that I'm getting a broader sense of what's going on, things that would have been drowned out before now appear to get at least a decent chance if not equal billing in my feed. The new forums have been really good, a very wide range of topics and articles from all around and some properly interesting discussions going on.

It definitely feels more like the earlier internet days at times which can be good as well as bad. I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops

[-] Ferminho@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The lemmy experience is so much better than reddit in one way: the Lemmy website on the phone just let's you use it, no more "This community is only available from the app" and have to use the desktop website, or the log in with Google pop up. I don't want to use the app, I don't want to log in on mobile.

[-] u202307011927@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

I personally was in for lemmy since the beginning, actually participated a bit building the first idea for another similar idea in 2018 to the fediverse, but I didn't have the capacity to participate more.

Now, I love that people seem to enjoy Lemmy and I'm excited for its growth!

[-] AlmostDachshund@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I totally replaced my Reddit usage with Lemmy. Jerboa is fine and I feel every time I want to spend some time I find something here to read. And I feel it's less useless than Reddit as well, with its nonsense ads and bots.

[-] alottachairs@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Its okay. But im happy to be rid of my reddit habit.

[-] blendedracer@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lemmy is great. Altho now it's full of Linus apologists so it sucks atm. Also Memmy is fantastic!

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[-] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Haven't been back to Reddit. It's going great. Mostly I am relieved I don't have to see that fucking Jesus ad anymore.

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[-] Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Honestly, I've loved it. I recommend Alexandrite for desktop and Voyager for mobile.

I've had rich discussion within various communities, and I'm excited to see Lemmy grow, even if it takes some pitfalls and time.

[-] heartfelthumburger@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

I mostly use Lemmy these days, especially after my preffered third party reddit app got ported over to Lemmy. I only use reddit for a few communities, Lemmy for everything else. I also only use reddit on desktop, never on mobile.

[-] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With third party apps added and new niche communities its getting alot better. I'm enjoying it. Also has a high level of discussion a higher level of discussion without karma.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I'm having fun. Would like to see some of the niche hobbyist coms get more visibility.

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[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago

Going better than I expected, especially now that we have so many capable clients like Sync. I don't miss Reddit at all, and I really like that there aren't any annoying posters like Schnoodle and his circlejerking fanbois, or the LTT fanclub in subs like r/pcmr who'd downvote anyone who criticizes LTT, or Windows fanbois who'd always downvote anything Linux related (I also like that there's a larger representation of Linux and OSS folks here which is awesome).

I spend like an hour here daily and I'm looking forward to see how much it grows.

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