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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by toynbee@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

Sorry if not.

I was on Reddit for a lot of years and enjoyed most of them, I really did. Almost all of that was through the Reddit is Fun app, it was one of the few apps I liked enough to pay for it.

I stopped opening RiF the day the API incident happened and I switched to here (using Connect, after some experimentation, because the UX was most similar to RiF). I wasn't confident we would gain enough users to make it worthwhile to switch, but I wanted to try and I didn't want to support spez. Just this morning I told my wife that we probably had several thousand users, then a few hours later I saw a post saying we had almost 1.5 million. That's amazing!

I struggled a bit with Lemmy when I started using it, but either Lemmy or I evolved - probably both - and now it's a wonderful experience to open every day. Y'all are great and I appreciate your presence.

edit: Probably should have said it in the original message, but in case it wasn't explicit: thank you all.

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[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago

Look at this one, doing a high quality wholesome post in a shitposting community.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I checked the rules for posting here - they said "anything goes." The part that convinced me to post this: including "banter."

Thanks for calling it high quality. You are one of many lemmings whom I love.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

The truest shit you can post.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What is shit to shit? Flowers.

[-] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's a good experience being on here, sometimes I catch myself thinking that I'm glad those api changes were made - if not for them I would never found lemmy and many awesome people I interact here with.

Really, thank you all

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 21 points 1 month ago

I feel the need to point out (like others in the original post) that the absolute user count isn't very helpful. At one point there were millions of users on single instances because of bots and unprotected signup pages on some instances.

More important is the number of active users. There are about 45k users who have posted, commented, or voted in the past month. Still pretty good!

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I'm cool with that.

The reality of the situation for me is, without people talking here, it wouldn't matter how good or awful Lemmy itself is. Fortunately there are enough quality people here that the conversation is engaging and that's all I need.

I'm very happy here.

I've seen lots of posts about how "I barely miss Reddit" or "I only use Reddit a little" or "I only go back to Reddit for the niche communities." All are valid points and I don't begrudge anyone that decision. However, the only times I've been on Reddit since the API debacle have been when I clicked a link in a search result. I legitimately don't miss the behemoth that they are. More people are welcome here in my eyes, but 45k active users - as you referenced in the last line of your comment - is plenty because they are comprised of the most interesting and largely pleasant subset of the millions or whatever Reddit has.

Like you said. Pretty good.

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Aw c’mere you

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Welcome fellow Rexodus member! Have a shitpost! And a tea! We're all making life changes to fit not being in an abusive relationship with spezzy.

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[-] Naura@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

It feels like I’ve been here forever but I’ve only been a part of Lemmy for less than 18 months.

I was on twitter since 2007 and hardly posted shit (400 posts in almost 20 fucking years), but when I switched to mastodon I felt like I had been there forever. 400 posts in less than a year.

I am really glad to see the communities thriving.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I find it way easier to post here due to the smaller, more pleasant community. It's less intimidating.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Pretty much the exact same story here except my app of choice was Relay. I've been enjoying Lemmy and Connect though, had to filter out some stuff as always but generally there are good folks here.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I use the same app for here as I did on Reddit, Boost for Lemmy. It's easy to forget I'm on a different platform sometimes.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I haven't quite had that experience yet, but I think that's mainly because of how much Lemmy is still developing on both the client and server side. The experience might be different with another client like Boost and maybe I'm just not getting the full benefit with Connect, but every other client I've tried has been missing something I didn't want to forego. Admittedly it has been a while since I've tried another client, though.

However, as I said in another comment, since the API debacle the only times I've been on Reddit have been when it came up in a search result and, in the same timeframe, I haven't missed Reddit in general. While I'm aware of the changes, I'm very happy here.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago
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