I'm still trying to figure out how to use it in the phone 😂

no. It's difficult to recommend it, "no it's good trust me, there's like none of the subs you like, and also you should go to the settings and block this list of words, also block these instances, and also do you know what a Tankie is?"

I only saw him in concert once.

Yep, my dad No discussion about it, we both just happened to join

No. Should I ever mention enshittification or reducing exposure to "big tech" then usually tinfoil hat jokes at my expense ensue

Unfortunately I can barely find people online that use Lemmy

My husband recently rediscovered Lenny again and a friend joined. They both find it hard to stay since it's pretty quiet and don't have many active niches.

nope, I'm the only one I know irl that uses any type of the fediverse

Yep. Friend browses slrpnk.net regularly.

I thought we were all bots.

Yes actually, sadly it was just a one time talk and I never spoke to him again.

It's easy to find other Lemmy users IRL. Show up to any Linux meet up, and roughly 5-10% seem to use Lemmy.

I don't know anyone besides myself that even uses social media IRL.

No, I don't think I know anyone else that interacts with the fediverse. there are probably a handful that I know that are even aware of it.

I joined Lemmy when the API changes happened and tried to get a couple nerdy friends to join but they didn't bite

Nah. My brother, wife, my two best friends and one co-worker are the only ones who even know it exists, and that's because they know I use it as an alternative to reddit since the API fiasco. It's honestly pretty obscure, but I like it that way. I'd love to see larger niche communities, especially since r/stalker was one of the only places I could actively talk about my favorite game series, but Lemmy has been a far better experience overall.

I don't know anyone IRL that uses the fediverse. They just use everything else and then complain it's all owned by billionaires

Sadly no. Ive recommended the fediverse to a couple dudes, one of them is too much of a normie to care (i will lecture him again soon xD) and the other doesnt like the fediverse😐 chose bsky instead of mastodon.. (oh and a third guy just said fuck u and fuck all this stuff alltogether, he was fed up with me complaining ab big tech lmaooo at least he uses matrix to chat w me now)

Yes I have been a Lemmy advocate since I joined, but I have only ever gotten one person to use Lemmy. I told one of my daughters friends mom about Lemmy. She does not allow her daughter to use social media. Except for Lemmy.

So that is it. My one conversion. I have kind of given up on trying to convert people. I still love Lemmy and the Fediverse, but the year of Lemmy mainstream has yet to come.

But even for reddit I only know a person in real life that uses it. I tried to convert him, he said "there are too many Linux apologists" 🤷🏻‍♂️

no and i don't think anyone here is real. every account is a russian psyop bot trying to make leftists appear insane and stupid