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Transitioning from Reddit (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Been transitioning from Reddit, and Lemmy is such a godsend.

No more subreddit hoarding and mod abuse (mostly). The decentralization makes it nearly impossible to exploit and abuse.

I finally get to create a community that isn't a bunch of subreddits controlled by the same mod network. Working hard to build it up from scratch (and unapologetically taking inspiration from the good posts in each subreddit).

Is there a convenient way to find communities related to the subreddits I'm subscribed to, without manually searching for them? Looking for some kind of smart pseudo-import/export feature.

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LOL 😭

At least we can distance ourselves from that and create our own communities.

[-] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago
[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TL;DR

Admin abuse by the blahaj mods triggered mod abuse by the 196 mod, all because one popular troll in the .blahaj space demanded everyone call them "dragonfucker" instead of "they/them" ( I wish I was kidding )

The 196 community now is split between .blahaj and .world, depending on which internet janitor personally wronged them.

[-] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

You forget to mention the !196 mods never asked their community about moving.

Anyway the fact that the communities could move and exist elsewhere in the same platform with minimum friction is a sign that this place is much better than Reddit. Over there, if you disagree with the admins, there's nowhere to go.

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I also didn't mention that the blahaj admins never asked about banning half the users off of the most popular community in the instance.

But yeah the fediverse is better than reddit, just commenting that internet janitors will trip on the smallest amount of power. But it is nice the structure of these spaces can allow communities to grow past the inevitable petty power trips.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 1 day ago

Oh god not dragonfucker. They’re just trolling, right?

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 day ago

And maybe even that mod

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 13 points 1 day ago

Hi & welcome!

They won't do much to help you find something specifically related to what you're already subscribed to, but those might still help find interesting communities. You may also want to present you new community there ;)

Thank you so much! I'll check them out and promote my community there. 😌

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

I also recommend subscribing to !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl - it's a bot that gives daily reports on subs that are growing in both activity and subscriptions.

Subscribed! Thank you. 😌

[-] paranoid@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

This bad boy has helped me find some good communities https://feddit.nl/c/trendingcommunities

(I don't know yet how to share the fancy links)

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago
[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago

Just a heads up, I think that site is no longer being maintained.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Very nice. Haven't seen that before.

This is awesome! Thank you so much.

[-] vvilld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's a pretty great site!

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

The Voyager app for Lemmy had a feature that would automatically search for all of your reddit subs and recommend corresponding Lemmy communities. I haven't used it in a while to be sure though.

I'll check it out! Thank you. 😌

[-] kat@orbi.camp 3 points 1 day ago

Welcome! Nice to have you here!

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