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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[-] Lowbird@beehaw.org 117 points 2 years ago

This Lemmy migration does feel like waaaaay more positive of a result than I ever expected from reddit getting worse.

I've always appreciated the idea of the fediverse, but mastodon and the twitter-style of social media has never appealed to me, and Lemmy used to be so tiny and niche, so I didn't invest much time in it until now. But this sure is nice, comparatively. I'm probably on here too much though!

[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.one 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same. Never cared about Twitter, but I like new internet stuff, so I got on Mastodon. Never used it and forgot about it for years. Came back to it with all the Elon stuff and realized the instance was dead, so I created a new account on another instance to never use. The point is, like you said, Lemmy is something I will actually use if the community continues to grow and sticks around.

[-] raiun@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Mastodon has a place, just isn't for some people. I found the same problem you had with it. Just like how conversations work better in a Reddit-like style of communicating.

[-] JurassicPork@lemmy.one 16 points 2 years ago

Agree with you on this! The migration was super smooth, and even tho, its still quiet small comparative to reddit..... It seems to be growing quickly, and seems pretty polished for something in such infancy

[-] sup@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

I think we do have a sufficient number of users now to keep going irrespective of how reddit fares. Communities are beginning to form and even if there is no futher mass exodus from reddit, I think Lemmy will be fine and will see organic growth over time.

I've already noticed I'm spending more time of Lemmy than reddit since the past few days.

[-] 404name@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago

It's easier to spend time on Lemmy for me because the comments are actually worth reading. Seems like the type of person who's drawn here are actually interested in holding a conversation vs. reddit where it's about saying something witty or whatever to get them upvotes

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