We got a bunch of new people in. How is everybody doing? : chat

[–] quixote84@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Since this place has midwest in the name, and the main mod is from Ohio, I'm gonna roll some dice here. If you happen to be anywhere near northeast Ohio, There's a group in Cuyahoga Falls called "Meaningful Conversations Akron" that can be found on FB and meets every Saturday morning at 9:30 AM. They're focused on leveraging principles of interfaith spirituality to stay focused on the sort of unity which is necessary as a goal in order to even begin winding down the division that dragged us here.

The old stickied post suggested going out and making friends in person. That effort is how I found that group. It's been really good for me.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm glad you found some people. If you're in the Akron area and are interested in doing some community outreach with other like minded people you should look into Serve The People Akron.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, did you open up to new accounts again? People told me it was closed a couple of months ago.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was for a couple weeks

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Hmm, just bad timing then.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

Not bad

[–] railcar@midwest.social 7 points 3 days ago

I'm freely up voting things without repercussion. weeeeeeeeeeee

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

I've been enjoying it here! Much less toxicity and restrictions in comparison to reddit. I've been able to find a ton of communities I'll participate in. I look forward to using this platform a lot going forward.

[–] InevitableWaffles@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

Glad to see all the new signups. What's going on y'all?

[–] goshdarn@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm new here. What's up with the frequent use of the word "rule" in post titles?

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The rules for the various 196 communities state that if you interact with the community, you have to post a meme, or at least something before you "leave." Shoehorning "rule" into the title is a high-effort way to indicate a low-effort post. Such is the mystery of 196.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Before Blaze shows up to funnel people to his 196 sub, all 196 communities are inclusive and people should contribute to whichever ones they feel welcome in.

Don't let users identifying as sonic characters bully you into exclusively using the spaces they contol.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

That's a 196 thing I believe

[–] Aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

Urban Dictionary to the rescue. Appearently this community has one rule: post something before you leave. The easiest headline is 'Rule', like in 'post because of THE rule'.

[–] imnotafish@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

Doing OK for being a lefty in a righty rural ohio county lol. But, at least it’s been nice weather…

[–] trubedour@midwest.social 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Doing pretty well! At this point it's been over a year since I came over in the third-party app exodus and it's been great. Haven't really looked back all that much.

I'm glad to have picked this instance for my main account since it's local to me, isn't heavy handed with defederation (I like to watch the crazies from a safe distance) and performance has generally been good.

Outside of Lemmy things are pretty chill, no major complaints and my birthday is on Saturday, so it should be a good weekend :)

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

Happy early birthday!!! I hope it's a great one!

[–] Myshadow@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago

Happy birthday!

[–] marigold@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

Trying by best up in Michigan

[–] EmpressElaina024@midwest.social 13 points 5 days ago

I'm ok. Shit is rough out there right now.

[–] Throskie@midwest.social 12 points 5 days ago

Truckin' along the best i can.

[–] thomcat@midwest.social 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Finally armed up and got an AR-15, got a lower receiver from KE Arms and an upper off the shelf from my local gun store, haven't gotten a chance to go to shoot it yet but it's gonna be a fun day when I do!

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Sweet! I'm new to owning an AR too. Recent events tipped me in favor of owning. I have a good amount of military experience though so the platform isn't new. You should have a good time learning how to effectively use it. Just make sure you learn it. Be safe friend!

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

Hell yeah!

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 13 points 5 days ago (4 children)

So did anything in particular trigger the influx of new users? Just curious. I’m another one of those people that came from Reddit during the API bullshit in 2023.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

I deleted my 11 year account when they restricted API access, but capitulated and came back. Updoot restrictions and two 3 day bans made me close up shop and come over for good. I loved reddit, but will never go back again.

[–] trubedour@midwest.social 22 points 5 days ago (3 children)

My understanding is that it's due (at least in part) to some pretty aggressive censorship that's been going on over there. Especially with regard to Luigi and related topics.

I'm also curious to hear if I'm wrong or if there's other stuff at play too

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

That's precisely why I'm here. I deleted my Reddit account a few days ago, after I got several subreddit bans for upvoting Luigi related posts/comments that had no violent context. Just the name. One of them was a picture of the actual Nintendo character. After that I was like "fuck it, I'm done".

Fuck Spez. Free Luigi.

[–] cotus@midwest.social 11 points 5 days ago

Yeah, this was the last straw for me. Sorta embarrassed it took me this long to ditch Reddit, I should have done it as soon as the API was killed

[–] cabinet_sanchez@midwest.social 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That and some popular Reddit posts urging us all to come here - I've seen a bunch of people who came here from the same post I did and at least one other. Woohoo! I know I'm also particularly primed to make changes like this right now, I've been working on getting away from more of the crappy capitalists recently

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was the reddit post about this specific instance or do you mean Lemmy in general?

[–] cabinet_sanchez@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

Lemmy in general

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 18 points 5 days ago

I think reddit started banning people for even upvoting Luigi memes and protest stuff.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

Reddit decided to get a lil fashy and start banning people even for just upvoting shit.

[–] Earthling105b@midwest.social 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pretty good, I’ve been off of social media for a while but Lemmy looked intriguing enough to give it a try. I’m hoping it will be engaging without being addictive. So far I like it.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Uh, well, in my experience Lemme is 100% addictive.

You start to discover that Reddit lacked a lot of real people and now you have a ton of real people you're conversing with

[–] dumples@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I find that it's less addictive in the way there isn't an infinite pool of content. But much more interactive. So I can engage when it seems interesting but stop from doomscrolling. Its a great mix

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup, doomscrolling reddit was extremely unhealthy for me. Since the inauguration I've spent at least 3 days literally just on Reddit. Like 10 hours straight and didn't leave my bed. I'm in a much better place now and Lemmy doesn't have that same effect on me.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

I’m in a much better place now and Lemmy doesn’t have that same effect on me.

I think being able to curate your own content does that. Its great that you can engage when you want and then drop out if you need to.

[–] Bluegrass@midwest.social 10 points 5 days ago

I'm doing as well as can be, also, first post. I saw Kentucky was "added" to the midwest as a community and said, "let's make an account" - glad to get away from reddit. Honestly, I keep seeing the sticky post to go make friends, and with spring in KY, I've been going on walks to the park. So hello Lemmy, thanks for having me.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

As good as can be expected after getting perma-banned on reddit for violating rules with multiple accounts just hours before my 7-day temp ban for 'encouraging violence' was lifted on appeal, despite only ever having had 1 account in my entire 14 years of using reddit.

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