EDIT: Argh, got the text placement wrong. Whatever, good enough for a low-effort meme :P
Controversial take but in the early days I think it's fine if you replicate the content from the old Reddit posts (maybe even link to the post) as long as you don't claim credit. I think people just wanna see things at first, and then the conversation can grow. It's not like Reddit was chock full of OC.
I'm sort of hoping for a forum/reddit-y combo. My god I miss forums for niche weird stuff that I'm autistic about, but I also like consuming media at an ADD pace.
Am I the problem?
Lemmy does feel a bit cozy, kind of reminds me of the best of those worlds. It'll be neat to watch it grow... hopefully.
You are not alone, and I'm starting to feel that treating Lemmy like a federation of web forums instead of Reddit replacement would fit the underlying model better.
Now I do the same thing I've always done,
Lurk and never contribute any content!
I'll try to change i swear
Start posting, chatting and contributing! I'm trying to be active here myself.
I don't like modding, but I've even created my own community here, which is saying a lot given how lazy I am.
And while I'm at it, i hope you don't mind a shoutout to my new community, maliciouscompliance - recreated this as it was one of my favorite places to lurk on reddit!
/c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world
Reddit refugees be like "Why isn't this Reddit and when will the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs AnD mAkE iT rEdDiT"
Seems pretty similar to Reddit to me, besides the whole decentralised nature which is a plus anyway
What are people complaining about?
Yeah, I'm in this picture but Lemmy basically is Reddit already.
Alongside that more reasonable point of individual features, alot of people are mad that the service is instance based and are angry that that there isn't a single iteration of communities, IE only one /c/aww or /c/vets or whatever.
Basically they fled a central organizational authority and got mad there's no central organizational authority.
Yeah, I'm a Reddit refugee, and I heard a bunch of people complaining about there being no "centralized login", and I'm like--bruh, that's WHY WE MOVED HERE, lmao!
This is a steep learning curve and confusing. It would be helpful to get some orientation after landing
Lemmy.world has a little guide. I totally understand there being a learning curve, I'm IT so don't have much trouble but I get that people are flocking from "just works" land and most people have zero idea how any tech works.
My problem isn't people struggling to learn how this different system works, my problem is people who come HERE instead of one of the available more direct Reddit clones then refusing to learn how this system works, bitching that it isn't Reddit, and start harping that the devs need to make it Reddit. If you just want New Reddit, that option is available. A couple, in fact. Lemmy got some buzz though and people want to be cool kids, instead of picking the more suitable option for them. Shit's frustrating to me as a user, and I feel for the devs who have been working on this specific vision for this project then just wake up to 1,000 "MAKE IT REDDIT I WANT EVERYTHING ON ONE INSTANCE CAUSE I'M USED TO IT" posts.
Rant aside, I'm no Lemmy expert but if you have questions about how things work, I'll do my best to help.
Yeah, I feel this. I wont make communities since I'm not the moderator type. But I will make an effort to post which in my case is a step up since I mostly lurk.
Nice! Contribute literally anything, it all helps. 10 year reddit lurker here, also making an effort to bring something to the table. Until it gets busy. Then I'll fade into the background again :)
I was excited to see this had 1200 upvotes then it changed to 3 and now it's just showing random numbers. I'm not even mad.
Really makes it obvious how much content gets reposted by bots on that site. There really isnt as much original content being posted there as you might think.
I feel like this is more a user/uncertainty issue right now. Reddit still has a lot more users than Lemmy, I feel like a lot of communities are spread across different instances (am I saying that right?), so no ones knows which will be 'the main one', and I think a lot of users are still looking around, watching and learning how Lemmy works, before fully committing and posting like they did on Reddit. I know I am.
I don't know man I'm enjoying it the way it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It takes a little getting used to but I'm liking it more and more. Even with it's quirks.
Since I'm not going to download reddit official I'm using reddit while I still can to learn Lemmy lol. Trying to find my subs here.
First day was hard and I was trying to check what's going on in the remaining subreddits, but now on day 2 I don't even wanna go there and prefer lemmy for sure. It feels more pure here.
Thanks for bringing me in from the cold!!
Easy, looking for information I will still use reddit, for now. But for posting new information I will use Lemmy.
I got yelled at on Mastadon for saying refugee, apparently it's offensive to people from war torn countries.
Wow it really IS like Twitter!
Is it really? I feel like people in war torn countries have more important shit to care about. This might be another instance of "terminally online person being offended on someone else's behalf"
What would be nice is if 90% of posts were not just about Reddit.
Agreed, and it'll calm down in the next few days. People always need to talk about a breakup in order to process it.
We can always post cats to get the party started.
hey hai Reddrefugee here is there like a "new to lemmy ppl read this" page?
Now we take the challenge to explore the world unknown and create quality content or initiate conversations...
Or we can just lurk again. Either way, Lemmy's fun so far! Also created our own instance that will hopefully help our friends understand the Fediverse better.
lemmy was what i wanted and needed (:
The water level in those bags has always bothered me
If the bags were freshwater, they'd float on saltwater. Not to that level -- just barely floating...
But the fish are saltwater fish, so the bags need to be saltwater too, for them to survive. So the water levels should be identical or very close to the harbour.
Yeah, it's bothered me too ;)
I'm enjoying it so far, though it's gonna take some getting used to. The Android app isn't bad, either.
This can be the beginning of something great.
Lemmy seems somewhat confusing to those who rarely or never used Fediverse (myself also rarely use Mastodon tho), but after I short while I get the hang of it tho. My instance is at lemmy.world, Its UI after a time trying is quite unstable; for example, a post's karma is fluctuating at time, sometimes from over 1k drop down to negative, and upvotes aren't recognized until you reload the page,...
Oh god I feel called out.
Well come on over to thegarden.land we got a nice little place for plant enthusiasts on a smaller instance looking for love
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