I find Lemmy generally more welcoming to post comments. Its likely because of the lack of bots and trolls. Let's hope they stay clear from here.

I have been a reddit since the great digg migration. I am enjoying the fediverse experience so far. It makes me realize how much reddit had slowly changed into a place i did not like as much.

Same story here. Probably about a decade using Reddit and it just aint what it used to be even 5 years ago, forget 10 years ago.

I started off just looking for an alternative but quickly warmed to the whole idea of the fediverse (after I figured out what it is lmao). Feels like it hits a really good balance between old-style internet forums and modern-style social media.

It made me realize we don't have to settle for a 1:1 clone - we can build something better. Something that can't be held hostage by a bunch of shareholders and execs, or run into the ground by one asshole.

I think there's a chance to make something really fucking awesome here and I'd rather contribute to that than go back to doomscrolling on Reddit. At this point, I don't think I'd go back even if they miraculously reversed everything.

I am also an 11-year Reddit vet making the move. Welcome! This isn't my first Fediverse experience, but definitely my most promising (I don't really tweet, so Mastodon is kind of whatever to me). This and kbin have been great.

I was also part of the Voat migration. I never left Reddit, as I didn't mind them cracking down on some of the more questionable content, but I did check Voat out. I wasn't part of the cesspool that showed up there, but I did enjoy participating in some of the smaller communities. I think what didn't work was that it just got stale. Same reason I didn't like Snapzu or some of the other "Reddit alternatives." Even larger communities were just... dead. What made Reddit work was that everyone was there, and even small, niche communities had active users.

Towards the end browsing Reddit just made me angry instead of providing entertainment. Like you mention, what really got under my skin were all the ads disguised as genuine posts, and then all the bots asking for a place to purchase the item advertised.

Do you remember a time where news would break on Reddit and the it would be two or three hours later you would see cable news stations pick it up? It hasn’t happened on Reddit for a very long time. Happened to me yesterday here on Lemmy for the first time. That was a nice feeling. It reminded me of how good reddit once was and how bad it is today. But more importantly, it showed me that Lemmy isn’t just a reddit replacement, it’s looks like it’s the future of the internet.

Anyways, I guess I don’t really have a point, just needed an excuse to shit on reddit again. Fuck reddit.

It only gets more interesting with each day :)

I’ve seen a little bit of the instance on my front page(?) already, kudos! Honestly your aplomb to posting and trying to contribute - even recreating a favorite community - is very reassuring. I have high hopes for the Fediverse :)

I was a lurker on Reddit because the community was so toxic. On Lemmy, everyone is nice. It is nice to see such good place on the internet today

11 years with Reddit in September here.

As some other people have mentioned, I have missed that rawness of old internet forums, and I feel like this brings it back in some way. Which I love, as Reddit was becoming too corporate, which has obviously been their downfall.

I feel as I can be more active on here, though I became more and more active on Reddit as time went on, but didn't really enjoy it.

I would like to hear more about the move to Voat, what caused the failure in your opinion? I was not part of that as I had other things going on at the time.

I am with you 100%. Even though there is a learning curve, it's not too bad. If the process gets simplified I think it might take off more. I forgot all about voat. I remember when the fatpeoplehate subreddit got banned they all went there.

I saw someone edit a post title and it blew my mind. I'm liking it here so far too. There's a few kinks to work out, but I don't think the learning curve is too bad. The Jerboa app is fine too.

This feels super exciting like when I was alternating between digg and reddit before digg started dying in 2010.

Hear hear buddy! That's all we want, a get together and lurk on.

I think it's equally good to reddit, and with a better community spirit. :) No bots or angry people yet...

Hey, welcome to our little corner of the world. May your time here be fruitful

I've been trying to contribute here more than I did on Reddit, and honestly I'm amazed how smooth it's been.

Lots of small UI frustrations, but I can already see the pull requests lining up, so I'm happy to wait.

My only concern is that I'm wondering about the viability of federated websites once the user-base of a single instance gets large enough. At that point won't it just be the same problem where there is a massive server usage and therefore needs community support?

Also an 11 year Redditor here haha.

I got my start browsing rage comics on iFunny and 9GAG, then began browsing Reddit around 2010/11. I finally made my account in 2012. I too watched as Reddit became overrun with bots. I watched as summer Reddit stopped ending and became the norm, people responding in comments with corrections and more information lessened, the obvious astroturfing increased, obvious propaganda took over almost all the defaults, and most importantly, they started shutting down subs that might possibly maybe make them look bad for an IPO.

They desecrated the grave of Aaron Swartz on spit on his name by removing him as a co-creator of Reddit. The cartoonishly evil decisions came one after another and I've had enough as well.

Voat didn't stand a chance because the people who were migrating over were lurkers.

I genuinely believe in Lemmy because this time, it's the mods. The people that actually keep the site running.

Fuck Reddit, fuck u/Spez, go Lemmy

Same here was on Reddit for like 11 years at least. It's definitely a learning curve. I didn't even know lemmy, mastadon, or the fediverse even existed before this blackout.

I'm surprised by how quickly it's become active. Most discussions are still about Reddit or Lemmy, but even that feels like it's changing.

My only concern is that I seem to have "Subscribe Pending" for a lot of different communities. Not sure what that means and not sure what the limits are for that.

Overall, I prefer it here over reddit. I think I will actually be more active.

I do not reply to Reddit's threads at all but Lemmy somehow makes me feel like I'm part of this community. Enjoying my time here very much.

11 year reddit lurker here too, trying to be more active on this platform. Welcome.