I suspect the convos with the most activity in the next few days will be the ones about how to use Lemmy et al
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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But....but...I like lurking.
I got woken up after 1 year of inactivity/lurking.
I've done more commenting in this post today than I have on Reddit all year
I feel that.
I already blocked access to reddit on my network, so lurking is not an option for me ;)
I already blocked access to reddit on my network
This is the way.
This is the way.
you know da wae!
I deleted Boost for Reddit. That's about the only way I liked it. Now all I need is Boost for Lemmy.
Check out Jerboa for lemmy. It hits a lot of the features the I loved about Boost. The app is fairly early alpha but if it keeps going for a while it could be a drop in replacement.
Funny you should say! Jerboa for Lemmy is what I'm using now. It leaves some to be desired but I'm hoping the influx of users helps it's development and/or developers like Boost decide to adapt to Lemmy.
Boost for Lemmy would be awesome, here's hoping!
It's hard being a lurker for so long, I only started interacting with a few smaller subreddits around sporting events and then within a year, all this crap started happening. Feel sorry for all the 3rd party developers, I used Boost and I'm glad I supported the developer over the years but can't believe how they ended up being treated. Death to Reddit
vim :)
Lemmy sprawls thanks to his dislike of Reddit's new rules. This is both a virtue and a problem at the same time. Reading 1,000 "Reddit is about to fall apart" posts or copies of old Reddit posts is quite tedious. Oh yeah, there's also the defederation announcements, it's even more tedious to read that nonsense. Guys, you have not had time to consolidate, and already arranging a rant.
Huzzah!
Me not lurking
Not me!
I wonder if it wouldn't be wise to try and emulate some of the easier/more participatable subreddits here. Askreddit theads for instance are a big pull (even if they tend to be. well, redditors post on them use your imagination).
I think there already is an asklemmy on lemmy.ml
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I think, for mass appeal lemmy will ultimatively need communities for popular topics (games, trends, etc.), which can bring in lots of new users. From what I've seen so far the topics are still rather niche, or can't compete with identical communites on major platforms. When the traction starts getting big enough, it might just run on its own.
This comment is also more or less a test, trying out the platform.
we all know its going to take a while, but the years of work behind ActivityPub and real world implementatiins like Lemmy are beginning to bear fruit - for the benefit of us all.
you're here right now. that says a lot.
I first saw lemmy a few months ago, but forgot about it. The recent Reddit events have sparked interest again, and I am feeling adventurous. Major Social media platforms seem to collapse / mess up one after the other now, and the concept behind federation is very intriguing (especially that part that even different applications can communicate with each other thanks to ActivityPub).
abuse of the user is pretty much baked into every corporate owned, centralized service. I mean, it literally creates an abusive power dynamic. walking away is often the only option and, without alternatives, that can be difficult.
Federated social is important because it offers and alternative that breaks the cycle of abusive and empowers the content creators and consumers again.
my apologies for using possible trigger words and concepts above, but I am so sick and tired of the same cycle time after time. we need this change.
Oh, that’s interesting, the reply box is all the way down here. I’ll see what I can do here as far as activity goes, I don’t know what fediverse is but it sounds like something worth taking part in.
I have been way more active here than i have been on other platforms. I have what like 3 comments now? So that's not saying much ha.
Hello fellow lemmings
Long time no see, Lemmy. I hope Reddit ending is for the best, and I hope all my precious communities migrate to open source software.
Hi people!
Heya! :)