They could really do with better explanation of the federated servers before people sign up. I did do a little research before I knew which instance to use
Well, that's why open source is so powerful - everything can (and, in fact, should) be done by community for community
Usually developers aren't good writers :)
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ take my
energydonationI just got 500 Internal Server Error
LoL
thanks god, I'm here from another instance
The amount of people has increased, even within the last few days, a bigger community is always better, but I'd like us to keep the same optimistic and appreciative attitudes we all seem to have at the moment, that would really make it so much better than Reddit
I really don't understand how people can still use reddit with a clean conscience especially after their treatment to Christian and other 3rd party developers. They've made it clear with their words and actions that they don't give a fuck about their users, so how can a respectful person still choose to stay? It was a lost cause since the beginning, the protests were never going to work. I appreciate the ones who've decided to abandon the ship and join us here.
People are desensitized.
Most services or products have some toe dipped in shady shit, so people have been forced to learn to reconcile with participating more or less in a least some unethical bullshit, just to have a normal life.
Want to have a t-shirt? Probably just supported slave labour.
Want to talk to a friend? Probably just sold you digital soul to a megacorp, and at least two foreign powers.
I get what you're saying and I also completely understand why people have become desensitised but there's nothing more dangerous than an apathetic society.
We can't end world hunger, but we can atleast feed a poor person. We can't end child labour, but we can atleast sponsor a child's education and basic necessities.
Just because we can't end it all doesn't mean we shouldn't try and contribute to make our society a better place in whatever way we can.
Absolutely true, when i saw that there are even people defending Reddit i just had to get rid of it.
I want to distance myself from this shit or my blood will boil over.
Cheers to a new home with people doing something against these megacorp practices these days.
Thats...why im here. Fuck Spez
undefined> so how can a respectful person still choose to stay?
You have to keep in mind that most, maybe majority of people, are just consumers. They don't care about the background stuff going on as long as they can access their favorite source of content. You can say the same thing about Twitter. People won't care until it directly affects them.
And I'm happy to be here, my first comment on Lemmy!
Welcome aboard! This is one of my first comments. I hail from the land of Apollo. Cheers.
Same here! 12 years on Reddit and that idiot had to go and kill my app.
It was time. Reddit got overexposed and it kinda ruined it.
Excited to watch this website progress.
check out wefwef.org for an ios app like experience!
I’m really impressed with it so far. Feels like Apollo.
Welcome!
I'm giving all new users their firtmst updoot!
Dude! What does mine say?
Dude!
Same! Living the dream ;)
Just got approved this morning. Glad to be here
Welcome to Lemmy! Have an updoot.
Yup that's why I'm here lol
Whoa, joined 3 minutes ago. Welcome to lemmy!
Thanks!
Was browsing Sync For Reddit a few minutes ago when it finally shut down. Just got the following notification:
Sync For Reddit has shutdown Thank you for using Sync. It's been one hell of a ride.
Man am I pissed, but I'm happy to be here now.
I'm in the same boat
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
If you didn't already know
On the bright side, he's making sync for lemmy now
I revanced sync so it would continue working for me and still got that message... Didn't know that it cut off regular users at the same time.
I'm gradually breaking my reddit addiction but I was so unprepared for this that it's going to take me some time to fully put it down.
In the meantime, I've stopped posting and upvoting and I'm limiting my comments by an extreme amount...
Fuck /u/spez though. They're not going to make a damn dime in ad dollars off me.
Reddit had one hell of an era. Been part of my routines for about a dozen years. I'm really hoping the fediverse can continue to scratch the same itch. So far so good!
Already here
Just arrived after sync stopped working... seems like a nice place :)
Welcome! Have an updoot! And yes, in my experience, it is.
Joined today :)
Tbh I just hope that reddit will fail after 1st of july just so they would finally understand that the community is everything.
It won't die in a straight line, but this is an inflection point that can help this or another platform mature to the point that it becomes an easier move for the next wave of dissidents.
A lot of people have already left
RedditFuggit and moved to Fedi as we have seen over the past couple of weeks.And those who are still sitting there, they are either in a dilemma and unable to make up their minds, or they live under a seriously big rock and have no idea what's going on with this API saga, and the Third Party Apps stopping to work on July 1 will be a nasty surprise for them.
In short, it's unlikely that they will overcome the surprise/dilemma in just a day and jump over to Lemmy immediately.
The Fuggit --> Lemmy migration will continue as it is today, but I don't think there will be a catastrophic spike on July 1.
I have to agree with this. It'd be nice to get another spike like we had last time, but I really doubt it. Sure, people may still come after the 30th, but not like the previous spike we had before.
And many will just move to oficial app
I think the apps no longer working will be the impetus for many to actually search up options. They almost certainly know about the API saga, but not necessarily about Lemmy or the fediverse. Until now, many likely held onto hope that this shit would turn around, and they won't have been considering a plan B.
There is totally content that I miss being over here but it's very much niche small communities that just don't have a real motivation to move or individual content curators that do it for fun and aren't being impacted by the changes.
You got that right. Transplant in the house.
If we keep informing people about them.
wefwef.app is the best rn imo; starting to feel like Apollo already.
I say people should keep pushing Lemmy apps in reddit until at least a week after Sync for Lemmy is out in a few weeks
Connect for Lemmy, if you're on android. Rapidly developing, at a minimum.
I cant get wefwef to work it keeps saying "problem fetching posts"
Go to inbox, then inbox(all). Select your instance and then your login credentials.
lemmy.world is ratelimiting the app. You'll have to use another instance for now or wait for the next update
It’s a pretty good Apollo clone! It will tide me over in my grief, at least. However long that takes.
Reddit Sync loyalist reporting for duty
There were 5500 users 4 day's ago.
Seems a good a thread as any for my first post. Exciting times. Reddit showing its true colours might well make the internet just a little bit of a better place if it helps the Fediverse take off.
I'm excited for everyone to see how much better Lemmy is. I'm really happy we have a good option outside of Reddit.
I'll admit I'm moving from reddit and don't yet understand what lemmy and the fediverse are all about. I'm currently using the Connect for Lemmy app. So far it feels like there's a lot less content here, or I have no idea how to find the popular instances/communities. Another small gripe I have is when I search for a community (eg. gamedev) there's multiple that seem to be about the same thing. I've subscribed to them all and I guess that's just the nature of decentralized communities but it certainly makes the user experience a bit less seamless.
Does anyone have tips on how to best utilize Lemmy?
I honestly mind-blowing the way it has come alive in the last few weeks.
We already here. Surprise shawty!
Another happy landing
I'm one of them
We here!
We are already here.
RiF has shutdown, so here I am
There's a rehab community for you guys: [email protected]
There are dozens of us.
I mean I'm happy to see more users coming, but I think most of us that will stay have already made the move. we will see.
I'm not so sure. I think only a minority of people are the type to seek out options before their previous habit actually stops being possible, but I could be wrong.
Glad to be here with all my fellow Reddit exiles! Losing Apollo was the last straw for me, and tonight I decided not to stick around for the eventual demise of the old Reddit website.
So, goodbye, Reddit (sniff).
And hello Lemmy app! You feel just like my old Apollo again!
Yep, here i am
Reporting for duty!
Aye - Bacon Reader refugee here. I'm trying out three different Lemmy apps to see which one I like best. I think it may take a couple days to get a good handle. All the third party Reddit people are definitely dragging Lemmy down right now and I can tell a lot of stuff isn't working the way it's supposed to lol. The old reddit hug of death apparently getting one last hurrah in.
Reporting for duty. From digg to reddit to lemmy. Still trying to figure this out. RIF is dead.
Already here foe a few weeks
15 years on Reddit, and now here. I've rarely felt the need to post anything at all, but will now. Hoping there is now a significant move of minds here.
Same here. More active here than I ever was on Reddit
Already here. Lol
Joke's on you, i jumped ship a couple weeks ago.
Sgt.Doofy reporting for duty!
Already here
3rd party app users who have been on here since the 12th: Walk with me, son..
Hi it's me
Hi! Registered a week ago! Apollo refugee…
<breaks through wall> OHH YEAH!!!
Apollo refugee checking in, currently trying out WefWef.app. I’ve also been trying out Memmy over the past couple of weeks. Not sure which one I’ll end up sticking with yet.
I was an editor at a school magazine!
I did it!
And we're off!
Hello! Having good feelings about Lemmy now that I am using it through WefWef!
I'm one of them (created this account 10 days ago, but had another one from 15 days ago when I finally decided to join Lemmy and wanted to test this, the other one is from an instance which has some blocked instances, so I came to Lemmy.world), I hope Lemmy grows a lot, not to compete with Reddit, but to build a big and diverse community where we don't need anything from Reddit (interesting and informative posts, guides, tutorials, etc for example).
I've deleted Infinity a week ago. I've had a Lemmy.ml account for about a year. Glad to see this platform actually be active.
Didn't hear about it until today when RiF shutdown. I hope it'll gain more traction!
Hello from the other side!
I'm one!
It's me!
Heyyyyy! 🙋♂️
Looking forward to some reddit app developer with a budget (just not as much of a budget as Reddit dreams of) during stepping in to give a better ui to this thing
The Sync for Reddit dev is in the process or making a lemmy client - so that's something to look forward to!
Connect for lemmy is close to Boost
Joke on you. I have been around since last week.
10 years on Reddit and now I'm here, looking forward to a new (and let's be honest, better) experience.
Boost for reddit isn't off yet but it's just a matter of time. Setup this account today and downloaded jerboa. Trying to figure everything out but hopefully this isn't an echo chamber like reddit is.
Happy to be here!
(I have no idea what I'm doing...)
Sup.
Oh hai.
You can do this here.
I miss apollo but this isn't bad.
wefwef.app
Trust me, you'll like it.
I actually found wefwef after leaving this comment. You're not wrong, I like it.
Hi
I think most of the rifraf and bots will stay where they belong on the sinking ship.
Hopefully. It felt like reddit got significantly worse post-blackout. Can't help but think that Twitter trolls or heathens from 4-chan decided they needed to appear.
Apollo refugee, reporting! 🫡
I've been here since the 12th.
hi, here I am
