Im also asking this on TUMBLR to see what the general consensus is
Honestly have been finding Lemmy and the Fediverse as a whole to be pretty enjoyable so far. It feels nice to be using something that was built through community effort rather than corporate interest.
not going back to reddit if i have to use the ad infested, data harvesting, accessibility nightmare that is the official app.
give me apollo or give me death
this is the first i’ve actually engaged with 196. i knew of it, and visited the reddit a couple times, but it’s way more fun to be a part of it here, where everything about this is new and exciting. i’ll stick around here for as long as the vibe’s good, and if i dip it’ll be back into group chats – not to reddit.
pretty low/nonexistent. i like it here.
Definitely not going back. Reddit sucked long before this, there just wasn’t a big enough alternative.
There’s a high chance I’m staying here. I was part of the Digg migration and this place feels how Reddit used to feel at first. I stopped contributing to the site regularly in 2013 because the size of some communities gave me anxiety and there was a rule for every fucking thing.
prob gonna gradually reduce my reddit usage anyway, but i might check it out periodically
If the r/196 vibe stays here I’m gonna keep vibin here. I’m liking lemmy so far and don’t forget: the community isn’t the subreddit - we just happened to be on that subreddit. 196 can be anywhere we want baby 🤠
The real 196 was inside us the whole time??? 🥺 👉👈
there were other things in us too😏
yep, this is definitely the 196 i know and love lmao
All of 196?? 🥺
omg 196 vore???
i dont know what a 196 is and i find it annoying.
why are you here then lol, you know you can block communities you don’t want to interact with? edit: no hate, just makin sure you know u can customize your experience to be comfortable here :)
idk, 196 was just tacked on here, i came here because im trans
fair hehe. 196 is a pretty important community to a lot of trans folk but i definitely agree it’s a lot if it’s brand new. you can block the community thru the Sidebar if you like :)
Removed by mod
okay boomer
@Xxxthat_emo_kid im replying to this post from mastodon just to see how this works, since I heard you can follow lemmy servers/groups and interact with posts from a mastodon account. but yeah if the sub came back id still browse it if I’m still using reddit by then.
Hey I was kinda trying to get to use Mastodon. What instance do you recommend?
@lazy_digestive right now I am part of a mastodon instance dedicated to the competitive Super Smash Bros community. I am a tournament organizer for Rivals of Aether, which is also a platform fighter (the same genre as Smash). A lot of people who play Rivals came from the Smash community, so it made sense for me to make an account on this instance as its a general community I am part of. I’d say try finding an instance for an online or IRL community you are part of and try to join.
@lazy_digestive On Mastodon, you have an additional “Local” timeline which is a timeline showing all the posts of the people in your instance. So you can stay connected to people through that. I know a lot of the larger instances can feel impersonal because of their size, and a bunch have turned off signing up for new accounts because of a large amount of people wanting to sign up from the Twitter exodus last year.
If reddit actually reverses course on the API stuff, then hell yeah I’m going back. But if the sub just reopens after the blackout without any substantive change, nah I’m staying here.
D: why you go back when you have a non profit community running on free software?
I’m glad reddit is going down because finally FOSS can get the spotlight
I mean, realistically I’ll probably stay on both. There are tons of great reddit communities that just don’t exist here, at least not yet, and I’m genuinely sad to be losing them. Reddit has been a part of my daily routine for well over a decade now, and that’s not something I can just give up easily. I do really like the vibes here at Lemmy, but it’s got a lot more growing to do before it can fully replace all the wonderful different niches that reddit was able to fill so well.
Yeah, it’s a bit of a wake up call/eye opener for me. Why would I stay on a site that fully adheres to the rule “if a service is free, the user is the product”. When there’s now perfectly good non profit alternatives. Also, this is why Facebook/Twitter/Google etc need to either stay well away from the fediverse or just get defederated. As soon as they start participating they’ll just start taking over and trying to monetize the platform.
Im not counting on reddit to make substantive changes. Plus, it is kinda nice here, more calm, better vibes for other stuff
i like the small community vibe :)
yeah, it is not overwhelming and is actually quite nice to contribute
Ye genuinely enjoying the federated experience so far.
