It really feels like Lemmy is alive because of you.

When I first checked out Lemmy, I wasn’t expecting there to be so much content, so much discussion, and so much community. But I’ve spent the better part of two days glued to my screen, browsing content all day. I’ve seen so many posts, so many interesting discussions about the fediverse, and of course, plenty of memes. It really feels like the start of something incredible.

I’ve gotta get back to work soon, but wow. I think this whole fediverse thing really is the next step for social media. If I find some extra time, I’ll definitely consider contributing to Lemmy’s source code to help this project and the FOSS ecosystem grow.

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    1 year ago

    I was there for the great Digg to Reddit migration and now the great Reddit to Lemmy migration.

    They can destroy our aggregators but they’ll never be able to destroy our community. 🤌

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      1 year ago

      Lemmy could be the solution we needed all along. No company can take it away - if the community remains the platform does too.

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        1 year ago

        I mean, nothing is forever.

        As cheesy as that sounds, it’s especially true in tech.

        Someone can/will come along and fuck up Lemmy too eventually, probably.

        Gonna take like 15 years though so for now, it is the place to be.

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    1 year ago

    Just a reminder that Lemmy is intended to not be addictive. Go out and enjoy your life. Lemmy will be here when you’re pooping or when you have downtime, you don’t need to be glued to it

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    Lemmy definitely scratched the Reddit itch for me, and I don’t see myself going back. Unfortunately however, it is still a huge container of information that I still find myself relying on if I need to search for something.

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      The information contained in past posts and comments on Reddit is immense. Usually, the easiest way for me to find advice is a Google search that includes “Reddit” in the search field. It almost always returns a comment with exactly the information I was looking for

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    It seems like with no algorithms, and a set of common sense guidelines that Federated instances have, we can all learn to understand and respect each other better. Breaking free of billionaire, fossil fuel mafia and hostile anti-democracy government controlled manipulation is what freedom is all about. I love it.

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    1 year ago

    I honestly doubted I’d be able to stay away from reddit. I’ve tried many times before. I’ve deleted 5 major accounts since 2012.

    But Lemmy seems to have been the nicotine patch I’ve needed. Haven’t been on Reddit outside google searching for info, which isn’t going away for me personally.

    Only thing I actually miss is baseball and my team sub.

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      1 year ago

      You should create a community for your team so when people come here looking they’ll find a community ready to welcome them

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        I’ve tried to do this but can’t seem to find a clear and concise guide. From what I read, only admins can create communities?