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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Enjoying it. I'm loving the filters I can use to limit some of the political spam.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

Pro: there is a Lemmy app (Voyager) based on the amazing Apollo for Reddit app.

Cons: Like 5 people total were chatting about the Super Bowl in the most populous NFL community.

There don’t seem to be parallels to most of the communities I belonged to on Reddit.

Still going to give it a try, but my excitement waned pretty quickly.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

There don’t seem to be parallels to most of the communities I belonged to on Reddit.

One adjustment I had to make when I moved over to Lemmy is posting/commenting more. On Reddit most of the time your comment was buried. On Lemmy, a bunch of people are going to see it.

Not saying you need to be the only poster, but sometimes everyone just posting a bit more will reveal a community.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I genuinely miss the F1 and CFB communities for the commentary, but I’m glad I left reddit when they killed 3rd party apps. It’s nice to have a media feed that isn’t cluttered with ads.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is [email protected]. I'll probably create a post later this week for sports communities on [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I should have been in there, but my eyes were just too glued on the belting I was witnessing. It’s definitely a bummer that a lot of non-tech or news communities aren’t there yet in terms of participation, but at least we’re not making some Rich assholes even more rich on here!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Like 5 people total were chatting about the Super Bowl in the most populous NFL community.

Seems like you guys still posted 120 comments, that's not so bad!

There don’t seem to be parallels to most of the communities I belonged to on Reddit.

Feel free to have a look at [email protected] for some recommendations, especially this post: https://lemm.ee/post/54763669

Still going to give it a try, but my excitement waned pretty quickly.

Sorry to hear, hopefully we can make your experience a bit nicer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I personally like Jerboa, but I also used to use RIF is fun for Reddit which had a similar UI. I'm probably in the minority on preferences which is nothing new

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

yeah we're here not because it's the next new reddit, but because we were tired of reddit and spez. never said this place wasn't a fixer upper! it'll take some time to build up communities. but this place is doing better and better and only seems to be growing.

keep lemmy in your pocket. crosspost some memes. it'll be here for you, and even more so if you're here for us!

go birds 😜

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago (6 children)

good thanks I've sucked 4 dicks already

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget to get your card punched!
The fifth is free!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

You're gonna need to get those numbers up.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Rookie Numbers

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Not wasting any time? One more dick and you get custom flair on all your posts. Welcome.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Four?? But I'm literally right here

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Definitely better at navigating this week than last

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Good to hear!

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I deleted my last account on another instance and started a new one. So technically I'm not really NEW. But to answer your question, I wanna die.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah, brother.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

I have to confess. I still scroll Reddit from time to time (no longer use my account), and the front page just has a lot more variety. There's still a lot of bot content from the occasional AITA that's purely clickbait to the reposts.

I do like that comments and conversations are better here. I'm seeing familiar names and I like it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (15 children)

It's going okay! Still trying to decide which instance to call home. I still find myself on reddit probably equal amount to Lemmy though, unfortunately

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Still trying to figure this all out.

It sucks to prepare for a new social media home. I am still on Reddit, but I know it’s only a matter of time before some broligarch decides to take it down or do a TikTok reboot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welcome, feel free if you have any questions!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you browse on PC, I found that the Alexandrite UI (https://a.lemmy.world) made the transition easier for me. If you try it out use the drop-down at the top left to bounce between "subscribed", "local", and "all". "All" will help you find communities you like to subscribe to. Welcome and good luck.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did something happen on the alien site last week?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrlep5xpmzo

Since then, quite a few subs are looking for alternatives. [email protected] lists them.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

lol, they ban subs based on billionaire tears now? damn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

For what it's worth, there is a long history of banning subreddits once they get negative mass-media flak, even if they were well-known on reddit beforehand. The site is a business nervous about its reputation.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I miss the drama to feed my schadenfreude I got from reading boru and the like. But besides not able to feed my bad vice, I think I can survive here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

For schadenfreude about internal drama there is [email protected] and [email protected]

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