Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!
Welcome new reddit expats!
I am one of those people who migrated as I grew up with an internet that was full of small communities and interesting content uncontrolled by greedy corporations. When I found Reddit back in 2012, I thought it was amazing and going to be a bastion of information for a modern internet. Well, now we know that wasn’t the case thanks to chasing the almighty dollar. Hopefully this is the point in time where we can steer this ship around and bring the control back to the users.
I share your opinion. I’m optimistic about the migrations away from twitter, reddit, and facebook. This is a great opportunity for the improvement and democratization of social networks. The more that people move to open source platforms and the more that people demand control of their data, the better!
It’s so wonderful that Reddit, by making a decision that benefits no user/mod/sub, and actively harms users/mods/subs, all in the name of corporate greed, gave Lemmy the boost it needed to become a viable alternative to Reddit.
Thank you, Spez. We couldn’t have done this without you.
Spez the hero of Lemmy
Praise /u/spez! /s
But fuck you, u/spez 😆
If Spez was secretly trying to sabotage Reddit and boost Lemmy, would he have even done anything differently?
Given Spez extreme incompetence, he probably would have introduced a great new app and removed all ads
spez a real one fr
Just made the jump - this is my first comment on Lemmy. Here’s to a solid alternative!
Welcome!
My first comment as well! I’m still trying to get the hang of things, but I’d say it’s going pretty well!
As a new user from reddit, wanted to say thanks for welcoming us and working hard to accommodate us!
Lots of us new folks around! Also great there are so many apps being developed for Lemmy. Although the web UI is also pretty good.
I’ve seen so many helpful posts since joining yesterday, thank you to everyone for welcoming all of us, keeping servers running, posting helpful info on how to Lemmy, etc. - Happy to have a new home!
I finally made an account after things got stable. A +1 for the active user count. I mainly lurk, but it’s actually compelling to engage here.
First comment on Lemmy. Is there a ELI5 for Lemmy to help us get started?
You can check out this guide for a good primer on the whole Lemmy/Fediverse thing
I’m here after ten years with Baconreader. Really sad it’s gone, but I’m super hopeful about my future here! If anyone knows of any communities that enjoy watches or fountain pens, let me know!
@BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world Enjoy :)
FYI, sub.rehab is great for finding if/where your favorite communities have migrated.
Edit: added watches community and formatting.
I am a reddit refugee. I am so happy that lemmy exists. Thank you all for standing up these servers and giving us a place to scroll. ☺
First comment for me! 11 years on Reddit, never talked much but lurked a lot. I can’t use their official app so I’m here now and looking forward to see the community grow!
I mostly lurked on Reddit too but I’ve been trying to engage with this place as much as possible in order to help it grow.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
Just registered about a week ago, Lemmy feels like Reddit was like when Digg died.
I see we still have repeating comments around here lol
Yeah, it happened with one of mine too. It’s like Connect had a seizure or something. Might happen with this one as well
We definitely felt the ship groaning through all this. Thankfully the Ruud-er skillfully navigated through this, and the software update on top.
Anyways, welcome to Lemmy 17!
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Would it be too dramatic to say it’s changed my life?
It made me whole again
Yeah, it was REALLY weird bug!
As fellow former Redditors we should understand server issues
Lemmy 17? We’re on 0.18.0, buddy. 😆
0.18.1, guy
I’m not your guy, pal.
I’m not your pal, mate.
He’s not your mate, budday.
I’m not your budday, muchacho.
I’m not your muchacho, partner
Ahh, look at that reply string we started. It’s feeling like home around here already.
And my axe!
Edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
You get a lemon, that’s the best I can do.
🍋
You took it too far
I am currently writing some more instance stats graphs on lemmyverse: https://lemmyverse.net/instance/lemmy.world/user-growth
You can clearly see the growth! More to come :D
I joined Reddit when Digg made some drastic mistakes. Not sure Lemmy will be the answer, here I am regardless.
I’m also a former Snoo
Glad to be here!
Hi, my name is power2bill. Feels odd to not have RIF on my phone. I’m going to lurk for awhile and make a comment every 2-3 months. Hopefully, new communities pop up that I used to go on from reddit. I’ll be here enjoying usefully, and sometimes not useful information. Cheers everyone! 🍻
Welcome :D Bring on the new age of Fediverse lurking :D
I’m finding that quite a lot of communities exist, they just take more work at the moment. For me, I’ve found a uk community but cannot post due to signing up to .world. creating an extra account doesn’t send the verification email. I see all this of teething problems tho as was always the case with reddit.
I think you might’ve run into another teething problem. This comment seems to be posted 8 times a few minutes apart.
Yeah, i notice that and tried to cleanup a bit. I think you’re correct tho, it was probably a teething issue
I assume you’ve worked it out by now but you do not need a second account! Unless you want to move off .world to something smaller and less laggy ofc which I would definitely understand 😅
I’m finding that quite a lot of communities exist, they just take more work at the moment. For me, I’ve found a uk community but cannot post due to signing up to .world. creating an extra account doesn’t send the verification email. I see all this of teething problems tho as was always the case with reddit.
What was preventing you from posting there? It should work fine if you search for that community from your current instance (lemmy.world).
Not sure tbh, it works now. Maybe teething issues at the start or user error.
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Hey fellow Boost user! You’ll be pleased to know the creator of Boost is creating Boost for Lemmy!
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I’m sorry to hear that losing Boost has been hard! I agree that it’s more like a vacation, or possibly even an upgrade. Think bout the fact that reddit wasn’t adding features for the benefit of users, it was focused on padding its bottom-line. This meant that features on clients like Boost were often limited. For example, Boost didn’t have reddit chat or gifs in comments, probably because the API didn’t allow for it.
On the other hand, lemmy and fediverse users are driven entirely by the goal of making amazing things for the community. Clients and apps are first-class citizens, so features will roll out to all of them pretty steadily. I expect Boost for lemmy will be way better than Boost for reddit ever was.
