I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.
Hello Lemmy
Hello to the Fediverse! Hopefully you can also enjoy the rest of the sites such as Kbin, Pixelfed, Peertube, Owncast and Misskey - there’s plenty to choose from!
I’ve checked a few instances of federated YouTube alternatives and just… no. Most of the content is right wing guys looking for a place to spread hate they can’t elsewhere. The type of people that watch Andrew Tate and Admin Ross. Lemmy is Great though, mastodon seems a little boring compared to twitter. The fix to that would be Elon fucking up enough that the very change averse average internet user would be willing to try mastodon.
That’s because you haven’t found The Good Ones ™ such as TILVids
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Leaving Twitter for Mastodon barely had an impact. I was just about done with that whole place, with or without Musk in charge.
Reddit is different… I still loved using it. I had my subscriptions honed, all my interests represented. I suffered none of the toxicity that others saw. Not sure if that was just because I mostly used smaller, niche-interest subs or because I mostly lurked and seldom posted? It was all friendly, knowledgeable and entertaining, a stream of consciousness that I could dip in to whenever I wanted to.
So I’m not leaving Reddit because of the experience, but more on principal (both the API kerfuffle and a general aversion to ad-revenue models, which are clearly harmful to society). Principals sadly don’t give me something to read over breakfast…
I hope Lemmy can become that stream of consciousness in time. I’m trying to do my bit by being an active contributor rather than a lurking grazer.
I made the transition from Digg to Reddit way back when, and like you didn’t see a lot of the toxicity of Reddit likely by having a honed list of subreddits. 99% of my time was spent lurking tho over the last years - so now I’m going to take more initiative and engage more with the platform
It’s strange, but the 3 day poop challenge meme that swept through lemmy the other day reminded me of what Reddit used to be. It felt like an actual community where people were actually interacting, and sometimes bizarre posts turned into legends. I hadn’t noticed the slow transition to just endless bot reposts. With all the spez drama, i decided Reddit was dead to me, and that was sad to acknowledge the sudden end of an era like that. But lemmy showed me that the things that made me love Reddit have been gone for a long time, and I feel more at home here.
I deleted my Twitter account when Elon reinstated Donald Trump’s account - it was clear there was no saving that platform.
It’s a Nazi bar now because the owner is a Nazi.
I still have my Reddit account, but it’s becoming quickly like my Facebook account - I barely use it. In Facebook, it’s to catch up with friends and family, and in Reddit, it’s the more esoteric subs. But I feel dirty & gross every time I load up a page from those sites, so I don’t unless I have to.
How does this comment have nearly 50 up votes?
Same; I’ve been trying to disengage from anything big tech related recently, not just social media, even Amazon etc. Can’t take it anymore. It’s all so blatantly exploitative and fucked up. Cancelling subscriptions feels good; hope I stick to it. Can’t shake YouTube yet though, need my Rossmann fix. Hopefully we can figure out a viable FOSS alternative; tried PeerTube but it doesn’t quite do it just yet.
The Internet can still be a beautiful positive thing.
BezoSpez Zuck-Musk can fuck off.
I hope that this is the start of something special on the internet. I hope that this is the beginning of us users taking the power back from big tech companies.
Welcome to the Fediverse 🌞 I switched to Mastodon after Musk announced to buy the Twitter. It is already over a year ago 🤔
I am new to Lemmy myself, but it looks good
The only thing I still need reddit for is the sports communities. I hope some start getting bigger over here.
be the change you want to see, subscribe to those communities and be active in them
Is there a fantasy football one that’s migrated over?
A couple of small ones are starting out here and there: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=fantasy+football
Doesn’t seem like big communities hopped over yet.
r/formula1 and r/soccer for me personally
There’s a Formula 1 community. It’s still small, but we can all make it grow. Also, the soccer community managed to grab the football name before the other guys, LOL
Twitter has become a toxic cesspit even before musks takeover. He just made things far worse to the point where it’s basically just attempted doxing and permanent ad-hominem barrages. It’s not worth any time.
WHATS UP FUCKERRR
I’ve been free of Twitter, Facebook, insta, etc for years now and I promise it’s a lot more liberating.
Mood has been substantially better, sometimes you get dragged into arguments on here/Reddit too but it’s pretty unlikely to get riled up by the type of trolls you see around here given their immaturity
Twitter is alot more fun now though.
Welcome to the platform! Unfortunately, Reddit isn’t what it used to be, but we definitely can reignite the community that we all so fondly remember. Already loving it here and how friendly everyone has been :)
Reddit was sucking for a bit. I’m really hopeful that the majority that made the jump are the more “quality” posters (for lack of a better word) and that this place will be a lot more like the reddit that we all look back fondly on
Joined Lemmy last week and Mastodon today, feels good to be free, all looking good so far
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Because Lemmy is on version 0.18.1. That 0 at the beginning is important. Better federation with Mastodon will probably come, but the devs have a lot on their plate right now just making Lemmy work with Lemmy content, so it’ll probably take some time.
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@toasteranimation @RaspiJedi
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Where is this magical cheese land you speak of?
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I can’t stand chaining comments (with one word in each comment). It’s fun to see them once in a while, but they appear as often as spams now.
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Have not touched my Reddit account since June 30th 0:00
