• BlueDepth9279@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    2 years ago

    The jump in posts over the last month is incredible. I find Lemmy quickly replacing Reddit which is great.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      31·
      2 years ago

      Not just number but quality. It was all memes at the start, now actual conversation is happening in more than just a few posts.

      • BlueDepth9279@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 years ago

        Good point! I’m hoping for some of the more niche communities to start becoming more active. Things are trending in the right direction though.

        • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
          10·
          2 years ago

          They will. My experience community building thus far is that if you can build up one anchor community to the point where people are organically sharing content and commenting, other adjacent communities will start to generate the same sorts of things with smaller subscriber bases because that anchor community is keeping people’s eyes here. Just a question of time.

          • eu@kbin.social
            5·
            2 years ago

            Speaking of sharing content, is there a way to crosspost around here yet?

            • grte@lemmy.ca
              5·
              2 years ago

              Yes, when you make a post look at the line where the ‘save post’ button is at the bottom of the entry. There will be two overlapping squares. That’s the crosspost button.

                • grte@lemmy.ca
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  I’ve only used jerboa but I can’t seem to find a crosspost button. Every app is alpha at best though so I’m sure it will come.

        • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          I’m usually a lurker, but I decided to just go ahead and make one that I was missing. Something about personally wanting Lemmy to grow is motivating to me.

          I made an XCOM community on Lemmy.world, and even though I’m the only one posting so far, it’s fun to watch the subscriber count grow. Already at 50!

          • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            Please definitely don’t be discouraged in the slightest, TPM.

            Single-game forums were almost always the smallest gaming subreddits on Reddit, often times being several orders of magnitude smaller than the “gaming in general” communities.

            But that special feeling of having other people passionate about that specific game you love can’t be beat. Hang in there, and you’ll definitely grow and get that engagement in time.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                May I suggest doing an informal poll of some sort to boost engagement? I’m not that familiar with XCOM, but it’s a pretty big series with a lot of games, right? Maybe just a simple “which is your favorite XCOM game?” thread.

          • Zippy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            And if it is still going in Reddit, make a post and link that it is now in Lemmy.

        • NAS89@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          2 years ago

          I’m dying with the lack of baseball communication. The biggest Baseball and Atlanta Braves communities are pretty much dead and I really miss talking ball.

          • cerevant@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            The best thing you can do to help is to comment on threads. I know it feels weird to comment in an empty post, but it does tend to spur lurkers to respond.

          • headie_sage@fanaticus.socialEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Shameless plug for !baseball@fanaticus.social (check out our sidebar for the team-specific communities). We’ve got the game bots ported over and are working on improving them and adding new features.

            I agree with !matt@lemmy.world though, the Venn diagram of sports fans and tech-savvy lemmy pioneers is pretty small. You can help by posting and commenting to attract more users. More content == more users (eventually).

          • Bushwhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Phillies fan checking in. Agree. I have a community with a bot that posts game updates like Reddit (which is nice) but the game threads are mainly me posting once or twice and one or two other people with side off comments. No community engagement so to speak. Long way from the Reddit game threads of several thousand comments.

            • Disgustoid@startrek.websiteEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              I was lamenting the lack of an NFL community here but no way in hell I’m joining a Dallas Cowboys community regardless of how much discussion it generates. 😆

          • Matt@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Sports is definitely hard to have take off in these sorts of spaces, since sports are generally talked about much more amongst regular/casual users, than the more tech-savvy crowd who are willing to try these things out.

            It’s the same on the biggest ActivityPub platform (Mastodon) - the really popular regular subjects such as sports and cars just don’t have a presence there.

      • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        You need both though. Memes and shitposts to scroll though and chuckle, and then quality stuff to engage on. Lemmys got that, and the momentum will keep it growing.

        I tried lemmy like a year or so ago, and it felt so stale. The technology is there, but the content just wasn’t. That’s clearly changed now. 😊

        • whereisk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Would be nice if there was a way for posts to be flagged such that memes and shitposts and more serious discussions could be separated, so you could filter depending on mood.

          • BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            Yep, also an easier way to explore/sign up and filter instances and their different pages. I’m new and have no idea what I’m doing regarding that. So far I’m just signing up to instances and hoping new interesting stuff appears on my page… I’m on Lemmy.world as I assume we all are, how do I view the different pages on this instance or is it all just in a singular feed?

            • MutilationWave@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Hit the communities button near the top of the page to subscribe and view. You don’t need to sign up to more instances unless you really want to, we can post on any federated instance. It’s weird at first but you’ll get it.

            • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Discoverability is something that could definitely use more work. Right now I recommend the site lemmyverse.net/communities, which is searchable and shows subscriber and active user counts. It should help you find where the most populated communities for your interests are located, if they already exist over here.

              Your front page has three feeds. All is just what you’d expect. Local filters to only show posts from your home instance (lemmy.world in your case). I find it’s mostly useful if you’re registered to a smaller instance and want to keep up with local concerns.

              Home shows updates for all communities you are subscribed to.

      • Cryst@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        The memes were entertaining and it was content to attract users.

      • thejoker8814@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Totally agree! I just have been a registered reader on Reddit. Now, it’s the first time I’m participating - might be considerably because lemmy is trending. Nevertheless, I found communities and post I’m interested in within minutes - 👌🏼 whereas Reddit was mostly clutter.

      • GiddyGap@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’d also expect another big jump when clients like Sync and Boost get their apps for Lemmy online. That will attract an enormous amount of users from reddit.

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      It just definitely needed to hit a critical mass. Enough that people had enough to read, stick around, and post themselves. Which in turn created a place that new people felt had enough content.

    • Bushwhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I thought I was gonna be able to quit Reddit full time. Didn’t look for a few days, then did. Still check since some niche communities aren’t over here (or active) yet so I have to go there. But I only still check every few days (I was a several time a day redditor so usage is down) and I’ll check Lemmy at least once or twice a day now.

      • trambe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yeah same, most communities i frequent on Reddit haven’t transitioned yet or is still tiny so I kinda juggle between the two apps.

        Lemmy is nice for tech and nerdy subreddits but that’s pretty much it rnow

      • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Same. Last night i went in and deleted all of my subscriptions except for the 3 i really want to keep checking in on.

  • BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    It’s insane how well this timeline syncs with reddit’s API bs!

    From the very first day spez announced the API changes and steadily increasing until most of the 3pa shut down then BAM. Good for Lemmy and hopefully bad for reddit!

  • SharkyPants@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    We all need to post this on reddit. Spread the word that this platform is booming and more people will come over!

      • Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        I posted one yesterday on a major Subreddit. It did get a bit of hate. Couple of people signed up. Some of that hate seems to be bots, complaining that there’s no mobile app, and that it looks like old Reddit.

        I’ll keep monitoring, to see if it gets shadow removed. I bet a lot of the major subreddits are running on skeleton crews, so they can’t get everything.

  • Djangofett@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    Hype is real. Feels like this is the place to be. Reddit 2011 vibes with the high quality discussions. It’ll only get better. To the fediverse and beyond!

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Reddit user of 12 years here. God I hope this place takes off like Voat was supposed to. Reddit has just changed so damn much. I was honestly sick of the place since before the crazy app meltdown.

      • Celediel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’ve got high hopes for Lemmy, and the Fediverse in general. Voat’s issue was it was a haven for fascists and fascist sympathizers, and a centralized site made that the general vibe. The federated model makes it so they can do what they want in their own little corner of shit, and the rest of us can ignore them like they deserve.

      • charles@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I think there’s a decent chance it will. At the bare minimum, it already feels much better to me than voat ever did.

      • criscodisco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        The only issue I have right now is that reddit is a good source of technical answers. Kind of like SE without the dismissive, condescending douchebag attitude that seems to be automatic there. Every single time it sounds like they are replying to someone that is actively bothering them. Like dude, you came on the website, checked the forums, and decided to answer. I didn’t send you a text or some shit.

    • Frog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I wonder what the first topic of Mondays meeting at Reddit HQ will be? And if the overall feeling is gonna be positive or negative? Oh I wonder.

    • bobalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Let’s not look back on reddit with rose tinted glasses.

      Much of it was always a dumpster fire.

  • revs@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I feel like when I browse All I still just see the same 20 posts

    • alien@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Sameee… I pre-registered to download it soon as it comes out. Once its here it’ll really feel like I never left reddit 😅

  • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I definitely held out thinking they would change their mind about the API but day finally came and I made a Lemmy account and didn’t look back

    • Joe B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I closed my subs on the 12th - Re-opened on the 14th. polled redditors if i should stay shut or open, They said close until reddit backs off. shut it down again. then deleted my account after the first verge article came out about u/spez saying this blackout will pass and everything will be back to normal and some other stuff. i knew then he wouldn’t change!

    • cptgonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I just switched over for good the other day when Boost stopped working and I honestly can’t say I miss it too much. Still working on getting my feed how I’d like it but the more people join the easier it’ll be.

  • blueskiesoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m doing my part. I had two posts on Reddit. One was superniche and got 30ish points. Whatever, I was happy. It had useful info for the other people on the sub. Then I posted something to the broader community and got two downvotes in like 1 second, killing it. How did they even look at it? I think someone was sitting there gleefully downvoting every fucking thing. I never posted again.

    I’ve been here since mid June and have made 264 posts, like WTF. I’m having more fun here than I ever did on Reddit and I don’t get that sick feeling I used to get from seeing all the outrage posts and mean comments (to everyone, not just me).

    Loving Lemmy.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      People still are arguing for downvotes here on Lemmy. I think they are poison to a good community. They are not helping to moderate - they are silencing opinions and creating echo chambers.

      • Overzeetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I was a bit baffled by your post because it seemed odd, but it’s the second time today I’ve encountered someone mentioning it. It appears that lemmy.today is a no-dv instance; I presume it’s a server switch option. The rest of the instances I’m on all have up/down voting, and kbin, of course, has boost/up/down. Not that there’s anything wrong with it but, just so you know, it’s a feature of your instance and not lemmy-wide.

      • blueskiesoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        My philosophy on downvotes:

        If I don’t agree with someone here, I upvote anyway. Not because I’m a Pollyanna, but because I’m happy they’re here and supporting Lemmy by posting and commenting. I really want Lemmy to stay up and stable for a long time and provide what Reddit used to provide for the wider community. Reddit still does, but hopefully we can too. I’m talking about political and health issues.

        If it’s a mean comment, I do nothing and move on.

        If something is just messed up, that’s a message for the mods. I’ve messaged once so far. Someone posted information about a person (image and real-life contact info) and said they were performing cosmetic surgery on puppies. The image was of the person flipping the bird, so it was clearly made as a hit piece. Mods got rid of it within a day.

        • varzaman@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          As Reddit has proven, this is not how the masses use downvotes. I have seen unpopular, but harmless opinions be downvoted.

          I have seen people getting downvoted heavily by saying they don’t like x game. That creates echo chambers.

    • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been here since mid June and have made 264 posts,

      I have almost 300 comments over three weeks now. I actually had Lemmy bookmarked for some time, but started participating after giving Reddit the punt. That’s way higher post frequency than before. Yeah it’s great feeling like you can say reasonable stuff without coming under attack.

    • acrobaticpenguin23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I know what you mean within seconds my post would be downvoted. Its either a downvote bot or a rude moderator. Lemmy is a breath of fresh air.