• Neil@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    My account here is 4 years old. I was so excited to learn about Lemmy back then, but the user base was painfully low. I’m getting that same excitement I had back then.

    Please new people, make this your permanent home and forget Reddit!

    • not_a_dog@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      And the Reddit blackout hasn’t even started yet. Gonna be interesting to see what this place looks like a week from now. I’m excited!

    • NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      People stay if there is enough content and the user experience doesn’t suck. So fare, more and more people try to engage and build new communities. Just try to add value. Also the UI and Apps improved quickly but its fare from perfect :-)

  • darkknight@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Hell, I was surprised when I got 20 on reddit. Specifically once something hit /all your comment never gets read.

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    “Back in my day?” When I joined Lemmy just two days ago I rarely ever saw a post hit 30 or 40. I was afraid I made a mistake and put effort into a dead platform. Turns out I was just ahead of the curve.

    • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I jumped on a week ago. The change in that time has been totally insane! I went from being able to scroll for an hour maybe for the first few days, to now, it’s developing into a full blown doom-scroll addiction…

    • hschen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I miss the old lemmy from a week ago when i signed up haha, feels like it blew up so much.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      People are just much more supportive and friendlier here. But I guess because we are in a state now before all the assholes join from reddit…

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Maybe it’s just me but Mastodon seems still way friendlier than Twitter, I guess partly to do with the people but also the platform structure that seems to have less incentive to attack people. Hope it’s the same for Lemmy.

    • Sagittaire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yes, I’m very proud of the Reddit community for several times over the years mass-recommending open source and federated options.

    • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      There’s no karma total, lemmy only tracks you individual post/comment vote counts. Break free of the shackles of Karma Addiction!

        • DrQuint@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          It’s perfect and I wish Reddit did it ages ago. It’s the same as Forums with account levels, it makes you think someone has more input than they actually do, and it opens up the system to people selling accounts or botting accounts to later sell (which is a rampant problem on reddit and there’s now anti-bot bots).

        • Drew Got No Clue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          It is a good thing, objectively. But at least on Mlem there is kind of an equivalent of the karma in the profile page (comment score and post score), if you miss that. 😎

          Some may interact less though if there is no karma; gamification works after all. I guess we’ll see.

  • frippa@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    I joined a year ago and it’s crazy, i remember getting excited over 20 upvotes, that AMA and the whole 3rd party fiasco really brought a lot of people here!

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, u/spez being a terrible CEO/person might be the best thing to happen to the fediverse. I tried Mastodon a few months ago but the community wasn’t big enough to get me hooked. I joined Lemmy earlier this week and I really like the community that’s developing here.

      • BrewJajaja@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Wait is there a specific Lemmy person? Because I initially though that this site was some Motorhead fan page that evolved into a reddit alternative lol lol. Im so old.

        • Drew Got No Clue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          From their Github:

          Why’s it called Lemmy?

          • Lead singer from Motörhead.
          • The old school video game.
          • The Koopa from Super Mario.
          • The furry rodents.