Asklemmy

I'm glad that Reddit gave me the push I needed to finally join the fediverse. I absolutely love the technology to the point I don't care so much about the content.

I wish there were more people here, but the slower pace of posts has helped me spend less time on my phone. It's not quite as good as reddit was for me when reddit was good. But Lemmy is easily good enough for my needs and is better than any alternative including the what is left of reddit.

Comment less, but I've enjoyed it much more. There's so much shit slinging in reddit. Every comment thread eventually devolves into one guy with an out of pocket comment or hot take, or miscommunication even, and then everyone dunking on the guy. So much negativity.

Folks are generally nice here.

I learned what a tankie is, which is fun.

I've been commenting a bit, whereas on reddit I would only post a comment a few times a year when I could be bothered dealing with the likely burst of negativity that would come as a response to it.

Kind of feels a bit more like Web 1.9 or so from about 2003 which I think was about the sweet spot for minimal rage bait and crazy and still a decent bit of user interaction and scale.

It would be about perfect if you could chop out a few of the folks trying to shoehorn in politics to every little thing.

I wouldn't say it was Lemmy that has changed but it's been an integral part to a change in my lifestyle. I don't use Reddit anymore, I switched from Windows to Linux, Degoogled my phone, I take way more consideration into my privacy. All social media account but Lemmy are gone now. Cancelled my Amazon prime and all video services. I have blocked ads from everything in my life to the point that when I see one, it stands out like a sore thumb. I am far more aware of how companies manipulate customers in order to sell product.

I'm delighted by Lemmy. I post all the time and probably am a bit annoying but I'm really having fun.

Less niche content from the subs that I couldn’t find an equivalent for here. Also less random bullshit from all the reposted recycled memes that were often somehow just perpetually in my face. It would be nice if there were more people here on Lemmy commenting to link over to relevant related communities (sublemmys??) to a post that they think others would like. Sometimes that’s a good way to find more subs. Don’t really see that happening round these parts. TL;DR Wasting less time on interwebs

Some of the more niche communities I had on reddit don't exist on Lemmy yet, and likely won't for the foreseeable future. DPS chasing for a small MMO seems like a thing that could exist here, but for now the majority of the public would just use Reddit or whatever instead.

The custom mtg card community I joined is pretty much just dead. I did a card a day for a while in there, but then I ran out of cards is already made and now it's just sitting again.

Other than that, the general purpose of it is doing exactly what Reddit did for me, so...

For the better :)
I haven't been active in online communities for over ten years. It's been fun to contribute with comments and posts and I feel like I'm finding my voice again.

I wish there was more porn

I bought a mobile game for the first time in my life 😐

I check FB more often cause I run out of posts on lemmy faster 😐

Started playing chess again cause I have little else to entertain myself with on my phone 🤓

Never posted pictures of my naked body online before Lemmy

I've been a lurker on Reddit for forever (about 15 years) and then the APIcalypse happened and my first and unique post on Reddit was asking for a Tildes invite. I didn't enjoy Tildes, so now I'm here. We're so much less that I feel I can't lurk here too, so now I regularly comment here.

I'm on my phone less, commenting more, avoiding more ads, and much happier with the content/comments on Lemmy. Reddit chains sometimes felt a little brain-rotty.

I no longer see the same post/topic 5x on my feed so that's an improvement 👍

I miss the niche discussion because reddit is so damn big, but the drop in quality of posts when I lurk there is very noticeable. Enshittification ruined it.

Deleted my 10y+ account, but I mostly scroll/lurk some communities that aren't prevalent around here still.

It is very apparent how much worse its getting after the API scandal. So many bot posts and karma farming bots. It's depressing what it has become.

It's okay. I still peruse reddit sometimes because the subs here aren't sufficient enough. Also, reddit has more variety. Lemmy is a bit too political. Like /c/news seems to only post political stuff. And it's mostly liberal leaning (which I am), but too liberal occasionally. People hate nazis here but curiously, they also hate Israel. I'm looking for more communities that are less intense and charged. Stuff about crafting, plant rearing, literature, etc. The other big fediverse site, Mastodon, has a similar prevalence of charged stuff, but I've found a bit more silly things both on my own and with suggestions over there. I suppose I could start some new communities here but I'm doubtful I have the fortitude to make them get increased traction.

I hate the idea that most people have on lemmy that every interaction has to be a positive experience and full of sunshine and rainbows and butterflies. I like to argue.

But whatever. It's iight. I stuck around.

Well it's been 10 months since I left redis and spun up my own instance. It's been a fun little ride with a very fast surge at the start and a bit of a plato. Lemmy seems to be gaining traction again, which is good.

How has it changed me? - I guess I actuall spend more time here than I did on reddit - as I find the quality of comments far better and more enjoyable

As an admin / owner I have had to see and deal with some stuff that I wish I hadn't had to see - there are some sick fucks out there

Haven't really. I'm just like I was before. Lemmy meets my daily social networking needs and I don't miss anything.

My time perception is so screwed these days. I could have sworn I've been here a few years at this point.

I still have my Reddit account but haven't logged in since the Rexodus began and the only reason I haven't deleted it yet is laziness.

Lemmy provides me with links to news I'm interested in, Linux information and memes whilst satisfying my scrolling itch.

Most of the political stuff that pops up isn't really my bag and some communities are too US centric for me but the beauty is you can just block the communities you don't like. Also, there isn't as much new content posted daily but it's much smaller and niche than Reddit so I'm happy for that trade off.

I love it. Reddit time has been decreased by 95% and do not miss it at all.

It's like Reddit before the "protests". But smaller, with fewer niche communities and less porn, but also fewer OF promoters.

I still use old.reddit to read some of the niche communities, but I'm not even logged in.

When old.reddit dies, I'll probably try to revive some of those communities I'm reading over here in Lemmy. It probably won't work, lol

I don’t work for free and get called names by the business that profits off it, so that’s nice. Also don’t see nearly as many trolls.