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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. Created a account out of curiosity when the API changes got announced. The last two weeks showed insane growth and completely convinced me that Lemmy (and Kbin) will succeed. Probably not as big as reddit but big enough to be alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been here for over a year. Thankful to finally see a lot more content.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here!! I guess we're Lemmy veterans (Lemerans?)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@ruud @WhoRoger I started to follow lemmy.world from mastodon pretty much at the same time it was launched when lemmy.ml became overwhelmed with loads of users, happy to be here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Personally I think lemmy.world was key in driving momentum. After realizing a couple days before the protests started that reddit was not going to change, I started looking for real alternatives. When I found lemmy, I thought I had to join the biggest instance to get a shot at seeing enough content, not understanding how the fediverse worked yet. I imagine it was the same for a lot of people. And the bigger userbase lemmy.world got, the more appealing it was for reddit refugees. Once we got here we now know we can branch out to other instances if needed, but lemmy.world's awesome handling of the user influx absolutely looked appealing to people looking to make the jump, and we shouldn't discount that. Awesome work to @ruud and all the admins he has brought on the team. We appreciate you all.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I was late to the party...... Only 26 days, but it feels like a month!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Me too, Lemmy birthday twins!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been here for a week and I absolutely love it. Reminds me of Reddit when I joined in 2013.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I first joined June 18th, so 18 days ago. Then I got curious enough with self-hosting an instance and now I’m at 10 days with my new cake day.

I tried to detox and avoid Reddit during the protest period. After finding out about how all the subreddits were being forced open, I decided to eject from that ecosystem altogether.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Am I the only one who is worried about that candle getting tipped over and lighting the couch on fire?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I came here after the reddit protest blackout...and never went back.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I came here even before the blackout.

u/spez's "AMA" was the final nail in the coffin for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Amen. Haven't looked back.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Almost 2 years here

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nah, I have an account on beehaw since before LW existed, but when beehaw defederated from LW I opened an account here, so 3 weeks for me here :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Actually I had one on lemmy.ml before too, but that was more like looking around.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ooh, we have a veteran here. ;)

Happy 30 day anniversary.

Personally I only lurked at first, checking out what it was all about before creating an account.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

raises hand

Thoroughly enjoying it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Technically I've been on lemmy for 3 years, but that's with my old lemmy.ml account, this one is new and fresh :p

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My first Lemmy account on ML is over 3 years old.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Truly ancient!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A Forerunner

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've heard stories of your kind, but I thought you'd all passed into legend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gonna be a lot of cake days next June

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Only two weeks but please let me stay.....please. In all seriousness it's kind of fun watching this place develop. Kind of an old internet vibe.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Four years on my other account πŸŽ‰

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Not quite, but coming up on it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Two weeks today, loving it here so far β™‘

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I've been here for a month now. Really like it. No corps to make money from our conversations!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Originally joined 1 month ago on beehaw . Recently joined reddthat because beehaw has blacklisted lemmy.world which got the most amount of users and communities .

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

3.5 weeks here!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A little over a month for me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Over 2 years with an account on lemmy.ml but the instance is overloaded.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you spray tea everywhere when waving? :p

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Some say that's why I never go out in public.

(but really it's because of all the wasps)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Such a sad cat πŸ₯Ή

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

According to my profile, I 've been here 23 days.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Happy Month Anniversary!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Been switching accounts every time I learn something new about self hosting, but I've been here about a month as well!

Haven't checked reddit in 2 weeks and I'm not looking back. This place is awesome! Self hosting is awesome!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

June 17th, almost 3 weeks !

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

23 days so not quite

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m just about to reach a month too. Joined as soon as I heard Reddit was killing Apollo, the main way I used Reddit.

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