Hi! Brand new Lemmy user here!

Let me know what you enjoy the most about Lemmy! Let’s share some thoughts and ideas!

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    1 year ago

    Well, it’s in the honeymoon phase right now, so everyone is cheerful, happy, and nice. All the jerks haven’t moved over yet… 😀

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      It’s only a matter of time, for sure. I doubt that the mass comes over from reddit, because reddit has the bigger network effect (as of right now). However, this could change if Lemmy continues to grow and stays consistent over the years, unlike reddit. Keep these nfts away from here, lol. But certainly there will be many more people who will discover Lemmy in the future. This would be sooo nice!

  • Intrepid_Corvid@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It feels like I’m exploring the internet again, like I did when I was younger. I’m figuring it out and learning how to use it and that in itself has been really satisfying.

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      1 year ago

      this feels so cool, to be apart of something new, in its early face. I love this feeling. Now I know how the people with Bitcoin felt in 2009 or so. Kinda discover something truly amazing that is not widely found by the masses of people.

    • gashead76@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Federated services and decentralized internet feels very much like the early days of being “online” and it’s exactly how the internet was supposed to work!

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    1 year ago

    I like how I can post something without getting instantly shadowbanned or automoderated for not having enough karma or an old enough account. When I would try to post on reddit using a VPN (just Mullvad, not even Tor) all my posts were automatically hidden.

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    1 year ago

    It reminds me of the older internet. Not necessarily in form, but I hadn’t realized how the same everything I’d been doing online has been. Like… for the last 15 years.

    Lemmy is different and kind of unintuitive and challenging-but-also-easy, if that makes any sense. I made geocities sites and wrote blogs and whatnot in the late-90s. That’s the kind of energy going on here right now. It’ll change, but for now I’m enjoying it a lot.

    • A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world
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      It definitely still feels like it’s just sorta getting started, but this platform has got a lot of promise. It’s been pretty easy to get going thus far. I can definitely feel how the population is tiny in comparison to reddit, and it’s honestly a little refreshing.

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    I like that there can be different fediverse social media, all run independently but connected. I’m new to the topic and learning more about it before I contribute to the github but its a very interesting concept. And the fact that there are other services like PeerTube, makes it seem like more of an open source version of the internet. TLDR: Inter-connectivity

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    1 year ago

    Enjoying vibe and atmosphere. There is an intimate feeling because of the current size and lack of toxicity.

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    I’m new here too, to the fediverse as a whole really. I was mostly a lurker on Reddit but the smaller community here makes me less anxious to interact with different posts. I’m excited to see the community grow.

  • Pliny@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    It feels new and fresh but also retro, if that makes sense? It feels like a missing link between old school forums and new school aggregators like Reddit, even though I think this format is newer than Reddit. Could be wrong though. Either way I’m enjoying not every post having a billion replies before i even get to it!

  • TheGayDude@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Generally nice community, none of the posts are “whats the sexiest sex youve ever sexed” or anything like that

    • seesaw@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Honestly those are just karma farming attempts, nothing genuine about the question.

  • CifrareVerba@kbin.social
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    The availability of usernames

    Like Mastodon, not being controlled by one souless company, but many people. Sure, one instance may be, but it’s one in a sea of thousands.

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    It’s weird but I like how can you see the ratio of upvotes and downvotes for each post/comment people make. It makes it feel less like a mob going towards/against a single thing and more personal.

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    Back when I first started using the internet, early-mid 90s, there was a feeling that we were in control - the users. The giant corporations hadn’t taken over yet, content was all user generated, the apps and early sites were all user run. It was weird, uncontrolled, unpredictable, janky as hell… but also really cool.

    Lemmy, and the Fediverse as a whole, feel like that again.