Dont forget to do your part by telling other people not on lemmy to try it. Its content has improved a lot so ask them to try it again if they didnt find communities they liked before. It will help the continued growth :)
Just arrived here because my fav reddit app was cut off. First verdict is: different but usable.
I’m here to stay.
The amount it has improved over the last month since I joined has been insane. It’s a lot more stable, the apps that exist are improving at an insane pace (and many many many more are being created). It’s exciting.
I only come here now.
I appreciate your assumption that I have friends. I am enjoying Lemmy though.
Don’t just ask them to try it. Don’t ask them to research or try to understand. Just give them a link to one of the major Instances, preferably yours, and let them poke around. Give some tips if you want, maybe some subs they can sub to.
Don’t overwhelm normies with passion or knowledge though, they don’t care enough. It’s about using it and figuring it out as you go, for most people. So, just grease that process for them, that’s really the best you can do. Answer questions, give tailored recommendations, stuff like that.
Another hot tip: don’t refer to people as “normies.”
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Laymen.
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I appreciate your assumption that I have friends. I am enjoying Lemmy though.
People are actively seeking alternatives to Reddit right now, not just because of Reddit’s draconian and short-sighted policies, but also because the quality of posts and comments has gone in the toilet lately. Also, the AI bots are becoming more and more obvious on Reddit. They have deployed an AI reply system into the comments, probably to make up for the decrease in traffic that could hurt their IPO.
I’ve referred numerous people here that want to leave the cesspool that Reddit has become. I’ve noticed a rapid shift in perception about the Fediverse. Just weeks ago, mentions of Lemmy and kbin would receive downvotes and negative comments. Now, they want to know more about alternatives.
They have deployed an AI reply system into the comments, probably to make up for the decrease in traffic that could hurt their IPO.
I don’t think it even needs to be them for it to be a huge problem. People have been automating the process of gaining karma to sell accounts for years and years, I would imagine this process is accelerating with the rise of LLMs and the bottom falling out from under all the mod tools.
I think I could have stomached the API changes and the end for Apollo/RIF. But the AMA and the reaction to the protests made me so incredibly upset and revealed how reddit gives absolutely zero fucks about its users and community. Huffman despises them. With this mindset there’s no other way but downhill for reddit.
Reddit was starting to look like “Dead Internet theory” is real.
My first time using the fediverse was like the first time I used Reddit: I didn’t know what things were and was super confused, but I liked the content. Funny how things came around again.
Off-topic. Your visible username is wild.
I just wish the posts in /all were a bit more varied than just the last unfunny fad.
I blocked meme, 196 and shitposting. All is clean now
All is clean now
Don’t just ask them to try it. Don’t ask them to research or try to understand. Just give them a link to one of the major Instances, preferably yours, and let them poke around. Give some tips if you want, maybe some subs they can sub to.
Don’t overwhelm normies with passion or knowledge though, they don’t care enough. It’s about using it and figuring it out as you go, for most people. So, just grease that process for them, that’s really the best you can do. Answer questions, give tailored recommendations, stuff like that.
