• Compgeek@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The specific point for me was the attacks on @christianselig@mastodon.social from that dumpster fire of a website.

    I had been looking at Mastodon since @deviantollam@defcon.social spoke so highly of it and the platform it provides for marginalised groups but personally dislike the microblogging format, and when looking for Reddit alternatives it seemed like Lemmy would be a catch all for me. Looking forward to the integration getting tighter to expand discussions across the fediverse.

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      1 year ago

      @Compgeek thank you for the reply! This is really interesting to hear what specific moments in time cause such drastic change in our ability to reach different communities.

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Hello! I’m a very ordinary person, found That Other Site from Digg and now am bumbling around here. I had a look at Mastodon a while back but didn’t make the leap until this week. I was just going to do the two days, but what happened with Apollo specifically was so shitty I’m making a permanent move away. Initially I was on Mastodon but I kept seeing Lemmy recommended and here I am. I don’t fully understand the Fediverse or how I’ve ended up with three instances, but I’m enjoying learning. Such a friendly place! Thanks!

  • Had been eyeballing it for a awhile already. Just needed a little bit of a push to make the jump and start actually taking the time to grok the concept.

    I’ve done social community migrations probably 2 or 3 times though already (Usenet -> Forums -> Social Media), so this all feels pretty old hat to me. Unlike previous Reddit revolts, Lemmy strikes me as an actually useable alternative, especially since other Fediverse communities can help pad out content while the site still tries to build out its own legs and specializations.

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    1 year ago

    I heard of lemmy when the whole reddit thing happened. I had heard of the fediverse a while back with mastodon but twitter-like platforms don’t interest me so I didn’t check it out. I can’t say I’ve made any jump/migration. I’m not one for internet drama so I haven’t taken my reddit account behind the barn in a fit of rage or anything. Currently using both with the goal to phase out reddit as content improves on the communities accessible via lemmy.

  • infinityto1@kbin.social
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    I’ve known about mastodon, but had never been a fan of microblogging…but I found out about kbin.social on a subreddit and I like the fediverse a whole lot more already. This should have been how social media was from the start, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it grows!