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[–] zozo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I find the idea of instances and being able to have a home instance while seeing others so great. It's like IRC with a server of choice and channels, but I even have the opportunity to see other servers, so it's a fun idea to me. Also Lemmy users are so nice! You're the best, and it must be a bit awkward for so many Reddit folk to very suddenly arrive.

[–] DeaLikesTrains@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm liking it so far. What I've seen so far seems like the lemmy community is much more giving and less toxic than reddit.

Good quality memes so far, content for specific communities such as games or sports is lacking

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find it refreshing, for the most part. I've found that comments and replies are much more civil, I'm still getting used to the way users here disagree with actual reasoning while maintening respect for the other perspective. I had ads blocked before, but being absolutely ad free, without even the blank space where an ad would go is even better. The only downside is the amount of space dedicated to complaining about reddit. I don't wish to stop anyone from processing in whatever way they need, I just need to spend more time in my subscriptions instead of "all".

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Great but there’s some frustrations. My instance appears overloaded and often voting or commenting fails. I’m also using alpha software so it’s unstable. And the communities are much tinier and quieter.

I’m sure in a few weeks there will be some big improvements. Early mastodon was like this too.

[–] MarcoPolpo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely nice to scroll through news and memes again without having to deal with twitters dumpsterfire. Still some comforts I'm used to are missing but it's early days and I only see it getting better from here.

Definitely not missing Reddit.

[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm currently juggling 3 different apps to find one that works best for me (Jerboa, Connect, wefwef.app via Hermit, and excitedly waiting for Sync for Lemmy). I'm also experimenting with setting up my own instance to learn more about federation.

I love the principle/values of Lemmy, what it stands for, being part of a growing platform and learning about it. But when I'm just looking for mindless time-wasting content to kill boredom, I find myself missing the quality of experience, the communities, the level of engagement and diversity content from Reddit. Many subreddits I used to follow for "dumb" content simply don't exist on Lemmy, and I doubt it will gain inertia on Lemmy.

[–] Fishe_stix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Better than I thought. There are hiccups, but nothing awful. I enjoy it and it scratches the reddit itch.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It keeps crashing and not loading stuff correctly and giving me lots of hang time.

A lot like Reddit around the time I left Digg

[–] wee_butterfly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was able to join Lemmy fairly easily at first. Then the updates happened on Lemmy World. Was almost about to give up because I was kind of made to log off then I couldn't log back in for the life of me.

Knew I had to be patient, but at one point I got so frustrated I just deleted the whole thing.

Downloaded it again a couple of days later and all was good. All sorted. Still learning though.

[–] Lordgeoffery@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm loving it, here is my slogan. "When life gives you lemons, make Lemmy-ade"

[–] elios94@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Really good at the moment. I think i will enjoy a better lemmy when Boost will be out, just because i'm better in touch with that app for years now. Not that wefwef is bad, im also surprised for the recent updates it has got. The only things i really miss are a larger MTG community and the "Random NSFW" lol

[–] 0235@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It is OK. Performance is a bit bumpy (expected) and communities are a lot quieter, but it is much much nicer here. Reddit is filled with absolute morons who scream SOURCE!!!!!! every time they see a joke or opinion which doesn't allign with their belief that children standing 8na. School yard deserved to die because they have the right to drive angiant car

[–] beum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a former reddit sync app user, finding "liftoff" helped make the transition a smoother experience. I've been enjoying hunting for new communities to join and watching them grow.

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Enjoying it a lot. Set up my own instance to try out, and exploring a lot of others. I enjoy the community a ton!

[–] AletheCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Enjoying it so far. It is definitely taking some getting used to. Was testing Liftoff! And now on Memmy. Finding Memmy to be more enjoyable especially with being able to set dark for ease of visibility.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It would be nice to have a place to discuss world events without trolls brigading every thread.

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