Meh, I’m not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an “app” and probably don’t even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren’t going anywhere. And frankly, that’s fine by me.
Edit: lmao okay, okay, Lemmy got 6 new users today. I get it. My point that we’re never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023 API changes has been proven wrong. Congrats everyone. Let’s hope half of them actually stick around.
There’s always the potential for them to grow as a community here. I’ve found a few smaller communities I liked that were slow at first but have been gradually gaining traction.
Welcome. Let us know if you have questions. I recommend to you and JandroDelSol that you play around with the Hot, Scaled, New and Top 6 Hours and 12 Hours to see more action and posts.
Honestly, Lemmy reminds me more of old Reddit. Back when /r/AskReddit had daily “my house is on fire, should I evacuate or just stay here at my computer” types of posts.
Both me and my partner joined today. Problem is a lot of people don’t know about Lemmy, I’d never heard of it before today but someone commented about it on reddit in response to reddit’s latest nonsense.
I’ll likely stick around reddit for a bit and do my part to comment about making the switch. I can’t blame people for not joining something they know nothing about.
I’ll likely stick around reddit for a bit and do my part to comment about making the switch
[email protected] often features has Reddit posts which mention Lemmy or problems with Reddit. Great place to find and share opportunities to spread the word.
I’m sorry, never heard about shorthand systems.
What’s that?
And why can’t we have a comparable community here? (Like the one you linked and it’s about screen didn’t really give me any info on what it’s about ;-))
Shorthand is a method of writing faster and/or more compactly. Speeds over 200 words per minute are attested, or fitting an entire printed page on a sticky note.
It’s an extremely niche interest, so the main thing preventing a comparable community here is enough active users who are interested. I’ve wanted to do a series of posts teaching one of the systems, but I’ve not hand the chance.
I’ve actually been interested in shorthand for years. If you want to migrate over some of the better old content from reddit, I’ll sub and see what happens
As I’m rocking a reMarkable, my priorities would be ranked:
speed
size on page
Everything else, I’m not exactly decided on, like number of users isn’t really important to me, because I’m mostly taking notes for myself.
Phonetics also aren’t really important, because I’m mostly focused on technical stuff.
Study time? Well, it is what it is. And when it’s worth it, I’ll put in the time. But maybe it would be nice to have something quickly rewarding to start?
But this probably shouldn’t be orientated about my needs.
Anything you provide about this interesting topic, especially when you include practical usage, is absolutely appreciated!
That’s the biggest problem with everyone doing the corporate socials’ enshittification cycles instead of POSSE and/or independent services. Cool communities just fracture and die.
I’ve tried to get people to see this for decades. Maybe it’ll finally enter the zeitgeist this go around.
and before that, it was the massive purge that was going on, and i believe its still ongoinging especially if they upped thier filtering of anything they deemed “bannable”, the people that lost the most were the ones using hundreds or thousands of accts to earn income for themselves. my hunch is reddit knows this, thats why they went after those bots/of accts, reddit wasnt getting a cut, and wonder why they do very little against propaganda trolls. i also use adblockers so reddit doesnt get money anyways.
I started the switch over after how grossed out I was with Reddit advertising betting on the elections, and the overwhelming number of bots and bad actors trying to influence people constantly in most of the subreddits. Since then, I’ve been promoting Lemmy, BlueSky, and the Fediverse as a whole on Reddit.
I believe we are on the cusp of another great migration. The more enshitified things continue to get on Reddit, the more real people will leave for spaces like here. At some point it could just be mostly bots talking to other bots on Reddit.
mostly right wing propaganda, drowning out the actual news. right wing prop, includes just positng all the doge, and trumps gaffes. and whats not really reporting on the other sht.
Also, obviously we want more users, but do we want that type of user? Remember what Reddit was before digg, before a few ‘endless summers’ that happen every year
im an OG user, originally created for use of friendsafari on pokemon(i still have the og acct, that is flagged). i remember when they were there banning “illegal subs” like shoplifting and such, i know they moved to a international site(the users). they dint start aggressively banning til trumps first turn, like around 2018, now everything after that your comment is on thin ice every time.
reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023
While Reddit might not have a single screw-up of that scale again, that is probably better for long-term Lemmy growth. I think we’ve forgotten just how ill-equipped the small handful of Lemmy instances were to cope with the 2023 influx. We have many more stable instances now, and the onboarding process is smoother.
“Trump is right about some big things.” “Trump is right about the problem”
“I take some risk by writing this” “this is not an ordinary election”
in a way reddit helped facilitate and validate Donald Trump as a mainstream candidate helping him gain popularity and credibility with /r/the_donald
Marc Andressan - “Marc Andreessen says half of his time goes to helping Trump at Mar-a-Lago” 2024
Snoop Dogg - “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.” 2024
Donald Trump Was Peter Thiel’s Most Successful Investment.
“Thiel is one of the conservative mega donors that has the ability to shore up candidates that might need additional support. His spending is targeted, and his ability to spend millions can be impactful,” Reddit was targeted, to be impactful.
Ron Conway - says “Crypto Economy” Is the Next Multitrillion Dollar Opportunity - 2021
yesterday, - “President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile”
Jared Leto - “We want to see your America in all its imperfect glory.”
now reddit is valued at $6 billion, off the data & memes of unsuspecting Canadians supporting their own threat to their sovereignty.
made sense alot of us/military propaganda was directed at the political and news subs. soon came putins trolls after with the help the above investors.
I just joined Lemmy after lurking on the Fediverse subreddit for the past few weeks. I’m always open to joining new platforms, and I’m a quick learner. I don’t think my wife is willing to leave Reddit for Lemmy though… But I do suspect we’ll see some more people joining after this and possibly after they start locking content behind a paywall too.
Took me a min to figure out this place but yeah been a long time redditor. I got an email warning me I upvoted something they didn’t like so I joined up here.
Time to welcome another wave of Redditors to Lemmy :)
Meh, I’m not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an “app” and probably don’t even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren’t going anywhere. And frankly, that’s fine by me.
Edit: lmao okay, okay, Lemmy got 6 new users today. I get it. My point that we’re never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023 API changes has been proven wrong. Congrats everyone. Let’s hope half of them actually stick around.
I know that I just came from Reddit today, so… At least 1 person joined because of this fuckery lol
Just joined today because of this!
One more reporting in.
And yet another.
4 new users. Less than half of what I’d hope for.
Hey, that’s like a ~.1% increase of userbase, assuming 45k!
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That’s 4 more than I expected.
Reporting in, couple subs I’ll miss but fuck that shit.
There’s always the potential for them to grow as a community here. I’ve found a few smaller communities I liked that were slow at first but have been gradually gaining traction.
Yup, got me here today.
💙 Welcome :)
So what’s the cathulhu chant? Me’wglui mrow’nyanfh Cathulhu R’eow meowgah’nagl fhtagn coughs up a hairball?
Hi. Are you having a stroke.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:ph'nglui_mglw'nafh_Cthulhu_R'lyeh_wgah'nagl_fhtagn
“Feed me”.
Welcome. Let us know if you have questions. I recommend to you and JandroDelSol that you play around with the Hot, Scaled, New and Top 6 Hours and 12 Hours to see more action and posts.
Thanks for the tip!
Welcome aboard, I joined in the last big exodus. It’s not the same here but it’s good and getting better.
Honestly, Lemmy reminds me more of old Reddit. Back when /r/AskReddit had daily “my house is on fire, should I evacuate or just stay here at my computer” types of posts.
nowadays askreddit is mostly political, or an incel, or a entertainment type question that people cant handle the answers.
A small number of reddit users leaving translates to a large number of new users here, comparatively speaking.
Both me and my partner joined today. Problem is a lot of people don’t know about Lemmy, I’d never heard of it before today but someone commented about it on reddit in response to reddit’s latest nonsense.
I’ll likely stick around reddit for a bit and do my part to comment about making the switch. I can’t blame people for not joining something they know nothing about.
Welcome!
[email protected] often features has Reddit posts which mention Lemmy or problems with Reddit. Great place to find and share opportunities to spread the word.
Welcome!!! 🧡
i remember it a year ago, but dropped it because i was still on reddit, it took me getting banned on several accts to come looking for this site.
I’m stuck on there because /r/shorthand is inimitable (for now). [email protected], but it’ll have to be bootstrapped.
I’m sorry, never heard about shorthand systems.
What’s that?
And why can’t we have a comparable community here? (Like the one you linked and it’s about screen didn’t really give me any info on what it’s about ;-))
Shorthand is a method of writing faster and/or more compactly. Speeds over 200 words per minute are attested, or fitting an entire printed page on a sticky note.
It’s an extremely niche interest, so the main thing preventing a comparable community here is enough active users who are interested. I’ve wanted to do a series of posts teaching one of the systems, but I’ve not hand the chance.
I’ve actually been interested in shorthand for years. If you want to migrate over some of the better old content from reddit, I’ll sub and see what happens
You know what, why not? I’ll give it a go. Let’s see what happens.
That sounds pretty cool actually! :-D
Is it hard to learn?
And could you maybe give me some entry level links or so?
I think so!
The difficulty depends on several things, but the easiest systems can be picked up enough to use in a few days to weeks.
I’ll try to put together an intro post this weekend. How would you rank these features?
As I’m rocking a reMarkable, my priorities would be ranked:
Everything else, I’m not exactly decided on, like number of users isn’t really important to me, because I’m mostly taking notes for myself.
Phonetics also aren’t really important, because I’m mostly focused on technical stuff.
Study time? Well, it is what it is. And when it’s worth it, I’ll put in the time. But maybe it would be nice to have something quickly rewarding to start?
But this probably shouldn’t be orientated about my needs.
Anything you provide about this interesting topic, especially when you include practical usage, is absolutely appreciated!
there are a couple of niche communities there, that wont be easily replicated here if at all.
That’s the biggest problem with everyone doing the corporate socials’ enshittification cycles instead of POSSE and/or independent services. Cool communities just fracture and die.
I’ve tried to get people to see this for decades. Maybe it’ll finally enter the zeitgeist this go around.
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Not even with the other news of them warning people for upvoting content?
It’s what got me over here finally.
and before that, it was the massive purge that was going on, and i believe its still ongoinging especially if they upped thier filtering of anything they deemed “bannable”, the people that lost the most were the ones using hundreds or thousands of accts to earn income for themselves. my hunch is reddit knows this, thats why they went after those bots/of accts, reddit wasnt getting a cut, and wonder why they do very little against propaganda trolls. i also use adblockers so reddit doesnt get money anyways.
I started the switch over after how grossed out I was with Reddit advertising betting on the elections, and the overwhelming number of bots and bad actors trying to influence people constantly in most of the subreddits. Since then, I’ve been promoting Lemmy, BlueSky, and the Fediverse as a whole on Reddit.
I believe we are on the cusp of another great migration. The more enshitified things continue to get on Reddit, the more real people will leave for spaces like here. At some point it could just be mostly bots talking to other bots on Reddit.
mostly right wing propaganda, drowning out the actual news. right wing prop, includes just positng all the doge, and trumps gaffes. and whats not really reporting on the other sht.
I got tired of the censorship, ads, and manipulation aimed at creating addiction to reddit, so I’m now leaving.
Also, obviously we want more users, but do we want that type of user? Remember what Reddit was before digg, before a few ‘endless summers’ that happen every year
Welcome the six new users. We love you
I’m also a Reddit refugee. :-) fuck spez
Welcome welcome! :)
Thank you friend :)
Your username is cool as hell.
Yeah, we all know nothing in 2025 will ever be as consequential as what happened in 2023.
im an OG user, originally created for use of friendsafari on pokemon(i still have the og acct, that is flagged). i remember when they were there banning “illegal subs” like shoplifting and such, i know they moved to a international site(the users). they dint start aggressively banning til trumps first turn, like around 2018, now everything after that your comment is on thin ice every time.
While Reddit might not have a single screw-up of that scale again, that is probably better for long-term Lemmy growth. I think we’ve forgotten just how ill-equipped the small handful of Lemmy instances were to cope with the 2023 influx. We have many more stable instances now, and the onboarding process is smoother.
I’m glad I found this, Canadian owned!
reddit is this: and I don’t think enough Canadians know.
this is 2014. 50million raised. led by Sam Altman
https://blog.samaltman.com/trump 2016.
“Trump is right about some big things.” “Trump is right about the problem” “I take some risk by writing this” “this is not an ordinary election”
in a way reddit helped facilitate and validate Donald Trump as a mainstream candidate helping him gain popularity and credibility with /r/the_donald
Marc Andressan - “Marc Andreessen says half of his time goes to helping Trump at Mar-a-Lago” 2024
Snoop Dogg - “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.” 2024
Donald Trump Was Peter Thiel’s Most Successful Investment. “Thiel is one of the conservative mega donors that has the ability to shore up candidates that might need additional support. His spending is targeted, and his ability to spend millions can be impactful,” Reddit was targeted, to be impactful.
Ron Conway - says “Crypto Economy” Is the Next Multitrillion Dollar Opportunity - 2021
yesterday, - “President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile”
Jared Leto - “We want to see your America in all its imperfect glory.”
now reddit is valued at $6 billion, off the data & memes of unsuspecting Canadians supporting their own threat to their sovereignty.
made sense alot of us/military propaganda was directed at the political and news subs. soon came putins trolls after with the help the above investors.
I just joined Lemmy after lurking on the Fediverse subreddit for the past few weeks. I’m always open to joining new platforms, and I’m a quick learner. I don’t think my wife is willing to leave Reddit for Lemmy though… But I do suspect we’ll see some more people joining after this and possibly after they start locking content behind a paywall too.
💚 Welcome
Took me a min to figure out this place but yeah been a long time redditor. I got an email warning me I upvoted something they didn’t like so I joined up here.
Welcome!
all you need to do is criticize musk and trump.