For me Lemmy was my gateway to the rest of the Fediverse. I can say I like Lemmy way more than I ever did Reddit. The people are nicer the engagement feels more real and over all it’s a better vibe. Here’s to 2 more everyone!
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Happy 2 years!!! Very glad you had a great time!
Two years for me, too. But I disagree that it’s nicer than on Reddit. The way Lemmy works fosters the development of cliques. Also, with much fewer users it makes it so that ‘power’ users wind up having a weird cult-like following that boosts their posts/comments and suppresses anyone who dares to point out when those people mistreat other people and/or break the rules that are clearly applied selectively.
Feel free to report such abuse on !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
The irony of that suggestion is very amusing, because the moderator/admin of that community/instance is one of those people.
Then report them on !modabuse@lemmy.sdf.org
It’s really not worth the effort. Nothing will change, and there will always be others.
I would say it’s worth it. Communities have moved to other instances after admin power tripping reports. Users have moved to other communities after mods power trips reports.
Just like old web forums, how nostalgic
Nearly the same for me, but it was closer to the end of June that I moved.
I’ve not contributed to Reddit since, and only really occasionally browse it from my computer when I’m looking for something in particular now.
Kinda helped by the fact the Reddit I used to enjoy seems to be more or less dead anyway. Weird bot filled comment sections, ads shoved in your face, weird monetising features no one asked for, increasingly weird moderation.
Wow. Same here. Haven’t logged on since then either. Although I do browse r/printsf in my laptop still… Fediverse is the shit
Congrats! This is definitely a better place than reddit.
4 years over here for me, when lemmy.ml was pretty much the only option.
4 years wow, so you must really remember the more quiet times. Even just in the last 1 to 2 years it’s got so much busier.
Yes, it was pretty quiet, but I feel the quality was always pretty good, even from the beginning.
The people are nicer the engagement feels more real and over all it’s a better vibe.
Nah, lemmy is so shit. But at least it’s our shit and not force-fed shit by an algorithm designed to maximize profit for spez pigboy…
You gotta block the tankies, the insufferable FOSS purists, the extremists, the hyper-political spam, and the anarchists if you want some semblance of normalcy.
Here and there I still see extremism, like casually openly calling for murdering others ( example ) . At least on reddit that shit would be filtered the fuck out.
2 years is coming up for me shortly. I realized not too long ago that I’ve always been interested in Reddit alt. I signed up to… volt? I forgot the name, but the users were awful so I didn’t stick around. I’m glad lemmy worked out.
Yeah voat was pretty much nazi central
Wow, thanks for the memories. I waded through the Nazis to get my shitposts on Voat, now I wade through the tankies to get my shitposts here. Reality is a wild and magical thing, isn’t it?
Do you recall the year?
The wiki article says it was up from 2014 to the end of 2020
Yes! Voat… anyway. Grateful for lemmy.
Has it really been that long…? I can’t even tell since I can’t log into my OG account anymore to see my join date (yiffit shut down 😭).
Same here. It’s been a blast.
Geez that was a quick two years
Me too. Happy 2 years everyone!
Happy 2 years!
Almost two years for me too. Wow, time flies.
“I like Lemmy way more than I ever did Reddit. The people are nicer”
punches you in the face
Oh, yeah. Totally agree
punches you in the balls
Over on reddit, there are all kinds of fascists, and literal nazis.
uppercuts you
Over here, theres an instance full of tankies, but you can avoid them.
kicks you in the shins
The people here are TOTALLY nicer!
kick kick punch
What? I’m not attacking you to be violent. I just have a neurological disorder that causes my limbs to involuntarily thrash out.
punch
I’m TOTALLY being friendly right now!
kick punch it’s all in the mind
This kind of self-critical comment no longer exists on Reddit, lol. Appreciate it.
One instance? There’s at least two. But does that really matter? Reddit had r/TheDonald and r/conservative, and trying to get those people to fuck off and stop proselytizing elsewhere was like trying to play whack-a-mole against an anthill.
Here, you block the tankie instances and move on with your life.
Happy 2-year! Damn, I’ll coming up on my 2y in a few weeks. Time flies, and I don’t even remember much about xhitter and reddit anymore.
