In part because it reminds me a bit of the old internet, with stuff being spread around everywhere.
Being “harder”* to understand than reddit, twitter or other big companies’ services is also a good thing, because people should remember that they have a brain and they should use it.
- “harder” because not everyone understands the fediverse right away, since usability is extremely similar
PS: ^superscript doesn’t work with phrases? at least not on preview^
Late 90’s, early 2000’s internet was fun. It was the wild west.
I’m loving the community feel of it, everyone seems to be here because they want to be here rather than just cus it’s where everyone else is
Glad to have you around here!
As a soon to be 30 yr old this reminds me of the internet I grew up loving lol, feels just the right amount of old school to me
When I see the notifications popup in the top right corner, it surprisingly reminds me of old FB. Back when instead of an app buzzing in my pocket 24/7 with notifications that are actually just ads or BS, I intentionally choose to log on, see the notification, and think “Oh, someone interacted with me, let’s go see what they said.”
I like that the rough edges keep the boomers away. That’s the point where I know to move on from a social media site.
It’s definitely forced me to learn a lot within the past few days. I guess I should thank reddit, because if they hadn’t forced the 3rd party apps out of business I wouldn’t have ever heard of Lemmy or kbin.
If reddit hadn’t banned me on the most ridiculous of charges, I wouldn’t have learned of this place.
Over the course of a decade reddit became less and less satisfying, yet I still grieved when I got banned. Over twelve years I accumulated a lot of cool stuff I’d written and I had the evidence of it touching thousands of people. That hurt to lose.
But then I found Lemmy, and it’s like being back in early reddit.
Imagine if back in the day all the PHPBB forums were federated
Reddit would never come to exist in that case, I think. MySpace and Facebook would probably’ve had a harder time growing. The sheer amount of php forums over the net was mind blowing.
I’ve come to like it more than Reddit at this point. The community feel here you can’t buy and can only make it with actual factual care.
The only complaint I have is a minor one, and that’s speed and sometimes things don’t load. Though I know that’s a symptom of growing pains. That will likely be a non-issue in the future as the tech grows with the popularity of the community
Reminds me of Reddit in 2008 when I joined. Legitimate communities forming and finding their way. Wasn’t super intuitive how to use or what to do, but something special.
Reddit has since just transformed into something almost unrecognizable, but its tough to beat the size and reach it’s built.
On thing Lemmy is going to have to worry about is bots. I’m hoping the decentralization is a good solution to both monetization and bots. We shall see.
Hey, the speed issue is solely because the instance you’re on, Lemmy.world, is way overcrowded. You can resolve this issue by joining a smaller instance or even hosting your own. The best part of Lemmy is you aren’t tied to any one server. You can create an account on a different instance/site and never miss a Lemmy post. I’m on my own private instance and have zero issues with loading speed
How do I transfer my subscriptions to another server, though? Do you really just have to re-sub to everything all over again?
Because I have so many subs now…
