• sweeny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hell yeah, just got here and am ready boost some engagement! I already like it here, I forgot that being able to see the amount of down votes used to be a thing

      *Looks like I’m the 69th comment here, what a start!

      • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        One of the things I love about Lemmy is that I’m literally over here in a different instance. I can willingly see other content but I also have this local group I can be close with. It brings me back to the old Internet with the benefits and reach of the new Internet.

        • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Excellent point. A small community, that can easily interact with the larger community. This is what the internet always should have been.

  • andrew@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This seems like as good a thread as any to make my first post in as a Lemmy user. I’ve been on Reddit since '09, and was on slashdot back in the 90’s. I really am hoping that these new, federated services take off. Onboarding still seems like the biggest hurdle.

    • constantokra@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      After onboarding the interface is kind of rough to figure out. Mostly because the mobile web version isn’t that great, and jerboa also isn’t that great, and they’re different enough that switching back and forth gets you confused. With reddit’s problems, I imagine we’ll see some more client apps and ui improvements show up in the next couple months with the added attention, and that’ll be the end of that. Honestly, I thought it’d be rougher. I do wish I got more replies to my comments though, so i’m trying to make a point to post a bit more than I ordinarily would.

      • Laplacian@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The desktop web interface seems pretty similar to old reddit/rif so I haven’t had that much difficulty with browsing. The fact that I’ll be losing my niche subs is the hardest part of moving entirely to Lemmy though.

  • its4am@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I apologize in advance as I’m one of the many reddit refugees seeking alternatives. I can’t believe how fast reddit is unraveling and you’d think with u/spez’s recent AMA he would try to placate the community instead of inciting the situation even further. Anyway, Lemmy’s pretty cool so far.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Don’t apologize. All refugees are welcome here. Although… there is one small thing you could do to help. Maybe make an account on a less crowded instance? Too many people see “dev-run” and think “main instance”. We do need to spread out a bit to make this sustainable.

      • kofe@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        I’m new here, too. How do I switch instances from the mobile app? Edit: I’m using androids jerboa

        • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          You just add another account under the arrow on the top left side. Then you can switch between the accounts on different instances if you like. But I prefer having one account only on a small instance.

  • BackOnMyBS@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Judging from my experience trying to sign up for a Lemmy instance for the past 2 days, it’s going to be hard. Unless I was doing something wrong, I can see a lot of people having difficulty signing up and eventually giving up. kbin was much easier to sign up for.

  • Windshear@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Funny how even the small wave is enough to take down the city 🤣. I hope Lemmy can grow to be my primary time waster. There’ll be downtime and hiccups, but I’m a patient man.

    • Garrathian@beehaw.orgEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Well kbin.social and beehaw.org have both gotten the hug of death over the last 25 minutes so that’s fun haha. Might have to hop over to a smaller instance to spread the load out

      • b0b89@midwest.socialEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        I don’t really know how this system works but if I’m on one instance looking at stuff on another does that help at all? Is stuff cached to help spread out the load?

        • Garrathian@beehaw.orgEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          That’s the impression I got from the devs and admins here, but I’m not certain my impressions are correct or what kind of impact external users posting to beehaw communities impacts beehaw’s instance

          • Dessalines@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Our current coding work should help, but ya it’s not been an easy time for us server admins, when reddit fucks up so bad that half the site tries to join the fediverse.

            • sprocket@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              0·
              1 year ago

              Thank you for your hard work, and sorry for being part of the reddit hoarde 😂

              But seriously, thank you 👍

  • d4rknusw1ld@kbin.social
    0·
    1 year ago

    So, is this lemmy? I just signed up for kbin wasn’t sure if this is lemmy and I can use this to reach other instances. Also an Apollo refugee.