Yup. That played a big role for me, too. The other factor was lemmy.ml was the first to approve my signup, finally giving me the ability to post. I’m still looking around to get a feel for other instances, and might even set up my own.
slashzero
joined 2 years ago
I’d wager a large percentage are bots, too!
Well, would you feel comfortable looking at porn on a social site, where individuals run instances you connect to (and technically have access to everything you look at) and are not obligated to follow any privacy rules? 🤷🏻♂️
I’m not ditching Reddit, just here trying out alternatives.
How has your lemmy experience been so far?
Well… I’m scrolling and F5’ing as if I was on Reddit, so honestly doesn’t feel that different, yet.
That’s, so sad. Apollo has so many users that are going to be heartbroken. Feel bad for Christian.
Personally I am not migrating, but am trying to get familiar with other options. Admittedly, I am primarily a Reddit Premium mobile user (native app). 🤷🏻♂️
Lemmy seems like a great option so far…
Same here! I was starting to think my application was rejected. So I signed up here on lemmy.ml and was approved fairly quickly.
Oh, that’s a great idea! I have a raspberry pi I could run an instance on, too. Now I need to figure it whether running an instance is worthwhile or not.
What kind of resource usage are you seeing on your instance? I have a droplet running and was wondering about setting up my own instance.
Might be overloaded since a lot of people are trying out Lemmy.
- Wow, wownoob, and other game specific subreddits.
- Star Trek, Star Wars, and other sci-fi movie/show related subreddits
- NFL team and other sports related subreddits
- Fantasy Football
Well, my understanding is your user exists on whatever instance you signed up on. You could technically create users on every single instance, but that is not necessary. You only need one user to exist somewhere, and then you can subscribe to, and post to communities on other instances.
For example: from lemmy.ml, if you search for
[!gaming@beehaw.org](/c/gaming@beehaw.org)you can then open the sidebar and subscribe to, and post to, the gaming community on beehaw.org with your lemmy.ml user.!gaming@beehaw.org is not the same community as !gaming@lemmy.ml