Just making sure I’m in the right place. I cannot see any developed communities here so I’ve started wondering, what’s the real place everyone from Reddit has moved to? I’ve heard something about Discuit, but never tried it.

  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’m here still. It is much slower here than reddit, but there are some upsides to that. One is that I spend way less time on my phone, scrolling

    • The Barto@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      That’s what I’m loving about it atm, I can have a quick scroll while I’m waiting for something or go on an adventure through the different communities, I don’t feel like I have to check it all the time. I was pretty addicted to reddit for a while, so this has been great.

  • huginn@feddit.it
    8·
    2 years ago

    Just browsing /c/everything top-6 hrs and then getting into arguments in the comments.

    It’s like I never left.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      If you can’t get into pointless arguments with people who think the 1 mile radius around their house is representative of the entire world, what would be the point in even having a reddit replacement?

      • kionay@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        This could be the opening line in a high school textbook for a course on how to use the Internet

      • Wanderer@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 years ago

        But why would you fund public transport?

        The nearest house to me is 30 minutes away and my shops are a 1 hour drive.

        Trains would not work anywhere.

    • Wanderer@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      What you browsing on? Sync just seems off for me.

      All the comment chains are fucked too.

      • huginn@feddit.it
        1·
        2 years ago

        Sync

        I don’t really have issues with the chains? Maybe it’s something to do with your instance?

  • Polar@lemmy.ca
    6·
    2 years ago

    I’m here, but barely. I’ve not went back to Reddit (got IP banned during the migration), but Lemmy is too focused on certain topics for me to enjoy it.

    Mainly FOSS and Linux community FLOCKED to Lemmy. You really can’t say anything about anything without people coming out of the woods screaming about how stupid you are, how FOSS is better, and Linux is superior.

    Remember the backlash over Sync for Lemmy? Massive hate from the Lemmy community because it wasn’t FOSS. Wouldn’t be shocked if the Boost for Lemmy dev stopped developing his app after seeing that. I feel like Lemmy is shooting itself in the foot and pushing people away.

    EDIT: case in point. https://lemmy.ca/comment/3131292

      • Polar@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’ve only moved back to Firefox because what Google is currently doing with Chrome/Chromium is terrible and harmful.

        I will say, Firefox is sluggish and shit, but I refuse to allow Google to fuck over the internet.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Here despite the lack of content/content I can’t get here on Lemmy. Still, generally I’d say it’s a little better on this side of things.

  • AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    I’m here. I’ll still go on Reddit if I’m on desktop (which is rare) but when on my phone, Lemmy does the job fine.

  • Harpsist@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    I think the biggest sub I’m on here is all of 5000. Ouuuu.

    Obviously not even 5% of reddit transitioned over. I know a lot of my favourite subs went to discord.

    But discord - to my knowledge - doesn’t have a ‘front page’ of subs… Making it hard to find new subs.

    • beteljuice@lemmy.ml
      4·
      2 years ago

      Discord is really fucking up on the discoverability front. They could take over the internet if they got their heads out of their asses. I was looking for discords on a specific topic, and had to scrape through several random pages to find relevant servers.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    This is probably where most of them ended up, a few communities here are the official replacements too.

    The problem is that Reddit is MASSIVE compared to any of the alternatives. More people are moving over slowly, it just takes time. As for why you aren’t seeing much, maybe your feed is set to ‘local’?

    You can also subscribe to communities you like. Try looking for topics here: https://lemmyverse.net/communities

  • SkyNTP@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Discuit seems to offer nothing new but more promises of not falling down the same buisness practice pitfalls as reddit. I am sure they are well intentioned. But intentions are not enough.

    I am on Lemmy for one simple reason. I am done trusting corporations to run projects for any extended poeriod of time without succumbing to corruption, greed, or missmanagement.

  • SecretSauce@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 years ago

    Well I don’t really consider myself a refugee so much anymore is the thing, it just feels like home here now

  • Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    In think the key to helping those stuck in the Reddit world is to cross post Lemmy/kbin links to Reddit. You can even get any url to a post via the share feature on the apps. Let’s make them aware there is a place where they are not just making money more money.

    • nucleative@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      You could cross post to Lemmy and then put a link in the Reddit thread that says something like: “for the real conversation, the way Reddit used to be, come to Lemmy”

      That might get Reddit accounts banned though 😅