For me a social media in a linux distro called blendos and because reddit sucks and is soo toxic man
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Reddit APIcalypse. Downloaded Jerboa and came to World after I saw a post in the middle of it.
Don’t remember the exact date now but I believe I learned about Lemmy either slightly before or during the first wave of Twitter/Mastodon migration… I was trying to find Reddit alternatives, and quickly realized that the only option is a thing that is run by Tankies where the most popular posts only gathered fewer than 100 upvotes each
… anyway the statement did not age well. I’ve been lurking on Lemmy for the past year but haven’t really registered an account so
It’s interesting that you were able to post without an account
Found out about it from r/RedditAlternatives but had always been reluctant to sign up, after watching Voat and Ruqqus become right wing shitholes.
The API controversy was what caused me and others to flock here.
Created my account 3 years ago so I could still access one of the piracy subs in case they were banned from reddit, they used to have an alt community on lemmy.ml…
I came over properly during the reddit blackout, set up the communities I most wanted to see over here (that didn’t exist already), and have stayed ever since
I like the fact that the posts have (generally) sensible comments, without 1000 replies of inane drivel to sift through, overall it feels like a nice quiet corner of the internet where I can recognise usernames and have a brief chat, then be on my way
Definitely love that it feels like a nice quiet corner of the internet
Minutes before the reddit API pricing changes being announced, i started testing 3 party reddit apps because the official one was terrible
While testing, i found a post about the reddit changes but ignored it
I ended up using boost for reddit.
During the community strikes, i rarely opened reddit to check one of the subreddits about the protests
I found out about lemmy from the announcement of he creator of boost for reddit making boost for lemmy
I came over in the API exodus. Lemmy lacks niche content, so I went back to Reddit. I stick around here because I’m so used to Sync.
Reddit referred me to Lemmy just like Digg referred me to Reddit and Slashdot to Digg
For me the chain is similar but longer.
Fidonet BBS’s -> Internet Newsgroups over NNTP -> Slashdot -> Digg -> Reddit -> Fediverse
Heard about Lemmy from Mastodon and I found out about that from Hackernews.
During the api debacle I just looked on alternativeto.net and found lemmy. I didn’t want to switch at the time, so I just used both until Relay stopped working and then I just used lemmy.
I did exactly the same. I found lemmy through a reddit post about alternatives to Reddit. And after 13 years as a daily reddit user, once RIF went down, I haven’t gone back.
I do wish we’d get more traffic with the science communities but I’ve still noticed slow and steady growth since then.
On Reddit. Used it because of how shit Reddit became. Couldn’t use Infinity for reddit and Spez was removing moderators for protesting.
Reddit.
Reddit.
During the Reddit API stuff, same as most of the folks here. I tried kbin first but lack of an API or mobile app at the time pushed me to Lemmy instead.
I eventually caved and started using the official Reddit app, but I still check here as well - less content but I like the vibes here. Reddit hasn’t been the same since the protests - might just be bias but I feel like ‘brain drain’ was real and quality discussions over there are a little less frequent than before.
First heard about it on r/dndmemes during the API shit storm. I stick around because it’s so much nicer. Smaller, yes, but easier to curate I guess? I read about my specific interests and just vibe.
Banned from Reddit for suggesting that certain cult members should in fact drink the flavor aide.
Mental Outlaw. I tried it and then started to like it. My oldest account is on lemmy.world, but I stopped using LW just so other instances can get some activity as well. LW is getting too big too fast.
