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For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by hllywluis@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[–] Homo_Stupidus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think I'm getting the hang of it, I'm just concerned it won't ever get to the point of having as many in depth communities as Reddit, because that's what I like most about Reddit

[–] Seraph089@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the longer-term, we're more likely to see the opposite problem. The in-depth communities are going to be niche by definition, and interested users will be fragmented across similar communities on different instances. 100 different groups of 10, instead of a single group of 1000.

But those "groups of 10" are much more pleasant than Reddit has been for years. That could change in the future, but for now there's passion and enthusiasm wherever you look.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smaller groups means less activity, though. And that's what's keeping communities alive.

I already wrote it in another comment, but I think subs should not be under instances in the hierarchy, but on the same level.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, we need subs that can exist on multiple instances at the same time. Two subs on different instances should be to link up so all posts are shared between the two, and that they have the same mod team.

[–] witkhdoktore@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you’re not suggesting that all subs/communities would work like this but it could be a option right, a “cross-community” if you will, that is mirrored across different instances like a raid partition or something like that? Could be interesting!

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly. And just have the two communities sync to each other using ActivityPub. I haven't worked with fediverse code before, but it seems like it would work.

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just gonna be a wait and see. Depends on how many people actually make the switch. I just jumped over from Reddit, hoping this catches on!

[–] Homo_Stupidus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I do too, but I feel like it won't because the whole federated thing makes it a bit difficult to grasp and seems very fragmented overall. Right now lemmy has less users than a single "small" subreddit. We'll have to wait.