What's to stop a single Lemmy instance from going "this is taking too much time and money to run, I'm shutting this server down"? I guess that can apply to any service, but monetization sometimes prevents that from happening. But in this case it's all volunteer work and running a server takes resources.

What happens to all the users created under that Lemmy instance?

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[–] SqueakyDoors@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First comment on Lemmy. Is there a ELI5 for Lemmy to help get us started? I'm using the Connect Lemmy app!

[–] sweBers@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Best I can say is that you have your local server, which is the server you originally signed up in. You then have all the rest of the connected (federated) servers that can see what you say.

Each server is its own mini-lemmy, so it is broken down into communities just like subreddits. Each has its own server administrators and each community has its own moderators.

Regarding content delivery, it seems to be about the same process: a link, image, video, or text from a certain community. The responses are similarly threaded with buttons for interaction.

The largest differences I have seen are that each server instance can have duplicate communities. Different servers have different tolerances for communities. In extreme cases, whole servers can be blocked (defederated) from your server. This is usually due to unwanted behavior from the users that is not curbed by the moderators or extreme communities that cause hardship for other users.

This is what I got after about a week of lurking. If I'm not correct, please let me know.

[–] kingvolcano@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Just killed my Reddit alter ego so let's vsee what this will bring us. Glad to be here.

[–] Bluefold@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This all reminds me of the big Digg migration. Reddit likes to think that people chose it because it was special. For a good majority of us, especially the 10+ year accounts, it was Digg's terrible redesign and very poor product decisions. The nail in the coffin was not understanding its core content producing users willingness to move. History repeats itself.

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[–] newguy208@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

We're all refugees here

[–] TenaciousDad@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goodbye RIF, hello lemmy!

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[–] Imadiscosloth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Hi, all! This is my first comment on Lemmy. I’m exited to be here!

It’s sad watching Reddit go the way of the dodo, but I’m happy to see everyone come together to give the big ole fuck you to u/spez in solidarity and migrate over when they effectively broke Apollo and the other 3pd apps

[–] Spanguin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's nice to be wanted.

[–] Weisselberger@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Cheers! Here's hoping for a bright future!

[–] TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Happy to try it though I haven't found a cell app I much like yet.

I think the biggest challenge is going to be transplanting the knowledge. There are so many tutorials and walkthroughs that are on reddit.

It's why what was working best was the Mods making everything private.

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

Wefwef is working well for me on iPad. I was used to using Apollo to browse reddit, so this has been a godsend. I’m starting to feel more comfortable with using Lemmy a bit more as I’m figuring out what is going on! I hope that the youthfulness of lemmy (to me anyway) is a nice filter from the overwhelmingness of reddit… the downside is that it feels very niche so far, but as adoption becomes more apparent, it will be a budding new “front page” for me.

But if you’re an apollo user, I’d suggest maybe looking at wefwef, and use that to interact with lemmy.

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[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/465785

List of all the Lemmy apps, I'm sure you'll find one you like!

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[–] partyhat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

First post here!

As a former Apollo user, I’m super impressed by wefwef. Does anyone know what’s in store for its development? I’d love to see a native iOS app.

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[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the warm welcome : )

[–] Scorpiona@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

a new reddit refugees sounds like dream.

[–] albcunha@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Me too! I was on reddit for about 15 years, passed through some stories there. I hope we have a lot of cool safes to open here. At the end, We should´ve come before. This is the model of internet we should encourage, but reddit was too confortable for anything else. Now is the time! The funny thing is that I neve spent money on reddit, but I already signed up for donations here.

[–] farcanal@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Uninstalled the Sync app today.(RIP) Should be fun getting to know Lemmy.

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

I'm using connect for lemmy temporarily until LJ is able to work his magic. It has a similar sync vibe so far.

[–] farcanal@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Cheers. I might check it out.

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[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I already like the vibe of this place more, at least socially. The site is a bit cumbersome but I'm willing to stick with it to see how it can get better. Plus Sync for Lemmy will be coming and then my life will be fixed.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I love how massive this community is getting

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rip Rif. Hello Lemmy.

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[–] grilled_chesse_eater@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Hellloooooooo... I like grilled cheese

[–] Briz@vlemmy.net 8 points 1 year ago

Hello everyone! Thank you to everyone working to keep servers running during this influx of signups and all the helpful posts I'm seeing around explaining instances and generally how to Lemmy.

[–] thefable@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Just landed from reddit. Excited to be a part of the early adapters of fediverse!

[–] RunItsGojira@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

First comment on Lemmy... Been a lurker on Reddit for years who's recently become more active... Looking forward to contributing more on Lemmy! Network errors galore right now, but that's a good thing right? Everybody coming over from Reddit in droves, I would imagine... Let's f'in goooooo!

Edit: this comment gave me all sorts of problems while attempting to post, sorry for the duplicate versions... but I imagine this will calm down soon and all will be right as rain in no time 👍

[–] joeldroid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Time for me to leave reddit and join the fediverse

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Moved from Digg to Reddit 14 years ago. Happy to do the move again.

[–] Antium@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Still trying to figure this Lemmy thing out. I have an account with Lemmy.World, but I can still post/view other instances if they are shared? Anyways now that RiF is gone, guess I'm done with Reddit. Glad to be here!

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[–] shadmere@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wandering around, RiFless, looking for something to do on the internet.

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[–] Phallicymbal@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Another refugee here. I hope i post more here than i did there

Rip RiF

[–] innkeeper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn over 3k upvotes..activity is going up!. Let's get this train going! Welcome! :)

[–] soycapitan451@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

No more centralised social media. I really hope more of us make the switch. Lemmy feels like it could become a really special place.

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