I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

Hello Lemmy

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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

I put them in my DNS blacklist together with Ticktock and Facebook

[–] Col3814444@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Between Lemmy &kbin I have everything I want, Reddit and Twitter can fuck off.

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[–] gronjo45@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Welcome to the platform! Unfortunately, Reddit isn't what it used to be, but we definitely can reignite the community that we all so fondly remember. Already loving it here and how friendly everyone has been :)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just went (logged out) to the onesSubreddit I care about at this point (only because they post an event schedule every Monday) and Reddit is super slow. That's not going to help them. I mean, Lemmy can be super slow too, but Lemmy also hasn't been around since the '00s.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't really blame them for stability tbh. Not only lemmy is experiencing a massive influx of new users trying to do things, but it's also user-hosted, without a real monetization strategy. I'm impressed it's as good as it is, and is still trying to become better

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[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Same. The new influx of people has made my experience a little shaky, but I’m still very happy to have this non-spezed reddit to enjoy without the guilt. Fuck reddit, I’m glad I left and I hope they get fucked

[–] simo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

500 upvotes in 2 hours?! Fuck yes bois. Fuck that jailbait mod spez, and his shit website full of toxic spakkers.

Long live the fed!

[–] rimlogger@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I still use Reddit. Lemmy still doesn't have a lot of the communities I know and love on Reddit.

Never used Twitter.

[–] FlyingLadder@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Check out the website sub.rehab It shows Lemmyverse communities which are replacements for subreddits. Not all subreddits exist over here but a lot of the bigger ones do

[–] rimlogger@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some of the local subs I read have presences on Lemmy but no content. Most normies are still using Reddit.

[–] tyfi@wirebase.org 10 points 2 years ago

For sure. It’s super young. It’ll continue to grow most likely.

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[–] Chickerino@vlemmy.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yea i use both, there's many communites on reddit that just straight up dont exist here yet, not to mention that lemmy still has things to improve UX wise

i do hope lemmy grows though, i interact on here way more than on reddit especially after the protests

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[–] Smurfe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I deleted Twitter when Musk took over, but I still have Reddit. Once I get the hang of this, I will probably delete Reddit as well. I have noticed that for most of the Reddits I follow, the post counts are WAY down. Many posts are going unanswered or no replies.

[–] gon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything I use Twitter for stayed on Twitter. I can't leave it entirely... Same with Reddit.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Now I'm curious. What things do you get from Twitter and Reddit, that you can't find elsewhere?

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm part of a gamedev community (godot) that is still mostly on reddit.

[–] greeen_tomato@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't use the lemmy.ml community. !godot@programming.dev is the place to be. It's a bit more active. We wanted to promote it in r/godot but the mods didn't answer our request. We should bring it on the godot community site.

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[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Be the change you want to see in the world. Be active on !godot@lemmy.ml, and more people will hopefully come.

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not the OP, but in my case I used Twitter to follow artists. Most of them either already had a presence elsewhere, or created one in the mess following Elon's takeover. However not all of them did.

When I decided to delete my Twitter account, I did loose access to the feed of some artists I enjoyed.

[–] quellik@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Same here! I’ve moved from Reddit/Twitter to Lemmy and BlueSky, both of which have been an upgrade.

[–] josheron@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Welcome. I deleted all my old social media accounts. I think only LinkedIn is left. Mastodon is a delight to use and with so many apps available, you can have the best experience posible. The same is happening with Lemmy.

Just a couple of months ago it was like 3-4 comments per post. Now is huge.

[–] igetzerobread@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Have not touched my Reddit account since June 30th 0:00

[–] velvet_vessel@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Recently signed up for both Lemmy and Mastodon and it's a breath of fresh air after dealing with BS on Twitter and Reddit over the past few years. Welcome!

[–] ayyndrew@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know the fact that it doesn't have one is kind of a feature, but I do wish Mastodon had some sort of algorithm feed. I liked that after I liked a couple of football/soccer tweets, Twitter started surfacing popular football tweets, even if they didn't have any hashtags.

[–] tyfi@wirebase.org 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is the huge problem with Masrodon imo. Twitter has all kinds of crazy algorithms, often bad and leaning towards hate/fear. Mastodon seems to be on the far other end with very little to drive engagement.

This is why a Reddit-type use (Lemmy) is perfect. The algorithm is mostly human driven with upvotes/downvotes.

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[–] Zenbach@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I just joined Lemmy today for this same reason. Let's see how it goes.

[–] asterzura@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm really struggling in getting used to Mastodon. Already created two accounts in two different instances but couldn't follow any interesting accounts or whatever.

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[–] Sylaran@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Did the same thing a few days ago and honestly feels pretty great

[–] jininjin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

First time poster. I'm on lemmy.world but found not many of my channels like I have on Reddit. How you all find your niche subs that are bigger than 30 people?

[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Gotta post content and engage with the small communities to help them grow I guess. Since I've started a few weeks ago I've seen new communities spring up everywhere. Hopefully in time whatever you are missing will come to Lemmy.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The two things that worked for me are:

Start with Lemmy Explorer (https://lemmyverse.net/) and look for communities you're interested in, and subscribe to them (it helps if you hit the little house icon and tell it what your home instance is)
Sort posts by "all" and look for ones that seem interesting, then look at the community those are posted in and subscribe.

Do that for a bit, then you can sort by "subscribed."

Seems to be a workable strategy.

[–] Orionza@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

For me, I have a nice Twitter feed. Really nice, lots of good people and it makes me happy. Nearly none of them are on Mastodon so I'm having a hard time doing this anew. I expect a lot of those folks will have a hard time moving to Mastodon, but some have left for Instagram. Not the same. I have found a lot of the same forums from Reddit here, and some are empty so I hope to help populate.

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[–] mr_monoxide@vlemmy.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Been on Twitter (with Tweetbot) & Reddit (with Apollo) for 10+ years. I kept to my follow list and subreddits and really did not see a lot of the toxicity that everyone talks about. I think that is largely because 1) I was using third party apps and wasn’t getting any adds or suggested posts, and 2) I was mostly lurking and didn’t have a lot of posts or comments. I did find in Reddit that some comments would get harsh responses, but mostly I would get useful answers to questions.

Now using Mastodon and Lemmy/WefWef. Generally, like the experience with some issues with Lemmy in particular. Main issue right now: I hate having to scroll through read posts every time I open Lemmy or an app.

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