👋 to all the newcomers, let me know if you need any help getting settled in!

    • LemmyInRedditSux @lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      You're all the technology-savvy intelligent ones who figured out Lemmy right away, months ago. I was trying to get into Lemmy even before July 1st but finally figured it out today November 10th! I finally got into Lemmy today. It was nearly as difficult as applying & repeatedly being rejected for competitive employment somewhere. sheesh.

    • Bigocciput@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Very sad to say goodby to RIF after 9 years. Lets get this party started and I got some learning to do in this new environment.

  • SleyK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I straight up don't know how to use Lemmy. I feel like I need to relearn how to ride a bike.

    • Hedup@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Set feed to All. Scroll. See interesting topic you want to see more, subscribe to community. Interested in specific topic? Search for community in communities page. Once you gather enough subscriptions, set feed to subscribed. Scroll.

    • Kitten@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      I've been here for a bit more than a week now and my biggest advice and is to take it as it is. Take a deep breath, accept that this is Lemmy and not something else, and that you're feeling it out. This is not relearning a bike, this is getting in a peddle boat for the first time. Similar, yes, but also it's own thing.

    • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it's different, you'll burn in pretty quick though, just have to get used stuff being spread across a bunch of instances. It feels pretty natural after using it a while. The designers try to make it easy. It's kind of like email where each community has two parts to its name.

    • tatertime@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      ok, so i have been here for like a whole hour now so i'm a pro! Jk I still don't get a lot of it but I did find this cool map that shows you large communities! https://lemmymap.feddit.de/

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    that is cool. there is no such thing as too many graphs, so don't be shy in the future 😆

  • Shambles404@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    This whole fediverse thing is a bit strange after 10 years of rif. But Reddit was going downhill for quite a while. Hope this takes off!

    • schnitzelbub@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      And reddit still has a long way down. Look at Facebook, it never died, it just lost most young users and it grew stale with conspiracy theories, blind hatred and fake news.

      • Data's Cat Spot@startrek.website
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        1 year ago

        It's the walmart-ification of social media. They're self sustaining because of their size, but that's not enough to make them an enjoyable experience. Just corporate, sterile, and lots of bored people.

        • schnitzelbub@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          It's like buying from a supermarket and getting pretty much everything in one stop (most of it being mediocre) VS getting local, yummy, Bio, more expensive products from 5 local small shops.

  • Fais@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I joined 2 weeks ago, I technically am a migrant lol but I feel like a veteran already .

    WELCOME REDDITORS!

      • Fais@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        We used to struggle without our beloved pre built subreddits!

        We had to pray to our instance develop lords with praise for giving us space!

        Fr fr tho this experience is historical and I'm learning just as much as you! I learn if there's a community missing that you used to frequent, make it yourself!

        I ended up making !onepiece@lemm.ee to fill my GOAT manga needs

  • Earthwick@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Nice to have a new place to hang my virtual coat and peer into the endless void of the internet.

  • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I was interested to see what the rush was going to be like when Reddit mobile apps shut down. Looks like it might be pretty significant. Is this bigger than the blackout rush?

    • thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      We'll soon find out based on how many times we have to copy paste an explanation of how community search works to confused new Lemmings 😄

  • WanakaTree@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Haha, guilty. I went to mindlessly pull up RIF at about 7 pm CT and it wasn't loading comments, then I went oh, right, UTC it's midnight. And now two hours later here I am on lemmy

    • Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Had 200k+ karma on my main account and 30k+ on several other accounts (adult account, etc.). I don't think Huffman or Reddit know what they're doing. Anyway, hello Lemmy!!!

  • avinash@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Same for me. Woke up, launched Sync and got the message that it's not working anymore now and will work with Lemmy later. Immediately created an account here 👍