I'm so glad I finally got into Lemmy. Reddit was destroyed on July 1st but I couldn't get into Lemmy until November because the instances were so fickle.

In the meantime I tried saidit but quickly discerned that most of the users there were just really bad Reddit rejects. like the worst of the worst Reddit rejects.

Glad Lemmy finally let me in.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This place seemed to attract the older tech crowd instead of the Nazis like Voat did.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I am old'ish so this checks out.

Lemmy has its quirks and it has its own distinct cliques, for sure. Posting specific viewpoints on some specific instances can be a bit awkward, especially for new users. Let's just say that if you haven't been called a capitalist pig baby killer at least once on Lemmy, you haven't had the full, well rounded experience.

All in all, Lemmy is fairly nice but people can still play follow the leader with comments. That is a curse with all social media, I'm afraid.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

capitalist pig baby killer

I'm guessing your instance hasn't blocked Hexbear and Lemmygrad yet.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

That specific incident happened a while ago, just as those were getting more widely blocked. There is still an instance or two that can be vocal, but it's not nearly as bad as it was.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

I made the mistake of wandering into both of those places…

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think that was just a matter of fortunate timing. The other Reddit migrations were due to toxic subs being banned, so the worst parts of Reddit migrated to whatever platforms were being discussed at the time, which happened to be mainly Voat.

The July 1st exodus was due to the Reddit API being paywalled at extortionate rates to crush third-party apps, which affected normal users - particularly long-time contributors and the tech-savvy. Lemmy discussion was picking up steam at the time, so that's where a lot of these users went.

If the timings were reversed and Lemmy got the worst users Reddit had to offer Lemmy probably would have handled it much better than Voat did (especially since the devs would loathe the new users), but I'd imagine a split forming between instances, with right-wing instances being defederated and creating their own bubbles of toxicity.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Yeah the thing I got from here was an understanding that focusing on free speech just means you have the worst users. If you want a free speech instance you’re free to be on one that others are defederated from

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 5 points 10 months ago

Probably because we get excited for new tech my shit and AP/Fediverse/Lemmy is so hot right now.

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reddit was going down hill long before the API paywall. That was certainly the final nail.

I'd say the first nail in the coffin was when they fired Victoria.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

The final nail will be when they eventually kill old.reddit.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 7 points 10 months ago

i built mine because i left reddit after a very long time. i agree with @TheVillageGuy, the mbin interface is more .. reddit-y, i didnt like the sparse nature of lemmy.

https://moist.catsweat.com

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

those capthas really are annoying but thanks to them im at lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I don't recall being tripped up by the captcha's, all I remember is that I would go through the whole process of establishing an account in an instance, and their response was infinite buffering and/or never sending me a confirmation email.