• Neil@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My account here is 4 years old. I was so excited to learn about Lemmy back then, but the user base was painfully low. I’m getting that same excitement I had back then.

    Please new people, make this your permanent home and forget Reddit!

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      1 year ago

      People are just much more supportive and friendlier here. But I guess because we are in a state now before all the assholes join from reddit…

      • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Maybe it’s just me but Mastodon seems still way friendlier than Twitter, I guess partly to do with the people but also the platform structure that seems to have less incentive to attack people. Hope it’s the same for Lemmy.

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    “Back in my day?” When I joined Lemmy just two days ago I rarely ever saw a post hit 30 or 40. I was afraid I made a mistake and put effort into a dead platform. Turns out I was just ahead of the curve.

    • hschen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I miss the old lemmy from a week ago when i signed up haha, feels like it blew up so much.

  • frippa@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I joined a year ago and it’s crazy, i remember getting excited over 20 upvotes, that AMA and the whole 3rd party fiasco really brought a lot of people here!

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, u/spez being a terrible CEO/person might be the best thing to happen to the fediverse. I tried Mastodon a few months ago but the community wasn’t big enough to get me hooked. I joined Lemmy earlier this week and I really like the community that’s developing here.