Welcome to the fediverse!

  • pmich80@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1534·
    2 years ago

    First time posting after 9 solid years on Reddit. Thanks for the welcome

    • eldavi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      2 years ago

      12 years for me and i’m kicking myself for letting myself get so entrenched after i had experienced the same thing before; fediverse, here i come! lol

      • Briongloid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        It’s been very common in my 3 weeks on Lemmy, it’s probably more common to see 100% upvotes.

          • Briongloid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
            4·
            2 years ago

            Personally I feel that what Reddit has been using for nearly 20 years was successful because it worked, the negativity that inevitably comes with large groups of people was the only issue and a lot of Lemmy users think it’s the basic systems that worked.

            Karma added a little boost to activity and engagement, while upvote/downvote helped curate content at a site wide level.

            The value of these made up points is directly correlated with the size of the overall group and the larger Lemmy grows, the more it will have the same issues, it’s just a matter of how long we get to enjoy this environment before it outgrows us etc.

            The only important thing is that while we still can, we try to reinforce to people that the vote itself is matter of quality and appropriateness to the community the comment/post is in, as apposed to whether the thing is liked etc.

      • Possible_EmuWrangler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I havent looked at code, so i can only guess. Just before you looked at it, i clicked downvote. I realise my mistake and unclick/click it again. The local server we’re browsing on (Server A) sends the downvote to the server the post was made on(Server B), but it also temporarily adjusts it local figure for a while until it can refresh from the server the post was made on. Last it knew server B had a tally at 0 downvotes, so it goes negative. (If Server A had a downvote figure of 4, the same process would have shown 3 to you)

      • KingFapNTits@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I downvoted you. No one else had any downvotes; please let me know if it registered. I don’t want vote fuckery like they have on reddit.

        • TheGreatFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          It registered, I see the downvote. The reason you don’t see downvotes on most comments is that most people here don’t give them out for no reason, so there just aren’t any to display.

          Pretty sure the negative downvotes weren’t intentional manipulation, my best guess was some cross-federation code interacting weirdly. Though it’s fixed now anyway, you responded to a comment that was 17 days old.

  • scoofy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    2 years ago

    I am here now. Just signed up. Mod of /r/bicycling, /r/sanfrancisco, and a few other smaller subs. The whole thing is a mess right now, so I wanted to see if there are greener pastures here. Any tips are welcome. I literally have no idea what I’m doing.

    • Joe B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 years ago

      #fediverse is nicer then reddit. Dosen’t have that superiority complex!

    • AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I think we are still figuring out sophisticated mod tools, but the community is nice, the admins are awesome, and everyone seems to be pretty much on the same page about an open and cooperative internet.

    • fenwickrysen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for the work you did on the SF sub; I got the sense it could be a handful on occasion. Nice to recognize some of the cool ex-redditors here. I modded /r/chaosmagick and a half-dozen other tiny subs. It’s pleasant to get away from the flustercuck spez has turned reddit into.

    • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      lemmy.world/c/bayarea is sort of active. I hope this site doesn’t fade out of popularity similar to the migration to voat back in the day. I do think the federation of lemmy will prevent a repeat of what’s currently going on with reddit ruining itself and 3rd party apps. Still learning how to use this site myself.

  • Axxi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    2 years ago

    I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of leaving Reddit after 14 years but some things cannot be avoided. My first post here on Lemmy. Thank you for the warm welcome!

  • crototype@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    Thank you for the welcome.

    Bye bye Reddit. Hope they collapse after getting rid of 3rd party apps. Reddit is Fun was my shit. I gotta find a Lemmy equivalent so I can get off my phone’s web browser.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      I downloaded Connect for lemy today. Seems to be working okay so far. I haven’t tried any of the other ones yet, so don’t take my word as gold. Could be something better out there.

      • AThing4String@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Same, but I’m mostly waiting for Sync for Lemmy. I know it wasn’t the most popular 3rd party Reddit app, but it sure was my favorite.

        The announcement in their app for Reddit today was the whole reason I’m here! :D

      • rskn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I just found out about Connect today and have been loving it.

        I’ve been a paid Sync user for more years than I know, and am so glad they’re coming over to Lemmy. However, in the meantime, Connect is pretty great for basic posting/reading needs.

  • httperror418@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    Nothing better than being greeted with Futurama, for the Fediverse when new episodes of Futurama drop in July! (I’m extremely excited for the new season)

  • Senator94 @lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Well it was a good ride at Reddit. I was using Reddit since since 2006 as a lurker. Lemmy is now my home. Hi all!

  • MondaySunday21@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Lasted one day on the official reddit app. Sadly the readability of it with the massive amounts of ads and sponsored posts makes me rather not use reddit at all.

    Glad lemmy seems to genuinely be an upcoming alternative!

  • anonymous_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    Former reddit user here. I hope that this site grows and prospers and I look forward to discovering replacement communities for subreddits I’ve used.

  • PlungeButter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    Thanks! I mostly lurked on reddit for many years (as a Digg refugee), and I want to try and get out of that rut and actually contribute some content here. Wish me luck!

  • HPTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    When will we get our own persistently-broken video player? That’s super important for my quality use experience.