For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?
For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?
I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?
I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!
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Been here 6 days and here are some of my thoughts:
Pros:
- the community is great. I've been more active here than on reddit and I noticed people answer your posts/comments more to discuss than criticize your POV.
- it's nice to have a lot of options in terms of instances
- the app is surprisingly good. It's no Apollo/Joey, but for something that's in its initial stages is surprisingly useable
- on browser, kbin.social is nice (I don't use lemmy on pc)
- many of the subs I follow on reddit have their own communities here
Cons:
- it can still be confusing, specially for new members or people who aren't used to how the Fediverse is set up
- I still miss the niche subs I follow on reddit. i know I can start my own but I don't have time nor the experience to effectively moderate communities
- there is, of course, a big difference in terms of activity (again compared to reddit) due to the massive difference in the number of users
Is it a reddit replacement? No. Reddit is too big and established (and mainstream) to be replaced in such a short period. But imho lemmy is a great alternative. Like I've mentioned before, just participating here has drastically lessened my reddit usage. It can get better. I'm excited to see there it goes.
Edit: sorry for all the typos. I'm new at using flosiboard and it doesntl't have spell check yet lol.
It blows my mind how reddit is so mainstream now, when it was such a niche corner of the web when I joined it.
Seems like the natural lifecycle of things. I'm excited to see what the next reddit is going to be
This is so true. And another thing - it really does appear to be that once something goes "mainstream" in the internet-era, it loses some of its charm that made it a special place to begin with.
Agreed. This was initially really daunting - figuring out how to get Lemmy going, but I am really liking it now!
Like you said, it's not going to be competing with the same number of users, but that's probably a good thing?