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I don't know any Lemmy users IRL. I have nudged my friends towards it. My partner has asked me to post things a few times. Just curious.

Edit: running total including the commenter: 32.5 people

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Just my husband, but not sure he counts as he doesn’t have an account. I did meet one of my closest friends on Reddit though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Seen with my own eyeballs?

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But I'm pretty sure they post to Mastadon and it is visible here on Lemmy. Or maybe they have accounts on Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just my wife, who downloaded the app for me and subscribed to instances because it's too complicated and effort

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah that's certainly a weakness of signing up for the fediverse (Lemmy, mastodon, etc).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just one, the only relatively tech-savvy person I know irl

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Added to the tally. I'm not sure if the tally is larger or smaller than I expected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ha I'll add 0.5 to the count

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

0.5. One friend found my lemmy account when scouring the internet for TTRPG maps. I think that halfway counts, even if he doesn't have an account of his own.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have at least 3 friends IRL that are on Lemmy. One of them I got to join, and two are friends I met doing mutual aid and other organizing projects. Later found out they're on here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You are the only person so far that knows someone else's on Lemmy and you aren't reason they joined or vis-versa

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Huzzah! I know a bunch of geeks and radicals, so maybe that's why.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Woah very cool. Excuse my ignorance but is "mutual aid" a term for helping out your neighbor? Which is something people have always done but it often sounds like when people use the term "mutual aid" it is a bit more organized. Does that ring true for you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's pretty much it. "Mutual aid" is meant to be distinct from "charity" which has a different kind of implication. Mutual aid is more about "we help each other". Charity can absolutely be organized, but tends to be more "structured" than mutual aid efforts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Makes sense. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So far I don't think I've met anyone

PS. According to the subscribers of the Greek community, there are probably less than 70 Greeks online on lemmy (and probably some of them live abroad), so it's probably rather rare to find someone who uses it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There seems to be 3 forum platforms.

  1. Lemmy
  2. Reddit
  3. Gab

I hear about reddit on the radio and people talk about reddit. No one talks about the other two.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. This is the first I heard of Gab

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Gab's exclusively for nazis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's like a far right Lemmy? Huh. Kinda like bizarro Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I think the appeal is Trump is on Gab. (Don't quote me. I'm not sure.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Just my partner and I.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Big fat goose egg 0. A lot of people I talk to don't even know what Reddit is, really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I know one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I know one who I stumble upon once in a while in the comments, we say hi to each other

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Two. The friend who sent me here and a friend I sent here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Zero. However I would be interested in seeing anyone in real life. I feel like it would go do in Lemmy history.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

My partner was on it for like a minute but I don't think they use it anymore. Certainly not as much as I do.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Buddy, I don't even know myself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

None, as far as I know.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

no one uses lemmy in my country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

None. Even trying to suggest Mastodon, still no luck which I just stopped as I'm just exhausted of hearing the answer "no".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I know some people using that big social network Lemmy-like. But none of them came to here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tell many people about it, probably none have signed up but it's not my business to know their username if they have. Might be fun to meet some of you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I am morbidly curious what the average Lemming is like.

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