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People who joined Lemmy in the last few days thanks to posts on /r/buyfromEU, how are you doing? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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First of all,welcome to Lemmy!

Here are a few pointers to help you settle in

Feel free if you have any questions!

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

I am having trouble with the absence of centralized communities. For many many topics communities seem to exist on multiple instances and that splits up the user base and discussions it seems. I get that it is an inherent part of the design, but it hurts my experience.

Also the number of users seems to be too low still to create a lively environment. I hope that changes but so far the number of posts and comments on those posts seems a bit low compared to what I was used to.

Having said all that, I love the app (I am using voyager) and the general vibe of the people on here. Let’s hope on more users and a continued constructive community!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What topics are you interested in? Usually there is a more active community, and then smaller ones.

For instance for movies:

https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=movies&order=active can help to discover those, usually weekly or monthly active users is a good metric.

This post can help as well: https://lemm.ee/post/57443076

A few other examples where one community become "the one"

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

I am happy I joined (in past 14 days or so). So far I like it a lot. In the past I tried lemmy and was confused how it works. Somehow I thought when I post something on mastodon it can also be targeted to lemmy (posts or replies), but I think I largely misunderstood and that put me off for some time. But when I found out about this sublemmy I had to try again and this time with success!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm confused about this too, I've subscribed to the hashtag #buyeuropean on mastodon and I see posts from this community here over there? 🤔

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

Pretty cool, good to see we have an alternative to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Loving it so far! I've also found great replacements for all the US software I've been using. Should have done that a long time ago, there are actually amazing non fascist alternatives!

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

Welcome!

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

Glad to be here. Switched to vivaldi. On my way to delete amazon, paypal, microsoft and google accounts. Using Signal + an own hostes emailadres from germany. Thinking im on a good way

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

Well done!

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

Good.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Glad to be here!

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

Welcome!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why is this buyeuropean on feddit.uk but it has an EU flag? I feel like somebody has yet to learn about a major political event that happened in the last few years.

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

There's [email protected] on an Estonian server without a flag, but it's mostly memes

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

lol. Poor brexiter

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Which Lemmy app is the best?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like Connect for Lemmy

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thanks. What could be the reason some reply comments arent loading? Is it some kind of Lemmy bug?

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

I often see people recommending Voyager, so that's probably worth a try :)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.vger.voyager&hl=en_US

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I was looking for reddit alternatives before and didn't pull through. Now that I did (first hour), I dont see why anyone wouldn't "migrate".

Ah, and I'm using "eternity". Reminds me of the old days before reddit turned facebook.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Welcome!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Looking for some good software recommendations, I like what I'm seeing here.

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

what Software do you want?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Switched to LibreOffice, and Betterbird for Mail. Works well so far. Using Vivaldi as a browser, that's a European project but with a modified Chrome core as far as I understand, the built-in AdBlocker works fine in combination with NoScript, even on mobile. Trying out Linux Mint so I can switch the OS when Windows 10 loses support later this year.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm surprised how quickly I've gotten used to it! I honestly really like the mobile app and it's gestures, as well as the customizability.

Although I don't think I'll be completely quitting reddit just yet, as some of my more niche interests don't have communities here yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you considered creating new communities for your niche interests? You might just find like-minded people here. :)

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

I would but I simply don't have the time or motivation to moderate and manage a community

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Well here's the thing, if no one shows up then there's nothing to moderate, and if people show up you can make one or several of moderators. ;) But you'll never find out unless you create a community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

That's fair, most of people still use Reddit for niche interests

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