• MagicShel@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    And I haven’t browsed Reddit in all that time. I’ll admit to Google taking me there, but I spent no time nor comments there.

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    1 year ago

    Its fascinating to me how wonderful the discussion quality and attitude have remained… but its weird that the userbase isnt growing. maybe those of you that are lucky enough to have cool people in your lives should mention it?

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        1 year ago

        That perfectly describes me. I don’t touch Reddit, got off FB and Instagram years ago, never had Twitter, etc. Lemmy is the only thing I use now, I subscribe to a few dozen communities that get maybe 15 new posts a day combined. If I’m in the mood to waste time on here I’ll see the new posts and hide them as I go. When they run out I’m done for the day. I won’t act like it’s the right move for everyone, but for me personally cutting my social media (or similar) internet usage down to around half an hour a day max has made me a lot happier.

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        There is some significant amount of users here that fully / mostly abandoned social media and pretty often are in some kind of a post-reddit-lurker limbo, plus their age is around “I have a partner / family / job / hobbies / things in life I care more about than passionately posting / moderating online”.

        Probably. I’m always surprised by the lack of activity on [email protected], but I guess most parents are probably busing actually parenting

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      1 year ago

      maybe those of you that are lucky enough to have cool people in your lives should mention it?

      Feels like the only two topics that get discussed here are Linux and neurodivergence.

      I don’t think most people I could suggest this place to would ever enjoy that.

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      1 year ago

      Many businesses also shut down not even making it into their first year of operation. We’re going slow but steady, improving quality and relying on word of mouth instead of big advertisement campaigns. There are valid criticisms, but we also need to remember we’re in this for the long run.

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    1 year ago

    My cake day is on a different instance but I have to say it’s been a great year and I’m delighted to be here. =)

  • Schwim Dandy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve hopped instances a few times but have thoroughly enjoyed my time on Lemmy since coming here on the the reddit API change date.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m enjoying it here so much. I logged out of conventional social media for the month of June because I can’t deal with the homophobia right now, and it’s so nice to have this space to just be real on.

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    Heh. Looks like I’ve been here 12 months. I’m much happier here than Reddit. If anyone else has any good site recommendations like neocities, let me know.