There's a clear up tick on daily users growing and we've crossed the 50k line as of yesterday! LETSSS GOOO! : fediverse

[-] NOT_RICK_SANCHEZ@lemmy.world 213 points 2 months ago

People getting sick and tide of Reddit. TBH I’m still salty over them killing 3rd party apps and I’m so glad they did because that drew the line for me, also fuck spez.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 88 points 2 months ago

They've basically banned anonymous accounts. Their whole thing was anonymity.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

They seem to be blocking access from certain IPs and VPNs (if not logged in?) Which is funny because some of these VPNs are not really hiding anything. Like my work VPN which I would think makes it pretty obvious which company I work for. Annoying when search results link to reddit content.

[-] Hubi@feddit.org 21 points 2 months ago

You can use this script with a browser addon like Tampermonkey to get around the sign-in requirement:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         reddit - unblock (create cookie and reload)
// @namespace    Violentmonkey Scripts
// @match        *://*.reddit.com/*
// @grant        none
// @version      2024-01-08
// @noframes
// @license      MIT License
// @description  for "Blocked" "whoa there, pardner!" cowboy bs
// ==/UserScript==
/* thanks: https://www.reddit.com/r/mullvadvpn/comments/18jbxb2 */
if (document.title === "Blocked") {
  document.cookie="reddit_session=;Domain=.reddit.com;Path=/;Expires=;Secure=true;SameSite=None";
  window.location.reload();
}

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[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 49 points 2 months ago

Reddit has become very strange.

Shadowbanning sucks when your on the other side of it.

Forever mods that have hundreds of default subreddits act like dictators. Banning people from all their collections of subreddits without anyone knowing.

Removing the ability for users to see actual number of votes up/down.

And now with the whole "don't upvotes certain content or you will get a strike". Never mind that isn't how the site works at all.

They haven't come out with a feature that people have wanted in the last couple of years.

[-] GreatDong3000@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

Getting rid of coins/rewards just to empty everyone's stock and then bringing them back again without 1:1 compensation and forgetting everyone who gave their coins away before they would vanish

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[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Same, it was over for me when they took Boost away thankfully Boost pivoted to Lemmy lol

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[-] Zenodyne@lemmy.world 114 points 2 months ago

Joined up yesterday and have been pretty happy so far. Have been looking for an alternative so i could ditch reddit since the API changes and had no idea this place existed until i saw a random thread yesterday

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 months ago

Welcome!

If you're new, I definitely recommend checking out https://lemmyverse.net/communities for finding new communities to subscribe to, rather than just browsing "all". There are a lot of weird communities out there when you just browse "all"...

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 20 points 2 months ago

Welcome! It's a great, homely place that still feels a little bit like the old internet.

In addition to the already mentioned Lemmyverse, two other great ways of finding active communities are !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl

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[-] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Welcome! We've got memes on deck at !memes@lemmy.world and if you're a programmer of some kinds we got !programmer_humor@programming.dev to scratch that itch and be sure to drop a shit(post) off at !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world or if you want SCIENCE and memes head over to the wonderful !science_memes@mander.xyz or if you just want regular SCIENCE mander.xyz is full of sciency comms like !science@mander.xyz and !astronomy@mander.xyz . !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone is also nice this time of year, but you'll have to post before you can leave.

We're not without our cons though, biggest problem we have are probably the Tankies (Authoritarian "communists" who will overlook any wrong doings of China, Russia, NK because they think their governments are the "gold standard"), but here they're mostly on the Tankie Triad lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear. You have a .world account so you only have to worry about .ml, but on Lemmy you can do a personal instance wide block if you'd rather just not deal with them. If you want to see what they get up to from a safe distance check !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works

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[+] Jimius@lemmy.ml 79 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] PNWKid@lemm.ee 42 points 2 months ago

Just got so sick of reddits smarminess. It’s also just astroturfed corporate BS at this point anyway.

I’ve been boycotting Amazon for over a year (and quite frankly won’t ever stop), won’t shop at Target and won’t visit super corporatized social media.

Reddit has proven time and time again they’re just a whipping boy for corporate interests.

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[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago

just a heads up, the instance you're on is pretty controversial.

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[-] Justnotoverthink@lemmy.wtf 71 points 2 months ago

A lot of folks here are talking about Reddit being shitty but I switched because I'm in Europe and I don't want to enrich especially US Companies off of my personal data.

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[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 69 points 2 months ago

2025 is the year of the Lemmyverse!

[-] AloneYogurt@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

The more people that transition over here the better it'll be (outside of some of some subs). I'm hopeful to see more community engagement.

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 2 months ago

Greeting new Lemmings!

Please wipe your feet, we don't want anyone tracking in any spez.

[-] g4nd41ph@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

I was fed up with reddit and looking to make a change that won't put money in spez's pocket, arrived a few days ago.

[-] Transtronaut 36 points 2 months ago

This was me during the APIcalypse. Since joining Lemmy, I have:

Realized I'm trans
Procured a Steam Deck
Started pirating again
Been on HRT for over a year and counting
Developed a chronic dependency on Yuri manga
Lost 50-60 lbs

I hope you have a good time here as well!

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[-] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 months ago

Subjectively, Lemmy's communities are much more robust and have a lot more content than they did during the Reddit API exodus. I imagine there will be more people who choose to stay this time around.

[-] beanstalk@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago

Yep, I discovered let me during the API Exodus, and then came back recently with this last wave. They're definitely feels like there's a lot more here than last time!

Also finding a lot of value in reading and actually interacting with comments and content, on Reddit I just felt kind of drowned out and a lurker

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[-] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

Woo more people to join our cult. Everyone will get their robes in the mail

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Wait, I've been here almost 2 years, where's my robes‽

[-] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

You know what you did

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[+] callisto@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] Snoopy@piefed.social 35 points 2 months ago

2025 is also the year of Piefed. :)

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[-] SirBobboIV@lemm.ee 33 points 2 months ago

Left Reddit as soon as Boost stopped working

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[-] MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago

Hopefully even more people will join as Reddit gets shittier and shittier.

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[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Speaking of users, whatever happened to Flyingsquid?

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Idk I was just thinking that last night, hasn't been active in like 2 weeks. I hope they're ok

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I gotta say, I respect what Lemmy does and hope it succeeds, and I think it's a good place for discussions and such (and I will remain), but good god if this place isn't unfunny as hell. I'm struggling real hard to find some place with actually funny content on here, which leads to me getting exceedingly riled up by politics.

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[-] mimavox@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago

Reddit's auto moderation has gone haywire. You can't say anything bad about nazis now.

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[-] TranslateErr0r@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

And I am glad I am one of them. Not because of an anti-US sentiment (as in: towards American citizens) but as more pro-Europe move.

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[-] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

This is my first time here. I do not abide thought policing. Fuck Reddit, fuck Spez.

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[-] SausageWallet@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

Is anyone else just enjoying seeing people create actual user names again and not just using the automatically generated ones reddit has done for awhile?

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[-] b1rb@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

I’ve had enough of reddit

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[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

What happened around the middle of February that caused that slight but sharp drop-off?

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 months ago

Hexbear going down, !fediverselore@lemmy.ca

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[-] lorski@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 months ago

I am ready to give up Reddit, we need more communities to move here!

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago

I will shitpost harder.

I'm doing my part!

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[-] maplebar@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!!

But seriously this is good news and I'm glad to have you all here. Lemmy is in a pretty good position right now in terms of having a critical mass of users and decent traction within popular communities. At the very least it feels self-sustaining here.

[-] Kirk@startrek.website 23 points 2 months ago

I am pretty convinced these stats are low because I remember the early years of Reddit feeling much less active than the Threadiverse does now and I have to assume Reddit's MAUs in 2008-9 were at least above 100K.

Regardless, this is nice to see and I recommend everyone check out !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com if they are interested in helping to promote Lemmy instances on Reddit.

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[-] Corno@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Always happy to see the Fediverse getting more popular! 😃

[-] diamat@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you are here and want lemmy to succeed, please consider donating. The devs used to get by mostly on nlnet foundation grants but are trying to shift to a more sustainable donation based model. You can see how they are doing on the join-lemmy website when you scroll down to the bottom, there are also links to their liberapay (preferred option) paetreon, etc.

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[-] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago

I just really wish there was more active communities for things I like.

I made the Path of Exile community which is currently empty.

There's no Burning Man community yet for SOME UNKNOWN REASON

All the EDM communities are dead including the one I made.

Send Help!

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