To all the new(er) Reddit refugees!

First time posting after 9 solid years on Reddit. Thanks for the welcome

12 years for me and i'm kicking myself for letting myself get so entrenched after i had experienced the same thing before; fediverse, here i come! lol
- Now time to do the same thing here hahaha! Reddit 2:.the quest for more money. Seriously when is that movie coming out?
First time I've seen a comment so good that not only does it get upvotes, it has a negative number of downvotes,
Anyone know how that is even possible?
- Science and fuckery
- It's been very common in my 3 weeks on Lemmy, it's probably more common to see 100% upvotes.
- Which app is that?
- I havent looked at code, so i can only guess. Just before you looked at it, i clicked downvote. I realise my mistake and unclick/click it again. The local server we're browsing on (Server A) sends the downvote to the server the post was made on(Server B), but it also temporarily adjusts it local figure for a while until it can refresh from the server the post was made on. Last it knew server B had a tally at 0 downvotes, so it goes negative. (If Server A had a downvote figure of 4, the same process would have shown 3 to you)
- I guess they show upvotes and downvotes instead of net upvotes/downvotes.
- I downvoted you. No one else had any downvotes; please let me know if it registered. I don't want vote fuckery like they have on reddit.
Omg! Take my like!
Locals only! Haole go home!
It feels great, doesn’t it? ☺️

I am here now. Just signed up. Mod of /r/bicycling, /r/sanfrancisco, and a few other smaller subs. The whole thing is a mess right now, so I wanted to see if there are greener pastures here. Any tips are welcome. I literally have no idea what I'm doing.

#fediverse is nicer then reddit. Dosen't have that superiority complex!
If you’re on an iPhone I’ve been using wefwef and liking it.
It's pretty chill here. I'm using wefwef.app to browse. It's great.
- I love wefwef! It’s been incredible!
I think we are still figuring out sophisticated mod tools, but the community is nice, the admins are awesome, and everyone seems to be pretty much on the same page about an open and cooperative internet.
Welcome! I can point you to !bicycles@lemmy.ca if you're interested.
It's all about appearances
Thanks for the work you did on the SF sub; I got the sense it could be a handful on occasion. Nice to recognize some of the cool ex-redditors here. I modded /r/chaosmagick and a half-dozen other tiny subs. It's pleasant to get away from the flustercuck spez has turned reddit into.
- It could definitely be a handful
lemmy.world/c/bayarea is sort of active. I hope this site doesn't fade out of popularity similar to the migration to voat back in the day. I do think the federation of lemmy will prevent a repeat of what's currently going on with reddit ruining itself and 3rd party apps. Still learning how to use this site myself.

I wasn't thrilled at the idea of leaving Reddit after 14 years but some things cannot be avoided. My first post here on Lemmy. Thank you for the warm welcome!

@Axxi
Things seem to be better here anyways. Being able to interact with people across different platforms (I'm replying to your comment through Mastodon because it works and it's cool 😎) really does make it feel like "the world of tomorrow" to me

I've been here a week or two now. It's going better than Voat did for me when I last tried to leave Reddit. That was full of alt-right crazies basically, but so far here, people have been lovely.

My goodness me. This place rocks. Like the way the internet used to be. Fuck corporate greed. Fuck ads. Fuck egocentric dictatorships. And hello to The Future.

Thanks, so far Lemmy is looking like an interesting place with good vibes all round!

When will we get our own persistently-broken video player? That's super important for my quality use experience.

This atmosphere has good vibe. Goodbye RIF, hello Lemmy 👋

Closed Reddit account and embarking on this new adventure with lemmy.

Wait... Where am I? I'm getting withdrawal symptoms. 11 years wandering the Reddit... I'm lost, a little confused, possibly afraid.

Hey, hello community this is my first comment on Lemmy, good to see you all.

Hiii im here from reddit but, when i tried to post the post has been being uploaded for the past 2 hours, also loading communities and upvoting has been EXTREMELY slow ;'D

btw this is a hella cool site

I'm going to build my own Reddit, with blackjack and hookers!

Add in Whiskey and you’ll have the perfect trifecta of vice!
Welcome! Where do I sign up?
- One of our Futurama mods @Alchemy had you covered !whiskey@lemmy.world

Redditor here. Feeling a little lost and confused. :)

Hang in there. Explore. It will become familiar...

Bathroom's that way.

Thank you for the welcome.

Bye bye Reddit. Hope they collapse after getting rid of 3rd party apps. Reddit is Fun was my shit. I gotta find a Lemmy equivalent so I can get off my phone's web browser.

First post! 🤸

Really hope this takes off and remains open and non-commercial.

Former reddit user here. I hope that this site grows and prospers and I look forward to discovering replacement communities for subreddits I've used.

Thanks! I mostly lurked on reddit for many years (as a Digg refugee), and I want to try and get out of that rut and actually contribute some content here. Wish me luck!

I sense a real opportunity for the Fediverse off the back of Reddit and third party apps porting across.

If the UX (user experience) is similar then it'll more than likely pull people across.

So far the communities have been extremely friendly and it is a breath of fresh air

Cautiously optimistic about the migration. Reddit had gotten pretty weird.

Lasted one day on the official reddit app. Sadly the readability of it with the massive amounts of ads and sponsored posts makes me rather not use reddit at all.

Glad lemmy seems to genuinely be an upcoming alternative!

Nothing better than being greeted with Futurama, for the Fediverse when new episodes of Futurama drop in July! (I'm extremely excited for the new season)

Wait, new episodes? Really? Awesome!

Well it was a good ride at Reddit. I was using Reddit since since 2006 as a lurker. Lemmy is now my home. Hi all!

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Wow. Welcome fellow old ex-Redditor. You will like it here. You'll see that it feels like like the Reddit of old.

im very happy to redditn't

Incoming user from reddit! My app got shut down. I was salty about it so I decided that I was going to find an alternative, rather than use the official app, and I found lemmy! I like the community vibe so far. I'm still figuring out how different communities and instances work together with federating. I was always more of a lurker on reddit, but I might try to become a more active commenter (for community engagement!)

I've only been here for two weeks and already have seen major improvements. Thankful to the admins for their hard work, and glad to see the wonderful people here contributing to this platform's awesome growth. Loving it here and wishing continued success to the fediverse :)

Here we go.

Today was my first day on the Fediverse via Lemmy.world, and I was so happy to see a Futurama Community among the top posts right when I logged in!

I hope it's also okay to say that I just created /c/Disenchantment for my fellow fans of a slightly related show. 😄

Any Futurama fans that also like Disenchantment and our one true Queen Bean please come join!

This all reminds me of the big Digg migration. Reddit likes to think that people chose it because it was special. For a good majority of us, especially the 10+ year accounts, it was Digg's terrible redesign and very poor product decisions. The nail in the coffin was not understanding its core content producing users willingness to move. History repeats itself.

Another old vet here. Reddit wasn't special back then. It just wasn't Digg and they either didn't know that or forgot that
I was DiggDuggDone before moving to Reddit. Almost 14 years later I’m now Drunemeton across the webs.
Really loving the Fediverse so far! I’ve been so much more engaged.
Another old vet here. Reddit wasn't special back then. It just wasn't Digg and they either didn't know that or forgot that
I was a Digg! refugee.

Rest in peace RIF. I was honestly heartbroken. I know how sad that must sound, but goddamn, I used it daily for 6 years. It made my office hours and daily commute on the subway so much better.

I've been full-time on a Lemmy for nearly a month already and haven't really missed the other place at all. But damn, seeing that goodbye message on RIF yesterday filled me with emotions that were weird and deeply confusing.
Yeah man I used RIF as my only reddit access for 12 years. So when reddit was going hard with avatars, rewards and ads, I was immune to it. I think that's partially why 3rd parties were cut out. I did the revanced reddit app, but it still feels gross.

Thanks! 11yr RiF user here and using Jerboa now, it's different but similar feeling:)

I already like the vibe of this place more, at least socially. The site is a bit cumbersome but I'm willing to stick with it to see how it can get better. Plus Sync for Lemmy will be coming and then my life will be fixed.

Hello. Glad to be here. I'm not going back to reddit, they nuked Sync for Reddit and I refuse to use reddit app.

Here from RiF! First post on Lemmy, here's to a bright future ^^

It's nice to be wanted.

What's to stop a single Lemmy instance from going "this is taking too much time and money to run, I'm shutting this server down"? I guess that can apply to any service, but monetization sometimes prevents that from happening. But in this case it's all volunteer work and running a server takes resources.

What happens to all the users created under that Lemmy instance?

Good news everyone!

Just migrated from reddit, and I’m really excited to see Lemmy gain popularity and grow! This is about to be my next addiction.

Thank you. Just killed my Reddit alter ego so let's vsee what this will bring us. Glad to be here.

I think registration finally worked this time. Good news, everyone!

Cheers! Here's hoping for a bright future!

What Apps are people using? Wefwef?

We're all refugees here

Hi, all! This is my first comment on Lemmy. I’m exited to be here!

It’s sad watching Reddit go the way of the dodo, but I’m happy to see everyone come together to give the big ole fuck you to u/spez in solidarity and migrate over when they effectively broke Apollo and the other 3pd apps

First comment on Lemmy. Is there a ELI5 for Lemmy to help get us started? I'm using the Connect Lemmy app!

a new reddit refugees sounds like dream.

Me too! I was on reddit for about 15 years, passed through some stories there. I hope we have a lot of cool safes to open here. At the end, We should´ve come before. This is the model of internet we should encourage, but reddit was too confortable for anything else. Now is the time! The funny thing is that I neve spent money on reddit, but I already signed up for donations here.

First post here!

As a former Apollo user, I’m super impressed by wefwef. Does anyone know what’s in store for its development? I’d love to see a native iOS app.

Goodbye RIF, hello lemmy!

Uninstalled the Sync app today.(RIP) Should be fun getting to know Lemmy.

Rip Rif. Hello Lemmy.

RIP RIF.

Just landed from reddit. Excited to be a part of the early adapters of fediverse!

I love how massive this community is getting

NGL

it doesn't feel great, but change is never easy. but this thing is pretty damn cool

As my first post here, I feel welcomed with the highest geek honor!

Wandering around, RiFless, looking for something to do on the internet.

Connect for Lemmy seems like a pretty good app so far, feels decently similar to RIF.
Same here. Rest in peace RIF.

Moved from Digg to Reddit 14 years ago. Happy to do the move again.

Hello everyone! Thank you to everyone working to keep servers running during this influx of signups and all the helpful posts I'm seeing around explaining instances and generally how to Lemmy.

First comment on Lemmy... Been a lurker on Reddit for years who's recently become more active... Looking forward to contributing more on Lemmy! Network errors galore right now, but that's a good thing right? Everybody coming over from Reddit in droves, I would imagine... Let's f'in goooooo!

Edit: this comment gave me all sorts of problems while attempting to post, sorry for the duplicate versions... but I imagine this will calm down soon and all will be right as rain in no time 👍

I was told there would be an omelet bar for Reddit refugees.

Time for me to leave reddit and join the fediverse

Happy to try it though I haven't found a cell app I much like yet.

I think the biggest challenge is going to be transplanting the knowledge. There are so many tutorials and walkthroughs that are on reddit.

It's why what was working best was the Mods making everything private.

Hellloooooooo... I like grilled cheese

My first comment on Lemmy!

Damn over 3k upvotes..activity is going up!. Let's get this train going! Welcome! :)

First post on Lemmy! So long Reddit, looking forward to Sync for Lemmy to be developed. By the way, where's the bathroom?

The bathroom is down the hallway, to the right. Look for Lemmy the lemming. Then follow him the rest of the way.
- When I was a kid, I thought the lyrics "there's a bad moon on the rise" were, "there's a bathroom on the right".. 😂

Ahoy future worlds of magic and mystery!

Sanctuary, please.

Glad to be living reddit behind. RIP.

12yr Reddit account being abandoned cause of all the fuckery. Happy to be a Lemming now

Thanks for the warm welcome : )

No more centralised social media. I really hope more of us make the switch. Lemmy feels like it could become a really special place.

Another refugee here. I hope i post more here than i did there

Rip RiF

I'm reminded of when Voat was gonna replace Reddit. I'm still skeptical we'll get a lot more users migrating since things over there seem to have stabilized. But this is an exciting time for Lemmy to try some new things and fix what was broken with reddit.

Hello :)

Just landed from reddit. Excited to be a part of the early adapters of fediverse!

Yo yo. Happy to be here. Thanks for the warm welcome.

well, this is my first comment on lemmy!

Thank you for the warm welcome. Any tips and tricks for us Reddit refugees?

Hello new friends! I'm a Reddit expat, looking for a new source of cat videos.

Thank you for opening your doors.

Hello fellow previously rdt

10+ year Reddit refugee looking for a new home. Lemmy looks slightly difficult to navigate but hopefully this becomes the new face of the internet

Hmmmmmm

It begins (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

Was part of the great Digg migration, and yet again another platform got greedy...

Yep I clearly remember the digg migration to a strange and austere Reddit interface. All the “is Reddit down?” moments of the early years. Feeling like a noob, getting up to speed on the lore and the inside jokes. Becoming an elder lurker. Anyway fuck u/spez, the people make the platform. We’ll do it again!
I’m the same, GenMay and SA before that lol
- What was the Something Awful exodus about (and about when if you recall)? Please and thank you.

Nice that that's the first thing I see here

I'm very excited to start fresh. ☺️🫶

Hello. First post on Lemmy - y'all seem nice. Missing Sync for Reddit but I will move on. Thank you for having us

WELCOME ALLLLL!

I remember surfing chans back in the day. I've missed it, but life gets busy. I hated reddit for a long told, but it had so much good information on there and such good third party apps that I caved and it became my favorite thing to do while shitting. I just found out about Lemmy and it feels like I slipped on an old broken-in glove. Thanks for the welcome. After the toxicity of reddit, this is nice.

I am still feeling a little lost but fuck spez.

After 12 years on reddit (most of those on Apollo) it’s nice to be here and thank’s for the warm welcome!

and this be my first reply!

I still don’t understand any of this or what I’m doing. Wish me luck!

Don't worry ya'll we 'll ruin it for ya

Thanks for welcome! Although I am still a bit sceptic whether this platform can grow. we will see...

Apollo refugee here! Let’s hope this sticks because I lost all trust in Reddit.

Same. Was using Apollo last night when it just closed. Sad times but hopefully Lemmy will make up for it. Seems ok so far.
- Yeah. I’ve been using wefwef.app and it’s eerily similar to Apollo. Would recommend.

thank you for the welcome!

Still trying to figure this Lemmy thing out. I have an account with Lemmy.World, but I can still post/view other instances if they are shared? Anyways now that RiF is gone, guess I'm done with Reddit. Glad to be here!

Woo

But he just said “Wooo”
- No, that was air escaping from the folds of his fat.

Good News everyone! I do feel welcomed into the future, this is my first post. I finally got signed up after I found wefwef and knew it was the missing link and now I could enjoy the fediverse.

I didn’t even try going to the official app. Oh my no.

It begins (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

I was told there would be an omelet bar for Reddit refugees.

Had almost a day with lemmy. Now I'm starting to get the basics sorted this looks like it will be a fun place.

Already seeing fermiliar communities which is sweet

Hello all!

Just landed from reddit. Excited to be a part of the early adapters of fediverse!

Hi there everyone!

My first lemmy comment

Just signed up a few hours ago and trying to get a feel of the place. Looking good so far :)

I'm 40% happy

Clank clank

Wanted to post as part of the great migration.

Thanks, I hope to find my way around and behave myself.

Thank you. Looking forward to the new Futurama episodes too.

Thanks! after many years on reddit, here I am, hello all.

Howdy folks!

Hello

Heelo there

give a checkout to lemdro.id, new instance from the collective mod team of several large technical subreddits!

in a weird way it’s refreshing to see a part of the internet breathe again without it needing to be a singular website for forum talk

Hello everyone!

What's fediverse?

It's the collection of various softwares/sites/platforms that are all able to interact due to operating on the same underlying technology.
Lemmy is part of the Fediverse. Mastodon is also and users there can follow and post in Lemmy communities despite being a totally different thing. Kbin is another Reddit-like, it and Lemmy coexist pretty seamlessly.
And there are so so many more. Fediverse alternatives to FB, Insta, YT, Linktree, etc etc etc.
You'll also hear "Threadiverse" which is what people have taken to calling that part of the Fediverse that focuses on forum thread type discussions (ie Lemmy and Kbin mainly).
- Thanks for the explanation. How connected are the platforms? As a new Lemmy user, if I search for a particular community to join, am I seeing the same content that someone from Mastodon would? Or is it more that Lemmy is capable of reading Mastodon content but we're not sharing the same content by default?
  I'm finding it a little hard to find the words to even ask this question haha, I'm still a little confused. This all looks nice so far though!
This is a good wrap up https://fediverse.party/en/fediverse/
- That was really helpful, thanks!

Commenting to count. Also, hi ^^

Used Reddit for 16 years. Also a little confused. But stoked!

Happy to be here!!! Everyone has been so welcoming

Hi Lemmies, thanks! First post. Excited to see how this turns out!

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- Reddit did us a favor by forcing us to find the fediverse and jump in

frankly I hesitated a lot between lemmy and squabbles... finally I migrated to the 2!

Yes hi I'm here for the checks notes upvotes.

I made it in! Excited for something new after 10 years on Reddit

It begins 🗿

Shut up Terry.

After 12 years on reddit (most of those on Apollo), it’s great to be here! Thank’s for the warm welcome.

Finally made an account. Super excited. Reddit immediately started to just feel like it was in a decline, something about logging onto it felt off

RIF user here also, hope to stay here - testing lemmy apps now

I'm a RiF user as well, and I just downloaded Connect while I wait for the Boost app. I'm liking it so far. I needed to do a little testing with the settings, but I didn't really make many changes. (Just changed the theme and turned off the card style)

Haven't you ever heard of a little thing called 'showmanship'

activity pub - cutting-edge 2013 technology 👽

Hey, fellow refugee here. Sometimes I get a language not allowed error when posting? Also do communities with the same name on different servers share comments? For example, PatientsGamers

It begins 🗿

Good news everyone! I’ve just smelled out an entirely new parallel dimension called the fediverse

🍻 Cheers!

woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop

Thanks for the warm welcome! I used Apollo since 2018 and I was disappointed with how reddit treated Christian.

Testing Lemmy using my browser, what’s the best app?

I am currently enjoying wefwef, jerboa, and thunder the best. Liftoff is good, but not connecting with all instances (lemm.ee, etc). I have tried connect, not my style. Personally am waiting for Sync, was my favorite on reddit.
Right now all the apps are being developed at lightning speed I'm on iOS so the easiest to get running for me has been wefwef since it's a webapp (the other apps aren't on the app store yet). It copies the apollo layout. If you're on android then look around, there are probably better alternatives.
- Yes, but the most exciting is Boost for Lemmy from the same developer as Boost for Reddit. Keep an eye on that too.
boost for lemmy is coming soon on google play store (at least to G play store) Very similar to boost for reddit we had before. Will personally probably install it.

Hi, first comment on Lemmy/fediverse after 13 years on reddit, it looks good so far. Thanks for the welcome!

Hello rif ppl. Let's make this home! I'm still adjusting but I'll give it a shot!

They shut my BaconReader off this evening so I'm also a refugee. Also just learning the ropes!

Subscribed.

Nothing better than being greeted with Futurama, for the Fediverse when new episodes of Futurama drop in July! (I'm extremely excited for the new season)

Hello👋

Hey, listen, Skippy. I was supposed to be unfrozen in Hollywood for the thousandth anniversary screening of jury Duty 2.

Is there a currency equivalent to Reddit gold here? What’s the point of this if I can’t say “Thanks for the gold kind stranger” ???

Loooooong time lurker, first time posting - I’m stoked to have found such a great alternative so soon! THANK YOU to all the devs and moderators for helping make Lemmy such an inviting and welcoming place to be. I’m looking forward to being a more active participant this go’round. Glad to be here!

Honestly seeing all the corpos ruining the platforms that are what they are because millions of people contributed to them. Youtube, Reddit, Twitter, etc. give so much power to their owners yet they don't realize it past their next dollar. I think internet should have always been a fediverse instead of what it has become.

Wandered over from RIF. Like it here. I think I'll stay.

They should change the name on the app store to RWF

Hello world

This is great. Really enjoying the vibe so far and figuring stuff out. Like the tech around fediverse and excited to see where it goes.

We could've done this before, but better late than never

Let's hope this takes off!

This is great to see hopefully more redditors move over. I'm still figuring things out, any suggestions for a good mobile app for Lemmy?

there is a lot going on there atm. theres Jerboa, Connect for Lemmy, Summit, Liftoff, thunder and more.
i also know of https://wefwef.app if you like web apps.
all are under development so hard to pick a favourite. i'm currently trying them out but haven't decided yet

Hiiiii, thanks for the welcome!

New Lemming here.

Here's to hoping she's built like a steakhouse, and handles like a bistro!

You win again, gravity!

Just registered. Fcuk spaz

Its ok, they can't censor you here. You can call him by his true name.

Joined just now after RIF stopped working in the UK... RIP RIF

Hello Lemmy

Welcome everyone. Let's hope for a better future here on lemmy

I never watched Futurama, but it's appropriate. I read the cliff notes.

Why do you always have to say it that way?

So many people joined, which is amazing

Thank you. Just killed my Reddit alter ego so let's vsee what this will bring us. Glad to be here.

I’m sure they’ll have a cure for that in the future.

Good to be here. Things are moving fast with all these apps. This is all very exciting and promising.

Thank you for making this!

Now hop on the probulator.

We are all out here in the ether together brothers!

Where is my can of beans?

🗿 thank you

Reddit was fun but the admins are insane, I reported an account that was posting CP and they banned me whilst claiming they took action against that account yet it is still up. Classy.

BaconReader user here. Liking Lemmy so far. Thanks for the welcome! :)

To all my Apollo refugees that are struggling with the interface. wefwef.app is basically a clone of Apollo for this site. The name is shity but it works great!

By "this site" you mean Lemmy, I take it? Kbin apps are all still in early testing stages, as far as I'm aware.
- Yeah, judging by the fact that I'm not seeing an @ on their profile, they're a lemmy.world user, like me.
android only, right?
Any help for us RIF refugees?
- I'm a RIF Refugee, and I was just recommended Connect for Lemmy, and I'm using it right now. It's on the Play store.
- Decade long RiF user here and Connect functions and looks quite similarly. Only 24hrs in and I was more of a lurker so I have no clue about how it handles power user features.

Shut up, Terry

Been here for 30 mins, seems nice 🙂

Came from RIF been here 5 mins, seems nice 🙂

Spiderman: Into The Fediverse

I am now using the RIF app to access this site. Works well so far!

How are you doing that? Would love to know for myself.
- I also am curious
Excuse me what? How do I do this? Are the just using the built in browser?

Hi! Everyone I'm Coming From Apollo

If you haven’t tried Memmy yet, you should keep an eye out for it. I believe it’s still a test flight app, and the beta may be limited, but it feels a lot like home.
- Been using Memmy and Thunder. I'm liking Memmy the most so far.
- Will do! I’m using Voyager which has been good for the whole five minutes I’ve been on lemmy now
RIF refugee here
rif user here
Also came from Apollo, but 20 days ago, when shit started hitting the fan.
- I made and account a week ago, dipped my toes a bit, and am delving to the deep end now o7

Came from RIF. Let's gooooo

Happy to be here!

Continues to eat cheesy broccoli

🗿 thank you

After a year I went back and tried using Reddit again, wow, what an absolute shit show. That site got noticeably worse.

I had an account there for 8 years with no issue, and this time around I was perma banned after a week cause the mods have really gone off the deep end.

Most threads are filled with Ai comments that all say basically the same thing, and if your comment differs you're banned. You can't have a discussion there anymore

Good to be here!

Im hoping to be here for the long run....

The world of tomorrow seems fun ! I really like it here

Thank you all, one RiFugee here :p

Thanks for accepting another RIF refugee.

i too am a RIF refugee. 11 years and im not going back.

Cant see comments, fixed it! It was an adblocker

Glory to forwardlooker!

Glory to forwardgoer!

Our path is from present

To stellar future.

Glory to forwardlooker(Слава вперёдсмотрящему)

Edit: fix translation

RiF user here, so far so good. Thanks for the warm welcone.

I enjoyed rif for over ten years. Sad it is gone, but excited for the next chapter. Feeling very welcomed by lemmy veterans.

Thank you for the kind greeting. I really am a refugee in more ways than just leaving Reddit.