Top post of Reddit. We are gonna see large influx of users.

Better slow than too fast too. Lemmy feels like a nice fairly small community. I'm not sure that'll continue once it's the size of Reddit. We'll get more content and niche communities will be better served though, so there's pros and cons.

Linux isn't just getting better in comparison because Windows got worse.
Linux is so much better now than just 10 years ago, it's absolutely incredible.

I've switched to main linux last week, for now with a windows dualboot for games that have issues. Honestly a good option if you just don't like windows or where it's heading. Depending on what you play going 100% linux isn't viable though (but also if you're not playing any multiplayer games it is).

Rebooting is so fast these days that switching OS isn't a big problem, and I'm surprised just how well proton is working. I've somehow had more problems with the EA launcher trying to play nfs unbound on windows than on linux (it just worked with no issues, on windows it wouldn't launch if I don't close the ea launcher first).

That depends on what games you play. The steamdeck proves that it's possible to game on Linux.

What have you been trying to run? I am honestly baffled at the linux gaming possibilities, even outside of Steam. I mean even Star Citizen "runs" on linux. (lol)

Check out lemmyapps.com for different apps and webUIs. There is even sm old reddit style clone like old.lemmy.world for example.

Happy you could join! You'll find that not only are bans much more reasonable, but conversations are frequently downright pleasant. Aditionally, there are communities built just for calling out mods that abuse power or are heavily biased. The system here is working much better from a user perspective.

The Voyager app is almost exactly like Apollo was before Reddit shut it down. There are others you can try out too and Lemmy will look and function however you want it to.

I will say, DO NOT use Sync or Boost, both are abandoned. Voyager is FOSS and adapts to updates.

Welcome!

If you used to use the Apollo app for Reddit then I strongly recommend Transit. It looks and feels a lot like Apollo, but for Lemmy.

If it's any help, I use the sync app on android. I also used sync for reddit prior to the API thing which finally made me leave, so my experience is pretty much the same in terms of format. I agree it can feel weird in a browser but there's a bunch of good mobile apps that might feel more familiar.

No algorithm!

where can I learn more about .world lore

Haha thanks! I've been lurking a fair amount. Just a little more distracted currently.

I just came over from Reddit. I stepped back after the API debacle but didn’t switch to Lemmy until this week when they threatened me for upvoting something “violent” (honestly, no idea what it could have been).

Anyway, I want to agree with your sentiment. Remember Reddit before they started messing with the upvotes? Top posts would have 1k-2k upvotes and outstanding insanely popular posts would break like 7k.

On Lemmy, I scan the comments and I easily can see real people talking. I usually have to scan a long time on Reddit to find real people and not bots recycling comments. It makes me wonder how many real humans are commenting over there.

Glad there’s humans here.

It feels good not seeing repeated comments, everyones actually reading before saying stuff

I think it is just a Voyager thing, on Thunder I see a pink name & cake if a user joined today

That was one of the last straws, not being able to say Luigi.

Thank you!

Where is the door in case I get scared

;_; I can't see any kitty pic

Dragon ball zero?

Coke and a ciggie and I'll be right as rain

Facts, it's already happening when most of the perfectly fine comments are collapsed in any interesting topic. Like yesterday when twitter was down. Every comment under the top level memes were collapsed so you have to click the + in front of it and get bored quickly and just give up. Same today with Musk post about being all weird about his empire.

nothing to see here move along type of thing

Maybe.

Most people use apps though, so it’s not high on their enshittification list.

Most of my accounts are banned or suspended now.

I find that answer amazing and I will adopt it from now on to all the orange guy followers, cheers

Not very civil of you dear...

Tbh you can catch bans for that here but beauty of fediverse is that power tripping mods have limited ability to ban you fedi wide so freedom enjoyer's just go do their discourse on other sub's and servers

To be fair, that's kinda deserved. You could experience the same here.

There are plenty of other reasons to hate on Reddit, but acting in a fairly civil manner should be expected.

Glad to have you here though! 😊

to the sword with both of them

Within society the meaning of the word has degraded to “mean people I don’t like”.

I've been hearing this for years, and yet, literal neo-nazis are running the us government now. But go ahead and keep using the anti-woke rhetoric lol.

what a cop out. there's no functional difference between an idiot that works to advance nazi ideologies and the same but they have a swastika tattoo on their neck. to resist fascism means to confront ALL fascists. it's not about disagreement or people you dont like, most people are using ur-fascism as their default definition and umberto eco has a fucking 14 point checklist we're using. to act like it's so arbitrary is completely out of touch.

Nazis thrive on diluting language—twisting words like "freedom" and "patriotism" to serve their agenda. Ironically, the same thing happens when "Nazi" gets thrown around carelessly. Mislabeling people weakens the term, but so does refusing to acknowledge real extremists. Precision matters—both in calling out threats and in resisting linguistic manipulation.

It can make its way. I've been here for 2 years, and it's like a more civil and chill version of reddit.
With a lot more genuine interaction and less of the same fucking haha-funny comments in every thread.

I've been here for 12d now and feddit hasn't lost it's charm. That feeling of how the internet was before the big companies is so refreshing.

Delete account wipe your posts and replace with links to lemmy stuff

I can't wait for digg to finally come out, I hope it becomes basically a better, private, version of reddit, but you know, good. Lemmy is good too for now but I'm not exactly a huge fan of the UI, and not enough people are moving over yet. Again, probably cuz the UI is a little hard to figure out the first time.

digg could not be coming back at a better time. I honestly hope that it's basically just reddit but with a better UI and not as many shitty rules. Going public ruined that fucking website and I always knew it the moment they started charging an obscene amount of money to use their API

But here it's a lot easier to set up a new home.

!theonion@midwest.social is still very popular but I saw the writing on the wall and jumped to make an alt !theonion@sh.itjust.works because people had gripes with the Midwest admin and I wanted to prevent an inevitable Lemmy.world alternative from appearing.

And now we happily co-exist. Theirs tends to focus more on the political while I like to also post the more mundane, slice-of-life, articles

!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

seems the added increase "luigi" and increase the amount of ban/purges going on. i was banned before they labeled LUIGI as a dirty word. i think its going to get worst and worst til theres only MSM only content on the site(that you can comment on)

I still go sometimes, but I use the RDX app and don't contribute

Wait a minute, this hot cocoa cup is just full of beans

And lots of gay

And cookies.
The dark mode cookies in particular ;)

I got mine for saying we needed to cyberbully Elon Musk to suicide. A little edgy maybe, but old Reddit wouldn't have batted an eye.

Yeah, I've said fuck all Nazis but six or kill all Nazis but six a hundred times on there, but this time was a bridge too far apparently. I really don't care if they think it is violent. They'll get theirs eventually I guess if history is a cyclical as it seems. Just gonna keep on trucking and spreading the word when I can, but it sure as shit ain't going to be on Reddit. I think I'm getting too old, grizzled, and cynical for any form of social media anymore anyways. It's all just so.... fake. Reddit was the last bastion for me. I probably won't be that prolific on here, but we'll see.

I like how "go to hell" inciting violence implies that hell is a real place or something lol

Yep. The whataboutism and trying to play the both sides are wrong shit is so old. I think it is fair to say that a large portion of the Democratic party are gutless centrist DINO's, can't get their point across, can't get a coalition going, and have no real power or momentum right now, but to try and argue that they are as bad as the conservatives is complete nonsense. Certainly, no party is perfect but to even try to say they are equivalent is folly of the highest order. Many in the republican party are fascists and I'm sick of people pretending that they aren't. Nuanced conversation is lost on the bots, AI slop, and the rest of the idiots on Reddit.

Lemmy is not commercial, so the more fundamental problem will be battling bots, hosting, legal issues, and attracting users from sites that burn cash on advertising and entrapment, probably.

The community could get toxic, but it’s not going to be stoked from the top, and it’s more escapable.

Aren't we getting fancy! When I moved over after the api changes all we had was potatoes. Lemmy is definitely improving with each new wave.

I haven't noticed any censorship yet, but then again, I'm not talking shit about China.

Tankies are fake commies IMHO

I was surprised by the amount of people that went back. Or went back and stayed. Especially considering the welcome message. That shit was insultingly disgusting.

You're probably right, but I felt that by exposing them maybe some other more gullible people wouldn't absorb their views. Too many people can't think very well for themselves and just regurgitate what they've heard, so calling out liars has some value. I hope.

You might think that if you approve of gas lighters and outright liars...

You're one of the many making me feel like a Windows cuck because I haven't used Linux yet

What are better instances? I'm on .world now and so far haven't had issues, but it'd be good to know better options

is there a video on youtube explaining how lemmy works? I've heard of instances before and I'm sure you could just explain it in a comment but it would be nice to just see a video going over the UI and where reddit equivalents for stuff are