• Phil@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 years ago

      I have , amazingly I decided to start two communities, something I have never done before despite the fact I had a 12 year badge and thousands of karma at the other place.

      • a_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 years ago

        I never posted on reddit…but luked for a very long time but I want this place to be better the reddit so bad and so…

      • ickplant@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        I tried to create a community twice now, but it just sat there spinning after I hit “Create.” I’m trying to contribute, dammit.

        • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yep, sometimes this is happening to me I just open another tab and often the circle spin is irrelevant and the post or whatever has already been created , seems to be a issue with the system.

          • ickplant@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            It looks like there is already a community with the same name, but when I go there to subscribe, it says “removed by mod.” maybe that’s my issue. Because even when I try to open new tabs and navigate to the community I’m trying to create, it’s not working.

                • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
                  0·
                  2 years ago

                  If you do some googleing there are some pretty good faqs out , although it did take me a while, good luck

  • samus12345@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Eh, let people get it out of their system. It’s gonna be that way for the next month or so anyway since there will be a new influx of users in July when the 3PAs stop working.

    • Esjee@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Hope lemmy scare you blows up. I used to read no sleep every night before sleeping.

      Edit: I’d suggest changing the name of the community to just “Lemmy Scare You”. Right now it’s also showing spooky stories to scare you in the title name. Also a cover art for the community would make it look more active and might result in more subs

      • Margot Robbie@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 years ago

        I’ll AI some art for the community banner, really want to get the feeling of people telling scary stories to each other around a campfire vibe down.

        I’m worried that changing the name to just “Lemmy Scare You!” could make it less clear about the purpose of the community as a place for creative writing, since it’s not ideal for people to post whatever a la r/creepy.

      • c0c0c0@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Everyone’s judging! I’m pretty sure that’s how the platform is designed.

        But I get what you’re saying. I’m just adding my little joke to grow the content library.

        • dystop@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          Hahaha fair point. And no worries, internet discussion boards are the perfect place to disagree with someone.

    • Ken Oh@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      Here’s the thing, for this to work out we need the long game. Doesn’t matter if you’re boring, you know about at least one topic you care about. Make an effort to post once a day about it. You may even have to create the community for you to do that. Pace yourself, this is a marathon, not a sprint. Just remember this can’t be taken away from us. Not anymore.

      • Cloudwalk@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Theoretically it still could be taken away. The bar for that is substantially raised of course, but now each instance is like different countries doing international trade and we could go to war with each other.

  • Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I feel like we all just went through a breakup and all we can do is talk about our ex. We know it’s stupid, and we found someone else. But for right now, we are rebounding hard on Lemmy.

    • Mewtwo@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Voat was great at the beginning until it became a right wing cesspool. But 90% of the posts were about Reddit and circle jerking about how Reddit was so bad. I’m blocking posts/communities that talk about Reddit here to help clean it up.

  • TheDarkBanana87@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Yeah, totally agree with this post, grew tired of Reddit Circle Jerk. Its like when someone cant move on with their past, so they bring it to every conversation, how their ex (Reddit) used to be, and found a new lover (Lemmy/Kbin) and how things work great with this new relationship

    Let’s just forget about Reddit. Reddit can do whatever it want’s, the user that still on Reddit can also do whatever they want. Lets just focus on growing this new communities, this Fediverse, and do what we can do to make it thrive, and how to make it better for new user, and the less tech savy one

    • BananaTrifleViolin@feddit.uk
      1·
      2 years ago

      Part of the problem may be the bugs on the Lemmy instances which have not been showing “hot” content correctly. This may be giving a false impression of an obsession over reddit as posts are stuck on the front page?

      I’ve been browsing a few different communities and am finding things are active, they’re just not reaching the default Lemmy front pages. Sorting by new or diving deeper into communities shows a lot of new content.

      For example I’m currently browsing from Feddit.uk and this seems to have exploded into an active community in just a week; it’s really heartening to seen. I’ve also seen different content when viewing from Kbin based instances like Kbin.Social or Fedia.io (including from Lemmy.world).

      • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        This bug has been identified and is resolved in the next version release.

        The servers that have been keeping hot updated are manually restarting the backend every so often to unstick the bug

    • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Sure, but “the past” as you refer to it was not even a week ago, and the situation is still actively unfolding.

      Communities are growing, OC is being posted, and the lemmyverse is starting to get its legs underneath it. If you look past the reddit related posts you will see this happening all around you.

      However most of us haven’t even been here a week, communities aren’t built overnight. Reddit has 15 years of people creating content and building out subreddits.

      • TheDarkBanana87@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        However most of us haven’t even been here a week, communities aren’t built overnight. Reddit has 15 years of people creating content and building out subreddits.

        I couldn’t agree more with your reply. What I’m saying is, lets focus on this new journey. Reddit do have their hiccups when first generally used by its user 15 years ago, and i believe Reddit start just like how Lemmy/Kbin, or any Fediverse app start. Its a bumpy road, but its a good progress

        The fact that we interact in this post means that we have the same goal, we enjoy interacting on this platform, and its a good thing. because new users can see that there’s activity, there’s interaction within Lemmy.

        Sorry for bad English :D

  • Merthin1234@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    2 years ago

    Yeah I agree, Lemmy needs to be it’s own thing and not just a Reddit hate platform. But so far the experience has been great.

  • moog@lemmy.world
    0·
    2 years ago

    i agree. when people come here well have a better chance of getting them to stay if theres good content. but a little would still be good since theyre coming here angry at reddit most likely.