3 years on lemmy, still kicking
Today is my third year anniversary of joining lemmy. Time flies, feels like yesterday.
It's been a good use of time - on the whole. Lemmy requires heavy curation to make the feed suitable, but once that is done its fairly breezy.
In year 1 I quickly gave up on any reasonable political discussion here. That helped alot.
I've grabbed coffee/lunch with three lemmies, all great people. the crazies don't outnumber the normal people, but it feels like it sometimes. Joel noticed the same thing in hiring - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/01/
I'm hopeful for the future of lemmy, with the 1.0 software making some much needed community tools widely available.
Lemmy is a much smaller place then it was 3 years ago, it does give me a sense of community (even if i am neighbors with the crazies).
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Similar experience here. Lemmy is definitely what you make it, and interacting with communities and posts really helps keep it grounded.
I’m with you on the politics thing, but tbh I think that’s just a reflection of the world in general right now.
Weird, I've been here 3 years too and I find the political discussions here to be largely pleasant and on point.
Its definitely easier when you only ever agree with people.
Reddit is just a dumpster fire now. It's a shame it used to be pretty good
Yep it's really bad. Loads of the accounts are just bots now it's a real shame
How do I determine if I’m a crazy or a normal person?
Everyone is crazy to someone, that is normal! The duality of social media sanity
that’s crazy
Not on .ml so you've got a strong case for normal.
Quick, what do you think of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea? It's the only way to know for sure lol
do you incessantly rant that anyone who disagrees with you or has a different life experience is a terrible awful unredeemable person that deserves to be killed or punished for daring to not be you or hold the same opinions and values as you?
if so, you're crazy.
Can relate. Did you meet people in person from here or did you find out people you know in person are also on Lemmy?
What happened 3 years ago? Why is it smaller now?
It was when reddit killed (or tried to kill) 3rd party apps.
Lots of folks, me included, couldn't be bothered with the official reddit app which was pretty poorly done compared to other mature apps.
Edit: As to why it's smaller now - I have no real evidence but I'd guess he is saying people migrated back to reddit.
Ahh. That makes sense. I forgot about that. That’s when I basically stopped using Reddit but I wasn’t aware of this alternative at the time.
I'm also 3 years in 🥳
Heavily agree with the political discourse part. I still chime in every now and again because I don't like echo chamber stuff and I sometimes get surprised but I generally don't like sharing it here.
Happy cake day!
It certainly has evolved and feels more civil. For now!
I'm also going three years in, although on my fourth account. Just banned from my first and only community today, it was one based on hate, though, so I must be doing something right.
I'd say there's slightly fewer jerks on Lemmy compared to offline, and far fewer compared to Reddit.
We could use more crazies, though, they keep things interesting!