10 year reddit user and day 1 Pro/Ultra Apollo user. Lifetime ultra was the best value for money I've ever spent, seriously. I tipped Christian £10 as a final thanks and... that's basically it. I did the same, mlem now stands where Apollo did.

Also, mlem does a decent job at not feeling too foreign compared to Apollo. Sure, the content of Lemmy isn't close to reddit, and apollo really was/is king, but I browsed /r/all on reddit and browsing /c/all on mlem isn't all that bad

I recommend mlem! 10 year reddit user and daily Apollo user, this isn't feeling as foreign as I'd imagined. It helps that I browse /r/all like a madman, so browsing /c/all here isn't actually that different

Yes! Bing Image Creator is totally free and used DALL-E. It's a one and done kinda deal, you're not tweaking and getting as specific as some others, but you will get some amazing results with shorter prompts like "draw a realistic hamster putting out a fire with a hose, with a city background"

To be honest I've settled into using mlem on my phone surprisingly well from Apollo. Obviously I'd rather not have to change at all but if Apollo goes, I'm gone.

I think the ONLY useful way to use it is how I do, which is just every couple of years to track how my own views and beliefs have changed throughout me aging (still just for fun/personal interest!). It's not perfect but it can at least measure the change in a single person. To nobodies surprise I started bottom left, close to centre 10 years ago, and now I'm significantly closer to the bottom left corner

I ran a tiny subreddit dedicated to my favourite author, Bill Bryson. That's gone forever. I used Apollo.

Exactly the same here man, come October I'd have been on reddit daily for 10 years, but alas. Something will come along, and I'm willing to try and see if Lemmy is it despite initial concerns

First Lemmy post! Might as well make it cute

Also just reiterating the thanks. I know nothing about coding or servers or running a forum, or even enough to know what questions to ask. But I do comment a lot, enjoy contributing, and upvote basically everything, so that I shall do!

I'm in the same boat. All my Apollo browsing time has been spent on learning this. I basically just tipped Christian £10 then checked out. mlem for iOS is surprisingly good, I feel pretty at home on it, at least for basic scroll browsing

I've posted a pup pic in a photography... place. I think in a different instance (?), couldn't find one here in this instance but that might have changed

Hamster firefighter was my prompt, most had him wearing the outfit too but I enjoyed this "au natural" one most haha

Thanks for putting this together. I guess for completely random reasons you are our shepherd away from reddit, and it's cool to hear running this kinda thing is a passion of yours. Cheers from Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I'm quite enjoying it so far! mlem is surprisingly great

This is true, and an important thing for me. If I browsed specific subs, I'd definitely be able to see the difference. But I used reddit for just browsing the popular/cool topics of the day. I did subscribe to subs but rarely specifically entered one and browsed its content. I basically just blocked subs I didn't want and did it that way, so Lemmy isn't that different for me

Made using Bing Image Creator

Very cute! I love using Bing Image creator to put cute animals in various fun situations. I'll post a couple!

Also this is my first Lemmy comment, happy to see where this goes

Be sure to open and zoom in for extra sea captainness

Yeah it's not gonna be easy, but honestly I do see potential in mlem and I think with some basic additions, it can get itself closer to that Apollo experience. Which of course is what all apps should aspire to

Earlier this year I 100%ed only my second game in 29 years full of gaming... Grounded. I absolutely adore that game, I have loads of cool photo mode images that were super popular on reddit. I'll need to post those somewhere here!