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What was lemmy like before all the reddit refugees? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Rez@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I discovered Lemmy as a reddit alternative once they introduced the api changes, and from what I understand, so did most of the current users. So I was wondering what was Lemmy like before that? Did any notable things or inside jokes happened? If you are one of the old users are you happy with this growth? Is there anything you'll miss?

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[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was very small and slow, every post had max 50 upvotes and like 10 comments (maybe more on the more political ones, where trolls reigned) There was a new post once in a blue moon, you could scroll at 10,and find the same content that you would find at 22.

I joined a year ago btw, it was like this until the mass migration 1 week ago or so

[–] ShoePaste@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that sounds about right. I joined a few months ago and it was just to small to keep me interested. I think it popped up in a post about mastadon after Musk took a shot all over Twitter. Its been fun to see all the new communities pop up over there last fun days. It's like watching a newly planted garden pop up in spring. But with memes instead of snap peas.