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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[โ€“] CheshireSnake@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Been here 6 days and here are some of my thoughts:

Pros:

  • the community is great. I've been more active here than on reddit and I noticed people answer your posts/comments more to discuss than criticize your POV.
  • it's nice to have a lot of options in terms of instances
  • the app is surprisingly good. It's no Apollo/Joey, but for something that's in its initial stages is surprisingly useable
  • on browser, kbin.social is nice (I don't use lemmy on pc)
  • many of the subs I follow on reddit have their own communities here

Cons:

  • it can still be confusing, specially for new members or people who aren't used to how the Fediverse is set up
  • I still miss the niche subs I follow on reddit. i know I can start my own but I don't have time nor the experience to effectively moderate communities
  • there is, of course, a big difference in terms of activity (again compared to reddit) due to the massive difference in the number of users

Is it a reddit replacement? No. Reddit is too big and established (and mainstream) to be replaced in such a short period. But imho lemmy is a great alternative. Like I've mentioned before, just participating here has drastically lessened my reddit usage. It can get better. I'm excited to see there it goes.

Edit: sorry for all the typos. I'm new at using flosiboard and it doesntl't have spell check yet lol.

[โ€“] ANuStart@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It blows my mind how reddit is so mainstream now, when it was such a niche corner of the web when I joined it.

Seems like the natural lifecycle of things. I'm excited to see what the next reddit is going to be

[โ€“] Tekbug@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

This is so true. And another thing - it really does appear to be that once something goes "mainstream" in the internet-era, it loses some of its charm that made it a special place to begin with.

Agreed. This was initially really daunting - figuring out how to get Lemmy going, but I am really liking it now!

Like you said, it's not going to be competing with the same number of users, but that's probably a good thing?