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Your journey with Lemmy: When and why did you join? When did you leave and come back? Are you finally settled? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My journey with Lemmy started in 2022 out of interest in the fediverse and paranoia around how much control social media companies have, and how little choice common people are left with over the Internet.

Lemmy was much smaller back then. I really wanted it go get bigger, and tried to contribute to it. But it was small enough to be unsatisfying, so I would go back and forth between lemmy and Reddit.

After the Reddit fiasco, I shifted more and more towards lemmy and less towards Reddit. I finally abandoned Reddit when third party apps broke. I only go there for specific questions in communities that aren't active on lemmy.

What about you?

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 71 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I was a long-time Reddit user but over time it felt more and more not right. June last year I decided to register here and remove my Reddit account. I do not miss anything and I actually started participating more instead of just silently reading comments and posts.

It just feels right using Lemmy instead of Reddit. Not only there’s no corporate bullshit and dumb algorithms I can’t avoid, it’s also a much nicer community overall.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Same. This summer will be one hell of a 1 year "cake day" celebration for a big lot of us.

Maybe we should call it something other than "cake day".

[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fediversary, of course!

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 months ago

Lemmiversary? I was on the fedi long before I was on lemmy!

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm here for Key Lemm Pie Day.

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ooo, Lemmy pie... *Drool*

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Same. I’m another one of those Reddit refugees. Haven’t logged in over there since the API changes went into action and my app of choice stopped working.