• Phil@lemmy.worldOP
      663·
      2 years ago

      I have , amazingly I decided to start two communities, something I have never done before despite the fact I had a 12 year badge and thousands of karma at the other place.

      • ickplant@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 years ago

        I tried to create a community twice now, but it just sat there spinning after I hit “Create.” I’m trying to contribute, dammit.

        • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
          91·
          2 years ago

          Yep, sometimes this is happening to me I just open another tab and often the circle spin is irrelevant and the post or whatever has already been created , seems to be a issue with the system.

          • ickplant@lemmy.world
            7·
            2 years ago

            It looks like there is already a community with the same name, but when I go there to subscribe, it says “removed by mod.” maybe that’s my issue. Because even when I try to open new tabs and navigate to the community I’m trying to create, it’s not working.

                • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
                  3·
                  2 years ago

                  If you do some googleing there are some pretty good faqs out , although it did take me a while, good luck

      • a_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 year ago

        I never posted on reddit…but luked for a very long time but I want this place to be better the reddit so bad and so…

  • Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
    72·
    2 years ago

    I feel like we all just went through a breakup and all we can do is talk about our ex. We know it’s stupid, and we found someone else. But for right now, we are rebounding hard on Lemmy.

    • Mewtwo@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 years ago

      Voat was great at the beginning until it became a right wing cesspool. But 90% of the posts were about Reddit and circle jerking about how Reddit was so bad. I’m blocking posts/communities that talk about Reddit here to help clean it up.

  • samus12345@lemmy.world
    654·
    2 years ago

    Eh, let people get it out of their system. It’s gonna be that way for the next month or so anyway since there will be a new influx of users in July when the 3PAs stop working.

      • c0c0c0@lemmy.world
        14·
        2 years ago

        Everyone’s judging! I’m pretty sure that’s how the platform is designed.

        But I get what you’re saying. I’m just adding my little joke to grow the content library.

        • dystop@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 years ago

          Hahaha fair point. And no worries, internet discussion boards are the perfect place to disagree with someone.

    • Ken Oh@lemm.ee
      13·
      2 years ago

      Here’s the thing, for this to work out we need the long game. Doesn’t matter if you’re boring, you know about at least one topic you care about. Make an effort to post once a day about it. You may even have to create the community for you to do that. Pace yourself, this is a marathon, not a sprint. Just remember this can’t be taken away from us. Not anymore.

      • cloudwalk@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 years ago

        Theoretically it still could be taken away. The bar for that is substantially raised of course, but now each instance is like different countries doing international trade and we could go to war with each other.

    • Esjee@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      Hope lemmy scare you blows up. I used to read no sleep every night before sleeping.

      Edit: I’d suggest changing the name of the community to just “Lemmy Scare You”. Right now it’s also showing spooky stories to scare you in the title name. Also a cover art for the community would make it look more active and might result in more subs

      • Margot Robbie@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 years ago

        I’ll AI some art for the community banner, really want to get the feeling of people telling scary stories to each other around a campfire vibe down.

        I’m worried that changing the name to just “Lemmy Scare You!” could make it less clear about the purpose of the community as a place for creative writing, since it’s not ideal for people to post whatever a la r/creepy.

  • TheDarkBanana87@lemmy.world
    271·
    2 years ago

    Yeah, totally agree with this post, grew tired of Reddit Circle Jerk. Its like when someone cant move on with their past, so they bring it to every conversation, how their ex (Reddit) used to be, and found a new lover (Lemmy/Kbin) and how things work great with this new relationship

    Let’s just forget about Reddit. Reddit can do whatever it want’s, the user that still on Reddit can also do whatever they want. Lets just focus on growing this new communities, this Fediverse, and do what we can do to make it thrive, and how to make it better for new user, and the less tech savy one

    • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
      141·
      2 years ago

      Sure, but “the past” as you refer to it was not even a week ago, and the situation is still actively unfolding.

      Communities are growing, OC is being posted, and the lemmyverse is starting to get its legs underneath it. If you look past the reddit related posts you will see this happening all around you.

      However most of us haven’t even been here a week, communities aren’t built overnight. Reddit has 15 years of people creating content and building out subreddits.

      • TheDarkBanana87@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        However most of us haven’t even been here a week, communities aren’t built overnight. Reddit has 15 years of people creating content and building out subreddits.

        I couldn’t agree more with your reply. What I’m saying is, lets focus on this new journey. Reddit do have their hiccups when first generally used by its user 15 years ago, and i believe Reddit start just like how Lemmy/Kbin, or any Fediverse app start. Its a bumpy road, but its a good progress

        The fact that we interact in this post means that we have the same goal, we enjoy interacting on this platform, and its a good thing. because new users can see that there’s activity, there’s interaction within Lemmy.

        Sorry for bad English :D

    • BananaTrifleViolin@feddit.uk
      8·
      2 years ago

      Part of the problem may be the bugs on the Lemmy instances which have not been showing “hot” content correctly. This may be giving a false impression of an obsession over reddit as posts are stuck on the front page?

      I’ve been browsing a few different communities and am finding things are active, they’re just not reaching the default Lemmy front pages. Sorting by new or diving deeper into communities shows a lot of new content.

      For example I’m currently browsing from Feddit.uk and this seems to have exploded into an active community in just a week; it’s really heartening to seen. I’ve also seen different content when viewing from Kbin based instances like Kbin.Social or Fedia.io (including from Lemmy.world).

      • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        This bug has been identified and is resolved in the next version release.

        The servers that have been keeping hot updated are manually restarting the backend every so often to unstick the bug

  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
    285·
    2 years ago

    Posts like this are just adding to the reddit circle jerk, you know. Don’t post shit like this, just post the content you’re talking about.

    • papalonian@kbin.social
      181·
      2 years ago

      “Can you guys just start posting the content I like, please?”

      I don’t like all the reddit posts either but sheesh

    • relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works
      101·
      2 years ago

      It’s a very fresh topic and still ongoing so of course it’s being talked about. Eventually it will die down then go away. The stuff we don’t need is posts like this.

      • Jamie@jamie.moe
        7·
        2 years ago

        Maybe we need a post complaining about posts complaining about Reddit so we can complete the cycle until we need to add another link into the chain.

      • MeowdyPardner@kbin.social
        6·
        2 years ago

        Yep, having a bunch of front page posts complaining (not trying to put it harshly) about the content just makes it look like the problem is worse to outsiders and doesn’t help perceptions. Let people talk about what they want, but vote accordingly and people will get tired of talking about reddit as less and less people engage with those posts. This post being here is causing more reddit-related engagement. Upvote the kind of content you want to see and it’ll rise up higher, becoming more visible and creating a virtuous cycle of positive engagement.

        Likewise, my only time spent on reddit is to upvote reddit drama discussion. Doing so will help push people who are “just tired of the drama and want to post” to find the fediverse a more enticing place to participate in.

      • tal@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        Also, it’s relevant to a lot of the userbase. Like, this is relevant to something that just personally impacted the majority of the userbase here – it’s gonna probably be of interest.

        I do agree with the idea that it’s good to get more content up, though. Go find a couple interesting things a day and submit them. I have!

        There are also some people at the BotIt magazine on kbin.social working on setting up a bot to mirror Reddit subreddit submissions to kbin magazines, which might help ease disruption for some subreddits.

    • lightingnerd@kbin.social
      9·
      2 years ago

      A much better method is to make a post explaining and encouraging how to contributing to the fediverse. That was what got me posting, someone said something to the effect of “if you really want to see the fediverse thrive, then start adding content to the fediverse!”

        • Einar@lemmy.ml
          6·
          2 years ago

          You are a human being. You have wishes, dreams, joys, anxieties, hopes, opinions, knowledge, and wisdom. You possess an inner child as well as a rich heart, an amazing mind, and everything in between that makes you, you.

          You’re qualified.

          • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
            2·
            2 years ago

            You are too kind, I am so happy here now, feels just like the old days again

    • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
      201·
      2 years ago

      I know but my little brain could not work out a way to highlight the issue any other way

      • feidry@midwest.social
        8·
        2 years ago

        I’ve been thinking the same thing but couldn’t figure out how to talk about it without talking about that other place. Pretty tired of hearing about the other place, tbh

        • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
          6·
          2 years ago

          Yep, that’s why I just went ahead and posted , actually really happy the way the thread has gone, on the most part people saying what they want and what they are doing . Clearly there is a learning curve here for many of us and that too gets addressed , way to go us:-)

  • eating3645@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 years ago

    As long as I can jerk I don’t care about the shape. Circle, square, rhombus, you name it, I’m in.

  • fross@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 years ago

    I think in terms of link aggregation, there is going to be a fair amount of duplication necessary to get a critical mass of links/content here, that people can interact with. After all, 1% post, 9% comment, 90% lurk.

    I’m not suggesting we automate it, but in order to kickstart some communities I’m certainly going to be copying links from some good subs on reddit (if they’re open) over here. After all they’re just links to other articles/media/etc, they’re not exclusive to reddit.

    It would be good if everyone who comes over here and subscribes to some communities sees that there are posts going on there. It only takes a couple or a few active people to make a buzz.

    • Phil@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      This is a sound plan, even if it is only temporary till we hit that critical mass