• snake_case@feddit.ukEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      They could really do with better explanation of the federated servers before people sign up. I did do a little research before I knew which instance to use

      • ugh... lo!@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Well, that’s why open source is so powerful - everything can (and, in fact, should) be done by community for community

        Usually developers aren’t good writers :)

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I still hope it will become easier one day to Docker-host a Lemmy instance where other Docker setup and containers are already present and cannot be changed just for Lemmy.

        • DoakSteezy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I admittedly havent looked into it too much but if it were easy enough I’d set up an instance at the very least to host users.

  • snake_case@feddit.ukEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    The amount of people has increased, even within the last few days, a bigger community is always better, but I’d like us to keep the same optimistic and appreciative attitudes we all seem to have at the moment, that would really make it so much better than Reddit

  • DeadNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    A lot of people have already left Reddit Fuggit and moved to Fedi as we have seen over the past couple of weeks.

    And those who are still sitting there, they are either in a dilemma and unable to make up their minds, or they live under a seriously big rock and have no idea what’s going on with this API saga, and the Third Party Apps stopping to work on July 1 will be a nasty surprise for them.

    In short, it’s unlikely that they will overcome the surprise/dilemma in just a day and jump over to Lemmy immediately.

    The Fuggit --> Lemmy migration will continue as it is today, but I don’t think there will be a catastrophic spike on July 1.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I think the apps no longer working will be the impetus for many to actually search up options. They almost certainly know about the API saga, but not necessarily about Lemmy or the fediverse. Until now, many likely held onto hope that this shit would turn around, and they won’t have been considering a plan B.

    • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have to agree with this. It’d be nice to get another spike like we had last time, but I really doubt it. Sure, people may still come after the 30th, but not like the previous spike we had before.

    • figjam@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      There is totally content that I miss being over here but it’s very much niche small communities that just don’t have a real motivation to move or individual content curators that do it for fun and aren’t being impacted by the changes.

  • Bruhmoment@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I really don’t understand how people can still use reddit with a clean conscience especially after their treatment to Christian and other 3rd party developers. They’ve made it clear with their words and actions that they don’t give a fuck about their users, so how can a respectful person still choose to stay? It was a lost cause since the beginning, the protests were never going to work. I appreciate the ones who’ve decided to abandon the ship and join us here.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      People are desensitized.

      Most services or products have some toe dipped in shady shit, so people have been forced to learn to reconcile with participating more or less in a least some unethical bullshit, just to have a normal life.

      Want to have a t-shirt? Probably just supported slave labour.

      Want to talk to a friend? Probably just sold you digital soul to a megacorp, and at least two foreign powers.

      • Fredselfish @lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Your so right. All these things are because of capitalism. If we could tear that down we may get a chance to fix things. But as long as it exists the world will keep getting worse.

      • Bruhmoment@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I get what you’re saying and I also completely understand why people have become desensitised but there’s nothing more dangerous than an apathetic society.

        We can’t end world hunger, but we can atleast feed a poor person. We can’t end child labour, but we can atleast sponsor a child’s education and basic necessities.

        Just because we can’t end it all doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and contribute to make our society a better place in whatever way we can.

        • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I agree, and its one of the reasons I push the people around me to think about how the world works more.

          I can’t fix everything, but I’m doing what I can, and I try to get the passive people I can get to, to snap out of it.

          You said you couldn’t understand these people, but it’s possible. And doing so, is step one of getting through to them.

  • TheFrirish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I mean I’m happy to see more users coming, but I think most of us that will stay have already made the move. we will see.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I’m not so sure. I think only a minority of people are the type to seek out options before their previous habit actually stops being possible, but I could be wrong.