Last night, I finally made the switch from Reddit to Lemmy. Honestly it was something I should have done a long time ago. I’d been hearing about Lemmy for a while, but I kept brushing it off because it seemed complicated or too niche or too techy. But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods, desperate upvote chasers, and a flood of obvious bots, I hit my breaking point. I actually ended up learning more about Lemmy from people venting on Reddit itself, which was kind of ironic!!

I set up an account here, took a last look around Reddit, and bailed. Reddit used to feel like a genuine community, but now it’s just a money-hungry platform, clearly trying to squeeze out every dollar as it spirals down. Lemmy might be new to me, but at least here, it feels like voices still matter.

I know you guys already know this, but I want to throw it out there: You all are right!

  • sag@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    Welcome, I don’t care about american politics(or any sort of politics) but you love Trump and most Lemmy user hate Trump I guess(I am not american I don’t care). You are going to have hard time here.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        23 days ago

        All you’ve posted about is Donald Trump positive shit and Kamala Harris negative shit. Try posting about some of these other non political things and maybe people won’t hate you.

        • I Voted For Goldwater@lemmy.worldOP
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          23 days ago

          As opposed to all the people who post Kamala Harris positive shit, and negative Donald Trump shit, correct? Hey man, to each their own. If someone doesn’t like me because of my political views, ok. i don’t really take politics that seriously.

          • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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            23 days ago

            “I don’t really take politics that seriously” is an insane thing to say after looking at your post history.

      • LostXOR@fedia.io
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        23 days ago

        Yeah you’re not gonna have a good time if you talk about politics here, as very few people share your beliefs. But there are plenty of non-political communities you can be a part of.

        • I Voted For Goldwater@lemmy.worldOP
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          23 days ago

          i’ve definitely found that out that some of the political guys aren’t fans of me already. but the non-political communites have been very cool like you said.

  • Binette@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    Welcome! Don’t feel shy to check out other instances than .ml or .world. Like dbzero, solarpunk and many more.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Hmmm… I mean, you won’t fit in with Lemmy proper any more than Reddit proper (perhaps worse, lol), but it raises a question to other lemmings: are there any conservative instances?

    I’m torn, as on the one hand I’d prefer you not have an echo chamber, but on the other hand I’d like to see Lemmy prosper. There’s a reason instances defederate from one another, and radical idiology is one. Look at Hexbear for an example.

    Btw, Lemmy was created by genuine communists (not the hyperbole ones, I mean actual ones) and run the Lemmy.ml instance. While it’s FOSS and therefore plenty of others have run and moderate their own instances, keep in mind that’s our starting point.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    23 days ago

    We don’t agree politically, but that’s beside the point. Welcome! Congrats on escaping reddit, and I hope you enjoy Lemmy!

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      Replied to the top comment here just so others know what they’re getting into with @I Voted For Goldwater

      OP started a Lemmy Community with, I’ll say, a divisive subject. I did ask for clarification on their position:

      I never once insulted them, only asked for more information on their position. This went on cordially for 4 or 5 exchanges, and then I returned and found this:

      I wonder if Lemmy.world is interested in supporting a community that actually isn’t interested in any posts from Lemmy.world users.

      If you choose to engage with @I Voted For Goldwater, you should expect the same.

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Just wanted to let you know you’re wrong, and that your fetish for fascist father figures will only result in you consistently disappointing everyone around you. Your ideology is backwards and antithetical to basic empathy. Welcome to Lemmy.