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How did you find Lemmy? (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by terminator2@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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One day, I was about to install RedReader through F-droid. For some reason I searched for "Reddit" in the search bar instead of "RedReader" and saw Voyager, Jerboa and some other Lemmy clients there.

I got curious and installed "Eternity for Lemmy". I browsed around, then decided to created my first account on lemmy.ml. Instantly fell in love with how nice most people were, how quickly I got answers and replies and the closely-knit feeling of a small community where it's not surprising to see the same user in many different places.

I found Lemmy and decentralized social media by sheer luck.

I know most of you came here after the reddit API changes to spite the corporate site, but I wonder if there are other stories.

P.S. I find it sort of weird how lemmy.ml censors the word for "female dog". Cmon, that's such a tame and common insult! Can't even quote Jesse Pinkman properly.

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[–] Microw@lemm.ee 73 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

In the wake of the Reddit API changes, I decided to jump off that ship. Saw Lemmy mentioned but a lot of posts were painting it negatively, due to federation things and tankies. I was on Squabbles (lol) as my Reddit replacement platform for a few months before that disintegrated and then finally arrived at Lemmy.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

same, Apollo was my favourite/most used app and that was it for me when they banned those apps. I found voyager/lemmy and never looked back. I bet Lemmy's population exploded after all the reddit refugees showed up.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Moved to Lemmy during the Reddit API stuff too

Saw Lemmy mentioned but a lot of posts were painting it negatively, due to federation things and tankies.

The tankie stuff was what made me try lemmy out and stay.
Thought that it'd be an actually leftist community, if it was facing such terms.
And it was indeed one. And is quite good.

I got know about the Dessalines audiobook channel too and that's nice too.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I was weening myself off the reddit news cycle and then Baconit got killed by the API and that had been my only venue for using reddit soooooo I started looking for alternatives and already had Fdroid installed....one thing led to another