hllywluisJun 10, 2023

For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/22803

For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience? - sh.itjust.works

I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account? I’m a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It’s definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it’s great to see something that isn’t Reddit growing in popularity!

Show threadUltivekJun 10, 2023
I don't really know whats going on the whole instance thing confuses me. Whats it's pros? Why use it
Show threadBarbarianJun 10, 2023

Basically 4 things:

  • Pick your own admin. I'm sure the kbin admin is awesome (can't be worse than spez, lol) but it's nice to have the option

  • Have more control over what your server federates with. Hate interacting with people from a specific server? Move to one that blocks it. Want to interact with people from a blocked instance? Move to one that doesn't block them. Basically more options.

  • Don't like the rules on your server? Go to one where you like the rules better.

  • Your server is down? That's fine, go to a different one temporarily. You're gonna feel this hard on Monday. Kbin's gonna get crushed by the Reddit hug of death. You might wanna join up to a small Lemmy instance that the horde won't notice if that happens and you still wanna be on.

If you like kbin's admin, federation settings and rules? Then cool! You're missing absolutely nothing from being there (except when it's down). It's nice to have options though.

Secret number 5:

If you know how to host a server, you can host your own Lemmy instance and have all the powa!

Show threadUltivek
Wow I didn't realize that each instance has different owners and rules and such I'll definitely have to do some poking. Kbin was just what I happened to come across first
Jun 10, 2023 at 2:56amWeb