People who joined Lemmy in the last few days thanks to posts on /r/buyfromEU, how are you doing?

This is my first comment, just joined during the weekend. It took about half a day to get used to the lower amount of stuff and the slower pace here. And I really like it! The quality of discourse here seems so much higher and with the lower amount of posts I find that I can take my time and not get overwhelmed. Should have joined years ago :-)

i do miss my niche communities on reddit, maybe i'll start some here,other than that lemmy is a good alternative to replace the popular feed on reddit.

Not only Lemmy i also joined Mastodon lol. I find this expirience to be refreshing, maybe thats because this platform has less users or maybe because its not under someones control but i feel as if i moved from big, overpopulated city to a countryside. Its like breathing fresh air, i feel myself free, and i love reading comments here, they look like real conversations between humans. Although im not from European Union but im your neighbor from Ukraine and i totally support this movement or its better to call an idea, i dunno. I replaced a lot of stuff already but thats only the first step. Also im really glad to be here.

Still learning where to find stuff, and unfortunately most of "my" subreds aren't here (yet), but it looks promising and will continue to support.

Came over from Reddit as part of plan to divest from US-based products. Happy to be here, and plan to explore. Mainly lurked over on Reddit - hope to contribute more actively over here!

99.9% of the time I’m just lurking on Reddit, but here I‘m actually getting interested in commenting again. Feels „safer“ than the other place.

A few unwritten rules I've found useful over the last couple of years since moving to Lemmy :)

1. If you're missing a particular smaller or niche community - be the change and create it!
2. If someone is challenging you in a thread in good faith, respond in the same way
3. If they're just being a dick, don't waste any sort of mental energy on them - just block them, forget them and move on.
4. If you're the one being a dick (and be honest, we all know when we are) walk away for a bit
5. Don't be too proud to ask for guidance but do it in the right communities :) e.g. don;t ask for tech help in a community thats not about tech help.
6. Be prepared to see a lot of Star Trek memes and Nicole spam.
7. Bask in the warm glow of an open source, privacy respecting, non-corporately controlled environment.

I got Boost for Reddit Lemmy back. The world is beautiful again!

Now to find communities that I like... I'm a bit lost but I'll settle soon enough.

Love the responsiveness, everything feels so much faster and quicker. Feels like I lost a lot of weight :-D Really like it so far, I just hope that more people make the switch, so that more sub-lemmis? or don't know how to call them, get filled and have more life. Will try to do my part in some sub-lemmis and post stuff be active and so on. :-) Love you all!

Great, I've made myself right at home. As another user said I miss the smaller communities but it can only get better from here.

I saw the post in r/Europe that pointed here. I'm loving it so far

A facebook friend who is transgender posted a list of alternate platforms to use instead of (ironically) Facebook, Google, Insta etc. And since I had recently been perma banned from reddit for twice quoting from The Godfather (I guess their algorithm hasn't seen it) and various djt related insults, I thought I'd give this a try.

I like it so far :) Bit confusing sometimes and I'm still trying to find communities that I like and are active.

I hope that many more make the switch from reddit, but I can also see why some people might find the Initial setup confusing or anoying. I think it just takes some time to get used to Lemmy, so I hope a lot of people try it out and stay

Haven't checked Reddit much since creating this account. Thought I might use both but Lemmy is genuinely much better. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to visit the original instance from within voyager and how to make my feed more diverse. Currently it's very politics heavy and I don't wanna unsub from those communities but other stuff kinda gets burried.

This is my third or fourth alt on Lemmy since joining. I love that I can stick to one account or change instances if I feel like it. It’s not too difficult to get used to! I’m getting a desktop app next.

I like that there’s an application process for each instance. That gives you a good idea of how the instance is managed and what to expect.

I love that I can get German news and interact with Germans and German language speakers. Or, in other words, I love that it’s not default centralized American.

It’s really cool seeing their instances next to everyone’s handle. There’s so much here! I feel a lot safer. I love that everyone is human.

I see @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com everywhere. I have been here a day and I think I have upvoted them 15 times already. Haha

Thanks.

I do like that the sub-lemmy is focused on Europe as a whole, the one on Reddit was labelled as EU

Joined yesterday, I'm loving the gestures of the voyager app

I'm alright.

I just joined and i'm exploring right now. It's looking good ! Of course it will be easier in a few days but i'm honestly pleasantly surprised !

I'm as confused as the next guy, but I'm hanging in there! I'm not sure if the decentralized nature means I'm missing communities because I'm looking in the wrong place, or if there's just fewer stuff around.

Great experience, Voyager is a great app and Lemmy feels kinda like Reddit in the good old days. Still have to check Reddit threads every now and then through search results while looking for info, though. Hopefully we can get more content going, but I guess that’s up to us users :)

Honestly, I need to get used to all of it, i'm also used to fast paced information and now I see more quality posts but just a lot less of it. I think it might actually be beneficial for my mental health in the long run though!

Very nice here so far 🙂

Hi, thx for warm welcome, had a harder moment learning multi-server architecture of Lemmy, now I'm fine. Still did not abandoned the other portal (actively trying to get banned there by being a rebel tho).

How bout You? how's Your day? :)

I was looking for reddit alternatives before and didn't pull through. Now that I did (first hour), I dont see why anyone wouldn't "migrate".

Ah, and I'm using "eternity". Reminds me of the old days before reddit turned facebook.

Fine, and how are you?

Loving it so far! I've also found great replacements for all the US software I've been using. Should have done that a long time ago, there are actually amazing non fascist alternatives!

Why is this buyeuropean on feddit.uk but it has an EU flag? I feel like somebody has yet to learn about a major political event that happened in the last few years.

It's kind of empty and I thought about stopping my boycott of Reddit because I think it hurts the US more to use Reddit as a place to talk because unfortunately that's where everybody is. Still couldn't get myself to do it though, but I'm struggling to find content here on Lemmy and I suspect maybe I don't know how to use it

A question,

How when and where does the money come from to keep lemmy running?

Since nothing is free in life who pays for lemmy?

I'm surprised how quickly I've gotten used to it! I honestly really like the mobile app and it's gestures, as well as the customizability.

Although I don't think I'll be completely quitting reddit just yet, as some of my more niche interests don't have communities here yet.

So far doing really good, also while I know it is some kind of bubble I am in now, I really enjoy not seeing posts from certain subreddits popping up in my feed anymore.

I’m a little bit confused still but haven’t had the time to read through any FAQs. I don’t know how to access my account in a web browser for example (I’m using an iPhone app now).

So thank you for those links! Will have a look.

I'm missing some of my topics. Is noone interested in dating, dating advice, self improvement, psychology and this stuff?

Or am I missing something?

People are nice here. I like that. 😊👍

It's pretty fun, it does stuff better than Reddit so I'm focusing on that. Personally I'm enjoying that you can scroll through so many parts when searching for a topic

I still need to get used to the federated architecture but it's growing on me. I hope we can engage as much as possible so it's more attractive to be active here.

Glad to be here!