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!
I don’t know if Lemmy’s the future, but even if it’s not, Reddit’s the past. This place seems like the best bet at being the future right now.
Welcome to the better side. Feel free to get started by checking out your communities on here, post some content to those communities and they will get engagement. If your community isn’t here, start it. It’s a smaller community around here so it will probably get seen.
Edit: oh boy you seem to be uploading a bit of politics there…
Edit 2: I kindly ask you to fuck off if you support the orange rapist
For someone who has barely got here you appear to be a prolific poster if offensive subject matter.
Can I suggest you head back to reddit
I was going to say that the lil dude just got here, and should probably just shred the reddit trolling-for-karma mentality … then I saw their posting history. Maybe they’ll get the message when all their posts are below -80.
Thought it was a bot at first due to the spacing of the posts.
Still not entirely convinced.
Not all of us are hard-line tankies but you’ll find no one likes the orange Nazi here. You’ve had almost 10 years to figure out the man’s a danger to the social fabric of this country and the geopolitical stability of the world at large. Please just leave and take your poisonous opinions with you.
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Go back! We were better off without you here spreading dictator bullshit all over the walls.
Normally I welcome people with different opinions, but I truly believe that people still following Trump are absolutely in the wrong. He is a foul, broken, weird human, and his goals are to fuck up all of our lives (yes, yours too) so that he and a dozen others can have money and power. This is as clear, proven, and obvious as it is reading the history books about prior dictators, so I have zero sympathy or respect for seemingly intelligent people who still support him.
So uh, welcome I guess, you do you, but I don’t think we are gonna be your crowd.
FYI - your mod history of banning people left and right and not being able to take the slightest criticism of the Orange Shit Flinging Gibbon is why you got banned from Politics:
Well, welcome to Lemmy! I don’t think you’re going to make a whole lot of friends around here based on your comment history… but I’m glad for you that you left that crap factory. I’ve been here for a little over a year now, no regrets.
Welcome to lemmy.
*Sees your posts
Lmao, blocked.
GotDAMN, that’s the fastest preemptive block I’ve ever made here. Thanks for pointing that out.
Oof. Thanks for pointing that out.
Can’t see any posts by OP other rhan this one.
What are you referring to?
Incredibly pro trump to the point of starting The Donald style communities and posting old school cool style photos of the weirdo pedo.
Done forget Reddit now run by donkey (admin) keep banning people without any reason. It is a garbage platform.
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.
Wow that’s a lot. Probably need to work on ur welcoming committee skills tho.
Nah, seems appropriate to me for what you’re promoting. Cya never.
The new Donald? Fuck off
The guy you like praises Hitler for fucks sake. Wake up.
You’re not welcome here. Go away.
You’re right. Trains are more sexy than Lemmy. Lemmy stinks.
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.
“Views were discussed in the post?” I’m a bit lost here
There’s a Donnie fetish fed and yes it is what you would expect
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