Same here. Created a account out of curiosity when the API changes got announced. The last two weeks showed insane growth and completely convinced me that Lemmy (and Kbin) will succeed. Probably not as big as reddit but big enough to be alternative.
I made mine the day some mods got locked out of there accounts…and posted about it with a link here lol. Seemed like nothing was getting better “by the end of the month”
I’ve been here for over a year. Thankful to finally see a lot more content.
Same here!! I guess we’re Lemmy veterans (Lemerans?)
Lumerians
Oh, there are such people 😁
No, I was late to the party… Only 26 days, but it feels like a month!
Me too, Lemmy birthday twins!
5 weeks!
Personally I think lemmy.world was key in driving momentum. After realizing a couple days before the protests started that reddit was not going to change, I started looking for real alternatives. When I found lemmy, I thought I had to join the biggest instance to get a shot at seeing enough content, not understanding how the fediverse worked yet. I imagine it was the same for a lot of people. And the bigger userbase lemmy.world got, the more appealing it was for reddit refugees. Once we got here we now know we can branch out to other instances if needed, but lemmy.world’s awesome handling of the user influx absolutely looked appealing to people looking to make the jump, and we shouldn’t discount that. Awesome work to @ruud and all the admins he has brought on the team. We appreciate you all.
I’ve been here for a week and I absolutely love it. Reminds me of Reddit when I joined in 2013.
Hell yeah it does! My engagement is off the hook compared to that other site. I actually enjoy “All” now, finding new communities, and engaging with friendly people.
Just like when I (we?) left Digg for reddit.
I first joined June 18th, so 18 days ago. Then I got curious enough with self-hosting an instance and now I’m at 10 days with my new cake day.
I tried to detox and avoid Reddit during the protest period. After finding out about how all the subreddits were being forced open, I decided to eject from that ecosystem altogether.
Am I the only one who is worried about that candle getting tipped over and lighting the couch on fire?
I came here after the reddit protest blackout…and never went back.
I came here even before the blackout.
u/spez’s “AMA” was the final nail in the coffin for me.
Amen. Haven’t looked back.
Almost 2 years here
Ooh, we have a veteran here. ;)
Happy 30 day anniversary.
Personally I only lurked at first, checking out what it was all about before creating an account.
Almost!
Same
Nah, I have an account on beehaw since before LW existed, but when beehaw defederated from LW I opened an account here, so 3 weeks for me here :)
Actually I had one on lemmy.ml before too, but that was more like looking around.
Why did BeeHaw defederate?
Concerns with other instances policies for new signups, their reasoning was to avoid spam / bots.
The honest reason is that they have a safe space for LGBTQIA+ and didn’t want TERFs or CIS gendered people fucking up their vibe. They did do it in a tasteful way though.
raises hand
Thoroughly enjoying it.
Technically I’ve been on lemmy for 3 years, but that’s with my old lemmy.ml account, this one is new and fresh :p
My first Lemmy account on ML is over 3 years old.
Truly ancient!
A Forerunner
I’ve heard stories of your kind, but I thought you’d all passed into legend.
